(NewsNation) — Following the vice president’s Election Day loss, the Kamala Harris campaign is now $20 million in debt, per a source familiar with the campaign.
Lindy Li, a member of the DNC finance committee, tells NewsNation’s Rich McHugh the internal strife and monetary confusion at the center of the party has led some staffers to leave altogether.
Li helped raise millions for the campaign, much of which went to digital media, polling, advertising and travel.
A source familiar with the campaign confirmed to NewsNation that the campaign is $20 million in the hole after Nov. 5, even though the campaign took in at least $1 billion and reported $118 million in the bank as of Oct. 16.
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Li, on behalf of confused voters and disappointed donors, spoke out about the party’s financial woes.
“It’s been tumultuous, to say the least, but I’m so glad I did, because if we don’t correctly diagnose the problem, we’re never going to change,” Li said. “We’re going to keep losing.”
She believes the Democratic Party needs a “post mortem” to assess its problems, rather than relying on election fraud narratives that have circulated social media in the days since Trump’s victory.
“I just want to be very clear there’s one person I don’t blame, and that’s Kamala Harris,” Li said. “She was handed this, this. She did the best she could under the circumstances. She had 107 days. I love her, maybe she’s upset with me. I love her.”
NewsNation’s Kellie Meyer contributed to this report.
