{"id":2355291,"date":"2024-10-15T16:03:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T20:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-takes-checks-from-blackstone-executives\/"},"modified":"2024-10-15T16:05:30","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T20:05:30","slug":"kamala-harris-takes-checks-from-blackstone-executives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-takes-checks-from-blackstone-executives\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris takes checks from Blackstone executives"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkamala-harris-takes-checks-from-blackstone-executives%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2355291&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Vice President Kamala Harris is positioning herself as a \u200bchampion against &#8220;corporate landlords&#8221;\u200d amid her campaign for the presidency, particularly in\u200d light of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-mayor-compares-white-woman-who-asks-question-about-rising-rent-to-slave-owner\/\" title=\"NYC Mayor likens white woman&#039;s rent question to slave owner\">rising rent prices<\/a>.\u200d However, her campaign is receiving substantial financial backing from executives of Blackstone, the largest corporate landlord globally, with almost $800,000 raised from its top \u200demployees. This apparent \u200dcontradiction has drawn criticism,\u2064 particularly given that\u2064 Blackstone faces scrutiny from Senate Democrats over practices like \u200dextreme rent hikes and illegal evictions. <\/p>\n<p>Despite her vocal opposition to exploitative practices \u200bby large landlords, Harris\u200d has attracted significant support from Wall Street financiers, including a $413,000 contribution from Blackstone&#8217;s president in July. Critics label her accepting such donations\u2064 as &#8220;rank hypocrisy,&#8221; underscoring the\u200d tension between her policy \u2064positions and her campaign financing. Harris&#8217;s \u200ceconomic plan includes a proposal to \u2063stop Wall Street from bulk-buying homes and enact stricter regulations on corporate \u2062real estate investors, \u2064demonstrating her attempt to align her campaign messaging with concerns over housing affordability. As she prepares for \u2063a potential\u200d matchup against Donald Trump in 2024, her relationship with major financial donors has become a focal point in the discussion of her \u2062campaign&#8217;s \u2062integrity and priorities.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Harris, vowing to fight &lsquo;corporate landlords,&rsquo; takes checks from Blackstone executives<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1835727\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris\">Kamala Harris<\/a> is<a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2020\/02\/17\/blackstone-commercial-real-estate-business-brep-breit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> vowing <\/a>to take on &ldquo;corporate landlords&rdquo; for jacking up rent prices should she win in November. At the same time, executives from <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2020\/02\/17\/blackstone-commercial-real-estate-business-brep-breit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris\">the<\/a> &ldquo;biggest corporate landlord&rdquo; in the world are boosting her presidential bid with large donations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Harris&rsquo;s joint fundraising committee boasts a war chest with almost $800,000 from top employees at Blackstone, the massive private equity firm facing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.warren.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/at-hearing-senator-warren-calls-for-creation-of-tenant-protection-bureau-to-protect-families-from-predatory-corporate-landlords\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>scrutiny<\/a> from Senate Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/health\/health-care\/senate-questions-private-equity-hospital-emergency-departments-peters-rcna145909\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>for<\/a> &ldquo;extreme rent hikes, illegal eviction, and other predatory practices,&rdquo; Federal Election Commission filings show. Jonathan Gray, the president of Blackstone, also donated $413,000 to the Harris Action Fund in late July, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/08\/21\/investing\/kamala-harris-wall-street-relationship\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according<\/a> to multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/readsludge.com\/2024\/10\/10\/harris-rails-against-corporate-landlords-while-taking-donations-from-blackstone-billionaire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The large giving is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3118493\/harris-campaign-boost-law-firm-favored-wall-street-big-tech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>window<\/a> into how Wall Street is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3179215\/kamala-harris-influential-megadonors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>lining up behind Harris<\/a> ahead of the 2024 presidential election despite Harris long aiming to position herself as a politician who holds big business accountable. In July, at a campaign rally in Atlanta, the Democratic presidential nominee insisted she &ldquo;will take on corporate landlords and cap unfair rent increases.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog\/2024-election-campaign-live-updates-harris-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2024 ELECTIONS LIVE UPDATES: LATEST NEWS ON THE TRUMP-HARRIS PRESIDENTIAL RACE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Harris campaign&rsquo;s economic plan, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.democracyinaction.us\/2024\/harris081624pr.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>released<\/a> in August, calls for stopping &ldquo;Wall Street investors from buying up and marking up homes in bulk.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Community after community feels taken advantage of by Wall Street investors and distant landlords,&rdquo; the Harris economic plan says. &ldquo;Vice President Harris is calling on Congress to pass the <em>Stop Predatory Investing Act <\/em>to curtail these practices by removing key tax benefits for major investors who acquire large numbers of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-gop-bill-would-allow-president-to-ban-foreign-land-purchases-in-u-s-for-5-years\/\" title=\"Exclusive: GOP Bill Would Allow President to Ban Foreign Land Purchases in U.S. for 5 Years\">single-family rental homes<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Harris&rsquo;s willingness to accept the Blackstone-linked donations is &ldquo;rank hypocrisy,&rdquo; according to Adam Gibbs, the spokesman for the right-leaning Opportunity Solutions Project advocacy group.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Kamala Harris loves the free market when it comes to receiving campaign cash, but she hates it when it comes to setting sound policy for a nation in the midst of an affordability crisis,&rdquo; Gibbs said. &ldquo;And she thinks the American people are too gullible to notice.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vice President Kamala Harris, left, and former President Donald Trump, right. (AP Photos\/Susan Walsh\/Alex Brandon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As she prepares to face off against Trump, Harris has a cadre of billionaire megadonors in the world of philanthropy, Silicon Valley, and Wall Street fueling her campaign, the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3179215\/kamala-harris-influential-megadonors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reported<\/a>. Harris has notably received over $1 million from attorneys at the law firm Paul Weiss, which is favored by Wall Street and Big Tech, federal records <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3118493\/harris-campaign-boost-law-firm-favored-wall-street-big-tech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>show<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Harris campaign also chose the law firm Covington &amp; Burling to help set up its transition team, CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/08\/19\/politics\/president-transition-kamala-harris\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reported<\/a>. That firm lobbies for many corporations, including semiconductor manufacturer Qualcomm, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/readsludge.com\/2024\/10\/02\/a-corporate-lobbying-firm-is-advising-the-harris-transition-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>report<\/a> by Donald Shaw in <em>Sludge<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>To Craig Holman, a lobbyist focused on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bloomberg-biden-sets-new-record-taking-dark-money-donations\/\" title=\"Bloomberg: Biden sets new record taking dark money donations\">campaign finance reform<\/a>, &ldquo;special interests&rdquo; such as Blackstone are trying to protect themselves from government-led scrutiny in a Harris-Walz administration by giving money to both sides. Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman is a Trump supporter and donates to Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s the nature of our privately financed campaign finance system, special interests trying to curry favor,&rdquo; said Holman, who lobbies on ethics issues at the progressive Public Citizen think tank. &ldquo;They give her a lot of money, and maybe it will moderate her if she gets elected.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Harris campaign did not respond to a request for comment. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Her hypocrisy on this issue shows she is more concerned with solving her political problems than solving the problems facing middle-class families,&rdquo; Gibbs said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1835727\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1835727\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harris pledges to combat &#8216;corporate landlords&#8217; while accepting donations from Blackstone executives<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":381,"featured_media":2355292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AP24287765378908.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[29157,33926,43080,32438,37870],"class_list":["post-2355291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-blackstone","tag-campaign-finance","tag-corporate-influence","tag-kamala-harris","tag-political-contributions"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AP24287765378908.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2355291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/381"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2355291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2355291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2355292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2355291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2355291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2355291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}