‘Wildly out of touch': Beyonce allegedly paid $11 million for Kamala endorsement
'Previous reports alleged that the Harris campaign spent $20 million on celebrity endorsements … for what?' Ms Schofield told Sky News host Rita Panahi.
'The association with celebrities made Kamala appear wildly out of touch.'
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