The Internet Just Brought The Receipts Showing That Donald Trump Previously Donated To Kamala Harris
Welp, it turns out that former president Donald Trump was once aboard the coconut train (aka once donated thousands to Vice President Kamala Harris).
project coconut is a go
— bald ann dowd (@ali_sivi) July 21, 2024
After President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race on Sunday, Representative Jared Moskowitz shared a photo of a $5,000 check Trump wrote for Harris in 2011 during her first bid for California attorney general. "Was a wise investment," he wrote.
Was a wise investment pic.twitter.com/S7C18nDFzA
— Jared Moskowitz (@JaredEMoskowitz) July 21, 2024
If you need a closer look:
Records also show Trump again donated $1,000 to Vice President Kamala Harris's reelection campaign for state attorney general in 2013. His daughter, Ivanka Trump, also donated $2,000 in 2014. Here's all the $8,000 receipts:
Naturally, the internet had many reactions:
😭😭😭 trump being a closet democrat will never not be funny
— ladidai (@ladidaix) 💋 see linkinbyeo (@ladidaix) July 21, 2024
OH THEYRE FANS!!! CLOCK THEIR TEA MESSYBASE
— tonio (@bincoz) July 21, 2024
he knows who mother is
— 𝐵ill (@KarmaIsAFad) July 21, 2024
well if trump supports her I guess we know who should win
— Angelica Reed (@Angelica_Reed1) July 21, 2024
We’re living in an episode of scandal rn i am cryin😭
— eri˚❀*·ꕤ. (@eternalcumslime) July 21, 2024
At this point, with all the Veep-ness of this election cycle, I wouldn't be surprised if the debate stage turns into a rap battle.
He a fan he a fan he a fan
— Julie Gilchrist (@JulieanneGilch1) July 21, 2024
And, um...unfortunately, there were some questionable reactions, too. Lauren Boebert quoted Moskowitz's tweet alleging that "Trump isn't racist" because he donated to a Black woman.
Checks receipt: Trump isn’t racist. https://t.co/a4vEFpq4dC
— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) July 21, 2024
It's giving the virtue signaling many white Americans employ when they think they're allies to marginalized communities but are actively complicit in their marginalization (like pushing abortion bans, ripping away lower prescription drug costs and healthcare access, and cutting education — all plans by far-right conservatives — which disproportionately affect people of color).
It's also similar to when the white family in Get Out continues to try to prove themselves as upstanding "post-racial" Americans (e.g., "I voted for Obama, so I'm not racist" ideology) but are actually nightmarishly racist.
Just as many white Americans used their Obama vote to excuse their internalized racism, Lauren Boebert seems to have adopted this same ideology, ignoring Trump's long record of racism against African Americans, Mexicans, Hispanics, Native Americans, Muslims, Jews, and immigrants, and discrimination against women and people with disabilities, just because he donated $6,000 to a Black candidate one time.
As one Twitter user wrote, "'He can't be racist, he donated to a black woman' is exactly what racists say."
“He can't be racist, he donated to a black woman” is exactly what racists say.Trump is extremely racist, and we will definitely witness the extent of his racism now.
— 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐢 (@ChidiNwatu) July 21, 2024
Anyhoo, while some would love to see Kamala spending Trump's money to defeat him, she reportedly didn't keep the $6,000 after all. A Harris spokesperson told the Sacramento Bee in 2020 that she donated the money to a "nonprofit that advocates for civil and human rights for Central Americans."
Kamala using that $5k to buy more coconuts to end trump pic.twitter.com/8jGlUVgVAP
— welp. (@YSLONIKA) July 21, 2024
Lifetime / Via Twitter: @YSLONIKA
Well, at least his money went to something good!