Harris gained the financial backing of [[Marxist]] and [[socialist]] supporters of [[Bernie Sanders]] early as a 2020 Democratic hopeful.<ref>https://medium.com/voices/kamala-harris-has-a-hamptons-problem-b6583cf29d41</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00036915</ref> When she made her announcement in January 2019, she broke Sanders 24 hour record for fundraising.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/kamala-harris-ties-bernie-sanders-24-hour-fundraising-record</ref> The crowd of 20,000 that attended her announcement speech was larger than the crowd of 7,000 Barack Obama attracted in 2007. Harris also made at least ten false statements in her announcement speech.<ref>Kirkwood, R. Cort (January 28, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31322-harris-lied-at-least-10-times-in-announcement-speech-and-got-away-with-it Harris Lied At Least 10 Times in Announcement Speech and Got Away With It]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 30, 2019.</ref> | Harris gained the financial backing of [[Marxist]] and [[socialist]] supporters of [[Bernie Sanders]] early as a 2020 Democratic hopeful.<ref>https://medium.com/voices/kamala-harris-has-a-hamptons-problem-b6583cf29d41</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00036915</ref> When she made her announcement in January 2019, she broke Sanders 24 hour record for fundraising.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/kamala-harris-ties-bernie-sanders-24-hour-fundraising-record</ref> The crowd of 20,000 that attended her announcement speech was larger than the crowd of 7,000 Barack Obama attracted in 2007. Harris also made at least ten false statements in her announcement speech.<ref>Kirkwood, R. Cort (January 28, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31322-harris-lied-at-least-10-times-in-announcement-speech-and-got-away-with-it Harris Lied At Least 10 Times in Announcement Speech and Got Away With It]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 30, 2019.</ref> |