{"id":1199,"date":"2025-07-31T15:14:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T15:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/?p=1199"},"modified":"2025-07-31T15:14:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T15:14:50","slug":"trump-questions-campaign-payments-involving-beyonce-and-oprah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/?p=1199","title":{"rendered":"Trump Questions Campaign Payments Involving Beyonc\u00e9 and Oprah"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"523\" src=\"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/5-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/5-6.jpg 512w, https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/5-6-294x300.jpg 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In a recent Truth Social post, former President Donald Trump voiced concerns about celebrity appearances at Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019s presidential campaign events, alleging that several high-profile figures were paid large sums to endorse her publicly. Among those named were Beyonc\u00e9, Oprah Winfrey, and Rev. Al Sharpton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump claimed\u2014without offering evidence\u2014that Beyonc\u00e9 was paid $11 million for a brief appearance and endorsement at a Harris rally. He further alleged that Oprah received $3 million and Sharpton $600,000 for their support. \u201cThey were paid to do absolutely nothing,\u201d Trump wrote. \u201cYOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PAY FOR AN ENDORSEMENT. IT IS TOTALLY ILLEGAL.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These accusations have not been independently verified. According to <em>Newsweek<\/em> and other outlets, no official evidence has surfaced to support Trump\u2019s claims. Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings show no $11 million payment to Beyonc\u00e9. However, records confirm that her company, Parkwood Entertainment, was paid $165,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similarly, Harpo Productions\u2014Oprah Winfrey\u2019s media company\u2014received $1 million, and Rev. Sharpton\u2019s National Action Network was paid $500,000. These payments were reportedly for organizing and producing events, including a livestreamed campaign event held in Michigan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent Truth Social post, former President Donald Trump voiced concerns about celebrity appearances at Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019s presidential campaign events, alleging that several high-profile figures were paid large sums to endorse her publicly. Among those named were Beyonc\u00e9, Oprah Winfrey, and Rev. Al Sharpton. Trump claimed\u2014without offering evidence\u2014that Beyonc\u00e9 was paid $11&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/?p=1199\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Trump Questions Campaign Payments Involving Beyonc\u00e9 and Oprah&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1199"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1202,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199\/revisions\/1202"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}