Joe Rogan Experience #2542 - Steve Hilton · Aired Aug 19, 2026
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Kamala Harris's presidential campaign spent 1.4 billion dollars.
The finding
What the evidence shows
The Harris for President committee's own FEC summary shows about $1.175 billion in total disbursements for 2023 to 2024, so the campaign committee itself spent less than the $1.4 billion figure in the claim. The $1.4 billion number reported in November 2024 measured aired political ads by the Harris-Walz campaign together with its Democratic allies, not the campaign's total spending, which is why this differs from the earlier TRUE verdict on the same figure. Falsifier: an FEC filing or audited total showing the Harris campaign committee alone disbursed at least $1.4 billion in the 2024 cycle would make the claim true.
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Is it true that Kamala Harris's presidential campaign spent 1.4 billion dollars?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. 4 billion figure in the claim. 4 billion number reported in November 2024 measured aired political ads by the Harris-Walz campaign together with its Democratic allies, not the campaign's total spending, which is why this differs from the earlier TRUE verdict on the same figure. It was said on Joe Rogan Experience #2542 - Steve Hilton, aired Aug 19, 2026, at 50:03. We haven't independently confirmed who said it. The supporting source is fec.gov, linked below.
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