I really don’t think I’ve ever seen a political train wreck quite like the Harris for Senate campaign. And in the political metaphor world these have been a rough few years in rail safety. So that’s really saying something.
Anyway, during the last run of news about the implosion of the Harris campaign, I heard that one of the big reasons so many of Harris’ top advisors were jumping ship was that they’d found out that she’d lied about some key points about her interactions with our old pal Mitch Wade. One of those things was whether he’d bought her a really fancy meal while he was wining and dining her.
This morning the Orlando Sentinel reports that meal may have cost “may have cost as much as $2,800.”
And catch this passage …
In her interview Wednesday, Harris acknowledged for the first time that Wade had paid for the dinner at Citronelle, reversing a statement from her congressional spokeswoman earlier this year.
But in the interview, Harris also said her campaign had, at some point, “reimbursed” the restaurant.
When asked how she could have reimbursed a business that was owed no money — Wade paid the bill that evening — she abruptly ended the interview and walked off.
Her spokesman called back an hour later and asked a reporter not to publish anything Harris had said Wednesday night about the dinner.
On Thursday, Harris’ campaign released a two-paragraph statement that differed from her explanation a day earlier. It stated that Harris thought her “campaign would be reimbursing” her share of the meal but later found out that hadn’t happened.
To resolve any questions, the statement said, “I have donated to a local Florida charity $100 which will more than adequately compensate for the cost of my beverage and appetizer.”
Harris spokesman Chris Ingram said the donation was made Thursday to Global Dominion Impact Ministries. He would not answer any other questions about the dinner — including the cost of the meal.
In case anyone’s wondering, if any of you would like to take me out for a $3000 dinner, I’ll be happy to defray the cost of the meal by giving a hundred bucks to the charity of my choice.
Also, I hear there’s another Harris lie still waiting to bubble to the surface.
