Failed Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris conceded her defeat to President-elect Donald Trump just one day after his historic re-election but her campaign is reportedly still soliciting donations from her disappointed supporters.

At least some of the post-election contributions to the Harris campaign are allegedly going toward a special fund for possible recount efforts in close House and Senate races, according to The Express Tribune.

However, some skeptics suspect the campaign's call for donations to fund congressional race recounts is merely an excuse to raise money to cover the millions of dollars of debt Democrats are now saddled with following Harris' unsuccessful electoral effort.

Call for donations to fund recount efforts

Social media erupted with reports that fundraising emails were being sent out by the Harris Fight Fund to solicit donations to support legal challenges and recount efforts in close congressional races, though not in the presidential race that the losing candidate already conceded.

"With a handful of key Senate and House races still too close to call, we are keeping our organizers and volunteers on the ground in those states to see the election across the finish line," the solicitation says. "If you are able, please donate to the Harris Fight Fund today to ensure we have the resources to elect Democrats down the ticket ready to hold the Trump administration accountable."

Kamala Harris is now asking for donations to fund recounts and other legal challenges in several key U.S. House and Senate races. pic.twitter.com/6axUFG34bP

— Pop Flop (@PopFlopHQ) November 11, 2024

Newsweek confirmed that contributors to the Harris campaign are redirected to the Democrat-aligned ActBlue fundraising platform, where a message in fine print states: "The first $41,300/$15,000 from a person/multicandidate committee ('PAC') will be allocated to the DNC. The next $3,300/$5,000 from a person/PAC will be allocated to Harris for President's Recount Account."

There are a few races that haven't been called yet or where the losing Democratic candidate hasn't yet conceded, but it is unclear if any official recounts have been launched, and every state has a slightly different procedure for when and how a recount of the reported results will be handled.

People are skeptical of the fundraising effort

To say that some people are skeptical of the alleged purpose of this recount funding effort would be an understatement, as social media exploded with a variety of theories about what the real intentions were for any funds raised by VP Harris in the aftermath of her loss to President-elect Trump.

To be sure, some deluded Democrats who insist that Trump won via election fraud believe that Harris is secretly preparing to challenge his apparent victory, and is simply using the close congressional races as a convenient excuse to raise money for the subversive plan.

On the other hand, some suspect the congressional recounts are being exploited by Harris to raise funds to cover her campaign's extraordinary post-election debt, which by some estimates is around $20 million -- a shocking figure in light of the fact that she raised and spent more than $1 billion in just a few months.

Are the funds actually intended to cover the campaign's debts?

Raising money surreptitiously to pay off the campaign's debts, rather than truly finance congressional recounts, is certainly a plausible theory, as Axios reported on rising tensions between the Harris campaign and Democratic leaders and the legitimate concern that the Democratic Party's apparatus will be stuck with the bill for the money owed.

Likewise, the New York Post reported on speculation from some that the real reason for the post-election fundraising push by the Harris campaign is to aid them in paying off some of their remaining expenses.

If that is true and the Harris campaign is actually pulling off a bait-and-switch to solicit funds from its dejected supporters, it will be interesting to see if that subterfuge will last before Democratic donors wise up and stop contributing, as well as if such a scheme runs afoul of federal campaign finance laws.