Will Taylor Swift endorse Kamala Harris? Here’s what a campaign advisor had to say

CHRIS. >> OTR, AS WE SAY IN THE BUSINESS, OFF THE RECORD STOPS BUT GETS THE PUBLICITY. JOINING US NOW, ADRIENNE ELROD, SENIOR SPOKESPERSON, LET ME PICK UP WHERE KELLY LEFT OFF. WE KNOW THE CAMPAIGN HAS EXPRESSED DISAPPOINTMENT IN THE RULES SPECIFICALLY ABOUT MUTED MICS, NO AUDIENCE. THEY THINK IT WILL BENEFIT TRUMP. HOW IS THE VICE PRESIDENT ADJUSTING? WHAT'S THE STRATEGY FOR WHAT COULD ARGUABLY BE, IF NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT MOMENT OF THIS CAMPAIGN, ONE OF THE TOP IMPORTANT MOMENTS? >> CHRIS, SHE'S TAKING IT SERIOUSLY. YOU HAVE KELLY O REPORTING LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE DEBATE SITE WHERE SHE'S PREPPING IN PITTSBURGH, REALLY FOCUSING ON THE PREP, AND MAKING SURE THAT SHE IS AS PREPARED AS POSSIBLE TO TAKE HER MESSAGE DIRECTLY TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. SHE KNOWS MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE WATCHING. SHE UNDERSTANDS THIS IS A REAL MOMENT IN THE DEBATE, IN THIS CAMPAIGN, TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ABOUT THE FACT THAT SHE'S FIGHTING FOR MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES, SHE WANTS TO TAKE THE COUNTRY FORWARD, NOT BACKWARD, AND DRAW THAT CONTRAST WITH DONALD TRUMP. SHE KNOWS THIS IS A MAJOR MOMENT TO DO THAT. SHE WANTS TO DRAW THE CONTRAST ON EMBRACING PROJECT 2025, WHICH WOULD SET US BACKWARD, GIVE HIM MORE POWER THAN A PRESIDENT SHOULD HAVE. IT FEELS VERY UNTHINKABLE AND MAKE SURE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT. THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S AT STAKE, AND AGAIN, SHE'S TAKING THIS VERY VERY SERIOUSLY, WHICH IS WHY SHE'S, YOU KNOW, SPENDING A LOT OF TIME WITH THOSE SENIOR AIDES PREPPING. >> GIVEN THE FACT THAT THERE WILL BE MUTED MICS, GIVEN THAT THERE WILL BE NO AUDIENCE FOR TRUMP? >> I MEAN, I'M NOT INVOLVED IN THE DEBATE PREP MYSELF. I'M HERE IN WILMINGTON, FOCUSED ON GETTING OUR SURROGATES ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, AND WE JUST HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH SENIOR AIDES HERE. MY FOCUS IS HERE. SHE HAS A WHOLE TEAM FOCUSING ON THAT. >> LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THAT. THE CAMPAIGN IS COMING OFF THE BIGGEST MONTH OF GRASS ROOTS FUNDRAISING FOR A PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN EVER. >> I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT. >> $361 MILLION IN AUGUST. I'M REMINDED THAT HILLARY CLINTON OUT SPENT DONALD TRUMP BY TWO TO ONE IN 2016 AND STILL LOST, SO TELL ME ABOUT THE MONEY STRATEGY. HOW DOES THE CAMPAIGN USE RESOURCES IN A WAY THAT YOU THINK WILL TRANSLATE INTO SUCCESS AT THE BALLOT BOX? >> I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED FUNDRAISING. THIS IS HISTORIC, WE DID RAISE A LOT OF MONEY. THREE TIMES MORE THAN TRUMP RAISED IN AUGUST. THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO FOCUS ON. LOOK, FIRST OF ALL, THE GRASS ROOTS MOMENTUM AND EXCITEMENT YOU'RE SEEING AMONG VOLUNTEERS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IS TRANSLATE TO GO DOLLARS FOR US. 90% OF THE DONATIONS WERE UNDER $200. DEMONSTRATES THE EXCITEMENT YOU'RE SEEING. HIGH TURNOUT, SAVANNAH GEORGIA, 9,000 PEOPLE TURNED OUT, DETROIT, 15,000 PEOPLE. SHE'S DRAWING LARGE CROWDS OF EXCITED PEOPLE, DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS, AND INDEPENDENT. PEOPLE ARE EXCITED AND THAT'S TRANSLATING INTO VOLUNTEER SHIFTS, TRANSLATING INTO SMALL GRASS ROOTS DOLLAR DONATIONS. WE'RE SEEING THAT ACROSS THE BOARD. WE HAVE OF COURSE THIS HISTORIC WEEKEND OF ACTION COMING UP WHERE OVER 200,000 PEOPLE ARE VOLUNTEERING. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE KNOCKING ON DOORS, CALLING UNDECIDED VOTERS, DOING ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU DO TRADITIONALLY, CHRIS, AT THIS STAGE OF THE CAMPAIGN, WHICH IS MAKING SURE WE ARE REACHING OUR SWING VOTER UNIVERSE, THAT WE ARE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH UNDECIDED VOTERS. WE'RE MAKING SURE VOTERS WHO ARE SUPPORTING US DON'T STAY HOME AND SIT ON THE COUCH. THEY'RE GETTING OUT, THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S AT STAKE IN THIS ELECTION. THEY'RE GOING TO TURN OUT AND VOTE. WE ARE FOCUSED ON, YOU KNOW, TURNING A VERY HIGH LEVEL, HIGH STAKES VOLUNTEER OPERATION, USING THE MOMENTUM THAT WE HAVE COMING, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE CAMPAIGN, TO GET VOLUNTEERS OUT THERE, AND TO REALLY MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S AT STAKE. >> OF COURSE THEY HAVE TO BE ORGANIZED AND THE LAST NUMBERS I SAW, UPDATE ME IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING FRESH, BUT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE 312 CAMPAIGN OFFICES, 2,000 STAFF MEMBERS IN BATTLEGROUND STATES. WITH ALL OF THAT MONEY, ARE YOU HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT EXPANDING THE NUMBER OF STATES THAT YOU'RE IN AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ON STAFF? >> YEAH, CHRIS, WE'RE CERTAINLY TAKING EVERY STATE SERIOUSLY. OF COURSE OUR CORE BATTLEGROUND STATES, THE ONES WHERE WE HAVE THE MOST ENERGY AND EXCITEMENT AND THE MOST, YOU KNOW, EXPANSIVE OPERATION. CHRIS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND, WE HAVE BEEN MAKING THESE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS IN BATTLEGROUND STATES FOR A LONG TIME. OF COURSE, PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WAS THE NOMINEE. THIS CAMPAIGN EFFECTIVELY TURNED INTO A CAMPAIGN FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT. WE HAVE BEEN LAYING THE GROUNDWORK. UNLIKE DONALD TRUMP WHO HAS SORT OF HAD, OH, I'M GOING TO RUN A DIGITAL GROUND GAME. I'M NOT DOING THE TRADITIONAL THINGS YOU DO IN A VERY HIGH STAKES, VERY CLOSE ELECTION. WE BELIEVE THESE INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING IN THE STATES, THE VOLUNTEER OPERATION IS HISTORIC. THE FACT THAT WE DO HAVE THOUSANDS -- 2000, AS YOU MENTIONED, THAT NUMBER IS GROWING EVERY SINGLE DAY, OF PAID STAFF IN THE STATES. WE BELIEVE THOSE INVESTMENTS ARE GOING TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN AN ELECTION THAT'S VERY CLOSE. >> YOU MENTIONED YOU'RE INVOLVED IN SURROGATE OPERATIONS, LET ME ASK YOU A POINTED OR MAYBE A DOUBLE POINTED QUESTION. FEEL FREE TO ANSWER YES OR NO. HAVE THERE BEEN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT GETTING OUT ON BEHALF OF VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS LIZ CHENEY OR TAYLOR SWIFT? >> CHRIS, AGAIN, IT'S NOT MY JOB HERE TO DISCLOSE PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS. WHAT I WILL TELL YOU WE WERE VERY EXCITED TO SEE LIZ CHENEY, A VERY IMPORTANT VOICE AMONG CONSERVATIVES AND A LOT OF MODERATE SWING VOTERS COME OUT AND SAY SHE'S SUPPORTING VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS. AS FOR SOME OF THE OTHER BIG NAMES OUT THERE, YOU'LL HAVE