Hillary Clinton, Paul Rudd, Lin-Manuel Miranda plan karaoke fundraiser for left-wing groups

Hillary Clinton, Paul Rudd and Lin-Manuel Miranda will host a celebrity karaoke night in New York on Oct. 19 to raise money for two left-wing voter mobilization groups ahead of the November midterms, according to Playbill.

The event, less than three weeks before the Nov. 3 elections, will benefit Latino Victory Project and Onward Together, two 501(c)(4) advocacy organizations aligned with left-wing political causes. Fans can enter a sweepstakes through ActBlue for a chance at round-trip airfare, hotel accommodations and a meet-and-greet with Mr. Miranda and Ms. Clinton, with entries accepted through Oct. 2, Playbill reported.

Ms. Clinton promoted the event on X, joking about her own singing voice while touting her co-hosts. “I promise that you don’t want to hear me sing at this karaoke night,” she wrote, adding that Mr. Rudd and Mr. Miranda would carry the vocal load.

Latino Victory Project was co-founded in 2014 by actress Eva Longoria and Democratic finance figure Henry Muñoz III, and was built in part from a donor network that supported President Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign, including billionaire George Soros, according to InfluenceWatch. The group has recruited and trained Democratic candidates through its Path to Victory program and, more recently, the Miranda Family Rising Stars Fund that Mr. Miranda helped launch.

Onward Together, meanwhile, is the “resistance” group Ms. Clinton launched in 2017 with former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean after her loss to President Trump. InfluenceWatch reported that during the 2018 midterms, more than half of the individuals who received over $5,000 from the nonprofit had personal ties to Ms. Clinton or her presidential campaign.

Both groups’ sweepstakes are being run through ActBlue, the Democratic Party’s dominant small-dollar fundraising platform, which is currently facing multiple state investigations. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the platform in April, alleging it enabled fraudulent donations, but U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns blocked the lawsuit in June, ruling Mr. Paxton had brought the case in retaliation for ActBlue’s fundraising on behalf of his Senate opponent, state Rep. James Talarico. Mr. Paxton has appealed the ruling to the First Circuit.

Mr. Rudd has kept a lower political profile than his co-hosts but has occasionally lent his celebrity to civic causes, including handing out water to voters waiting in line in Philadelphia during the 2024 election, according to the Washington Examiner. Mr. Miranda, the “Hamilton” creator, has worked with Latino Victory Project before, having launched the Miranda Family Rising Stars Fund to raise money for Latino candidates.