Democrat fundraiser turned Republican Lindy Li faced criticism on Fox News for her political transition from supporting Kamala Harris to becoming a Donald Trump advocate.

Originally a staunch liberal who once labeled Trump as ‘a serial rapist’ and held a prominent position within the Democrat National Committee, Li’s disillusionment with the party post-election led her to raise funds for Trump’s inauguration.

Li, 34, has since become a popular figure to critique the Democrats on Fox and other networks as Trump goes about his first 100 days in office.

During an appearance on The Will Cain Show, conservative podcast host Wade Stotts confronted Li about her ideological shift and denounced her belief that she could seamlessly shift from being a Democrat fundraiser to a Trump supporter.

Cain and Li discussed Democrats’ hypocrisy on trade issues and tariffs in the past before Stotts attempted to rake her over the coals.  

‘Yeah, I’m not surprised at this behavior. These are people with no core beliefs. They just say whatever’s most advantageous to them personally at that moment,’ he said of Democrats, before turning to Li. 

‘You know, it’s almost as bad as a person who raised tens of millions for Kamala trying to pass herself off as a right-wing influencer… the second her team loses. So I don’t know what Lindy thinks about that, but just my opinion.

Li immediately shot back: ‘I’ve been on Fox News for years saying that I’m a conservative Democrat. This is not a sudden switch at all. It’s been a years-long evolution, and I’ve been warring against the leftist faction of the Democratic Party for years.’

Stotts continued in, saying he was stunned that Li had the gall to say the Democrats were hypocritical.  

‘It’s hilarious to hear Lindy Li slamming Democrats for being duplicitous. She was a Democrat until five minutes ago. The only belief she’s kept from six months ago is that she should be in charge of moving large sums of money. And that’s it,’ he said. 

He added: ‘If you think you’re going to be able to avoid conversations about your loyalty, you’re delusional.’

Stotts read out paraphrased versions of past opinions Li held – that Trump has a ‘Christo-fascist’ view of America, that Ruper Murdoch ‘broke Democracy’ and ‘anti-woke is code for anti-Black’ – and said ‘now you’re on Fox, talking about how fickle other people are.’

‘Which version of you was the real version and why should we listen to you now?’

After Li briefly stood up for herself, Cain pivoted the show to discussing a separate topic but Stotts wasn’t done.

When Cain asked Stotts why previously anti-tariff conservatives were supporting Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ agenda, he took a very thinly veiled shot again.

‘Well, because Trump is the leader of the movement, and whatever you say about the pushback from the right, none of these people who are on the right tried to raise tens of millions of dollars for the people who tried to put Trump in jail,’ he said.

Li didn’t respond to the charge but to Stotts’ tactic of criticizing her.

‘You’re just trying to ambush me this entire time. I’m not going to sink to your level. You can do whatever you want, but I’m not as malicious as you are.’ 

Li has yet to publicly comment on the incident but afterward, Stoss posted some of her previous takes to X with the caption: ‘Couple receipts, in case you need em.’ 

She was a high-energy fundraiser and failed Congressional candidate before making the shocking 180 after an extraordinary journey though a crazy year in Democratic politics culminating in Kamala Harris’ historic loss to Donald Trump.

During the 2024 election, Lindy was considered a consummate Democratic influencer combined with her ability to fundraise for the Democratic Party. 

She was invited to join events with President Joe Biden, Harris, and First Lady Jill Biden and she championed all of them on her social media platform. 

Born in China, she moved to America at the age of four and went to Princeton. She self-described herself as a ‘book worm’ and a ‘wallflower’ who majored in philosophy, championing issues of climate change and even ran and won and unlikely campaign for class president.

After college, she took a job at Morgan Stanley, but continued pursuing a dream of running for political office. She worked enthusiastically to boost Democrats for decades, interning with former congressman Joe Sestak, and even unsuccessfully running for Congress herself at the age of 25.

In many ways Lindy Li could have been the next rising political star in the Democratic Party. A Chinese immigrant, whose great-grandfather was murdered by communists, ran as an inspirational figure who believed in the promise of America. But every attempt at running for office ended in the establishment figures in Pennsylvania crushing her political aspirations. 

She continued on as a fundraiser and a media personality, trashing Trump and his MAGA movement at every opportunity.

Named by WIRED magazine as one of the top influencers of the 2024 election, Li was invited to the Democratic National Committee last August as an official credentialed influencer and given access to events. 

On TV she celebrated Biden’s vitality, Kamala Harris’ political strengths and condemned Trump’s racism and the overall toxicity of the MAGA movement.

At the last Kamala Harris campaign rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Li was there in the front row with prominent figures and Biden’s daughter Ashley and others to cheer on Harris as the historic first female president on the United States.

But that all came crashing down on Election Day, when Harris lost badly and it was clear that Democrats had seriously oversold their chances at beating Donald Trump.

That infuriated Li, who had invested a great deal of personal time and energy in the campaign. 

She was outraged that for months, Democrats had told her and others that Harris would easily sweep the election and encouraged them to raise more money and work harder. Crestfallen, she explained that she realized that top leaders in the Democratic Party were just ‘lying’ to her the entire time.

That inspired her to go public to criticize the campaign for their obvious failures and outrage at the way Democrats spent her and her fellow donors money. 

She was angry, but still a Democrat who wanted to voice her criticism and frustration for the party. 

‘It was just startling how there was no sense of responsibility. They essentially set $2 billion on fire in 100 days,’ she said in an interview after the election with NewsNation.

For Li to criticize the party post-election was a massive shift in her life, but one she did not expect would change her political identity.

Her criticism was not received well by the wounded Democratic influencer community who had sat with her in the same events with Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and White House officials.

“All I did is tell the truth I literally that’s all I did, all I did is tell it like it was,’ she reflected.

Li estimated to DailyMail.com that she had raised funds within six-figure range for the Trump transition team in the short time she started soliciting donations. The Trump transition team did not respond to a request for comment.

Republicans, Li said, accepted her with open arms, even inviting her to Trump’s club Mar-a-Lago for the year-end fundraisers and festivities. She did not go to Mar-a-Lago but was touched by the warm welcome that Trump supporters were willing to give her.

With Democrats, Li said she ‘fought tooth and nail’ just to get recognized. Republicans, she said, were far more welcoming.

‘It’s like night and day,’ she said, citing daily communications from Republicans on the committee. 

Many Democrats are furious at her betrayal, but Li argued they made a mistake by failing to recognize their failures and accept criticism.

‘They’d rather destroy the critics rather than than accept that the party might have done something wrong, it’s more convenient to blame me,’ she said.

Li says her family and lose friends are accepting of her identity flip, but the influencers she spent time with during the election are now out to destroy her.