The machine usually works night and day to help Democrats. But that script is starting to flip.
And now Kamala Harris was just shot down by the last person she ever expected.
Joe Rogan revealed he turned down a podcast interview with Vice President Kamala Harris after her campaign set out an unusual list of demands — though he’s still open to making it happen if she’s willing to meet him on fair terms.
Rogan, known for his no-nonsense, long-form interviews, shared that Harris’s team wanted him to travel to her and limit their conversation to just one hour.
“They offered a date for Tuesday, but I would have had to travel to her and they only wanted to do an hour. I strongly feel the best way to do it is in the studio in Austin,” he posted on X, emphasizing that Harris’s team “has not passed on doing the podcast.”
“My sincere wish is to just have a nice conversation and get to know her as a human being. I really hope we can make it happen,” Rogan added.
The timing of Rogan’s comments comes after former President Donald Trump sat down for an unfiltered, three-hour interview in Rogan’s Austin studio last Friday.
Trump’s interview, eagerly awaited by Rogan’s audience, has already soared to over 37 million views on YouTube, capturing an overwhelming amount of public interest.
In stark contrast, Harris’s hesitation seems to be about keeping things brief and controlled.
After weeks of back-and-forth, her campaign chose to pull out rather than meet Rogan’s standard setup.
During his conversation with Trump, Rogan acknowledged the ongoing negotiations with Harris but gave no further updates.
Trump didn’t miss a beat to point out the contrast, chuckling at the idea of Harris handling a Rogan-style interview.
“Can you imagine Kamala doing this show? She’d be laying on the floor,” Trump quipped.
“If she did this kind of an interview with you, I hope she does, because it would be a mess. She’d be laying on the floor. Comatose. She’d be saying, ‘Call in the medics,’” Trump laughed, underlining the former president’s view that Harris simply couldn’t handle the kind of open, raw conversation Rogan is known for.
Rogan replied, saying: “I could imagine her doing this show. She was supposed to do it. And she might still do it. And I hope she does. I will talk to her like a human being. I would try to have a conversation with her.”
Rogan added that his intent would be to make Harris comfortable enough to express herself genuinely.
“I think we’d have a fine conversation. I think I’d be able to talk to her. I wouldn’t try to interview her. I’d just try to have a conversation with her and hopefully get to know her as a human being. That was my goal. Having her on, trying to get her to express herself.”
Harris’s cautious media strategy is noteworthy. Instead of facing off with Rogan, she’s been sticking to safer venues, including the Call Her Daddy podcast, ABC News’ The View, The Howard Stern Show, and CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
While these programs offer softer, curated conversations, they pale in comparison to the no-holds-barred environment of Rogan’s show, where Trump, undeterred by mainstream pressures, had no qualms engaging with the real questions the public wants answers to.
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