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A Kamala Harris sit-down discussion with popular podcaster Joe Rogan is still on the table.
Rogan refused the conditions initially set by the vice president’s campaign, reports the Guardian, but he still holds out hope it can still be arranged.
“(F)or the record the Harris campaign has not passed on doing the podcast,” Rogan wrote on X. “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. 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.”
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In response to Rogan’s post, Elon Musk wrote: “Good clarification. I would definitely watch that podcast. Hour 2 would be (melting face emoji).”
The Joe Rogan Experience podcast has become an important stop for political candidates seeking to reach voters.
The host of the world’s most listened-to podcast, Rogan boasts a massive audience that consists principally of young men, a demographic both campaigns want to secure, reports The Daily Beast.
Donald Trump sat down with Rogan last Friday. That conversation has registered about 36 million views on YouTube. They discussed eliminating income tax, mixed martial arts, life on other planets and praise for Robert E. Lee, the Confederate military general who commanded the pro-slavery, losing side of the U.S. Civil War.
Rogan and Trump talked about the possibility of Harris being on the podcast after the former president.
“She was supposed to do it. And she might still do it. I hope she does,” said Rogan, whose show continually tops the global charts on both Apple and Spotify. “I will talk to her like a human being. I would try to have a conversation with her. I think we’d have a fine conversation.”
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However, it remains to be seen, says the Guardian, whether the Harris campaign feels it still needs Rogan – who describes himself generally as libertarian – after the furore ignited by a comedian’s insults about Puerto Rico being “a floating island of garbage” at Trump’s New York City rally last week.
That insult has also threatened his support in the crucial 222 Latino corridor in Pennsylvania, so called because of the area code there.
“She should just let Trump whirl in his own juices for the time being and keep moving ahead,” the Democrat strategist Hank Sheinkopf told the Guardian. “She doesn’t gain anything talking with people on the right. There’s nothing to be gained.”
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