Summary
A new book alleges that Kamala Harris was set to appear on Joe Roganās podcast during the 2024 campaign but was blocked when Roganās team suddenly scheduled Donald Trump instead.
Harrisā team carefully planned a trip to Texas to align with Roganās terms, only to be told he was unavailableāonly for Trump to secure an interview that same day.
The book claims Elon Musk and UFC CEO Dana White influenced Roganās decision.
Harrisā team made a last-minute attempt for an interview, but Rogan declined.
Is the article supposed to make Harrisās team look good or bad? They didnāt want to appear desperate so they tried to make him fly out, were told no, tried to change the time format, were told no, went to Texas and told Rogan they could meet last minute, were given an alternate time and declined (because they didnāt want to seem desperate) left Texas, and then invited to fly Rogan out (again) and were told no.
Blaming Trump, Musk and Dana White here is likeā¦
Sounds like Rogan was jerking them around as well:
"āWe could do Friday, the 25th,ā Harrisā deputy campaign manager Rob Flaherty reportedly told Roganās associates on October 18.
āWish we had known about this sooner, because he has the 25th blocked out as a personal day,ā a Rogan rep allegedly responded.
āWhat about Saturday morning?ā Flaherty countered, according to the book.
A terse response allegedly followed: āOnly if itās before 8:30 a.m.ā
Flaherty noticed the tone from Roganās camp was now ādifferent.ā The same people who had previously seemed open to a Rogan-Harris interview, as long as there were no topic restrictions, were now less eager."
Thatās not how you negotiate an imterview with the sitting Vice President and candidate for President.
Canāt forget that they sent John Fetterman instead of Tim Walz or literally anyone more likeable to do Rogan.
But we canāt ask what the democrats did wrong, then they might have to do something other than move to the right every election and complain that rightwing policy and messaging is unpopular.
Didnāt Kamalaās team also want to edit the interview? Whereas Rogan does a long form, stream of conciousness type of inteview, so he told the Harris team āNoā to editing.
Initially they wanted the moon and Rogan said no to all of it. They wanted to do it like a news interview, seemingly not understanding how a podcast works.
His offer was come to his studio, donāt cram the room with her team, and accept her performance as it happened with no editing.
Then you have JD and Trump, who he only had to add them to his schedule.