Kamala Harris Rogan blunder
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The decision to skip Rogan's podcast was mind-boggling.
Rogan has one of the largest, most engaged audiences in all of media. Plus, the podcast would have allowed Harris to reach more men while giving her the opportunity to demonstrate a semblance of authenticity.
More than a week after Harris' election loss, we now know why Harris ultimately refused to appear on Rogan's podcast.
Jennifer Palmieri — a career Democratic strategist who served in the Obama administration, Hillary Clinton's campaign, and, most recently, in Harris' campaign as a senior adviser to Doug Emhoff — admitted on Wednesday that Harris did not go on Rogan's podcast because the campaign feared how the interview would be perceived within the Democratic Party.
"There was a backlash with some of our progressive staff that didn’t want her to be on it, and how there would be a backlash," Palmieri said, according to the Financial Times.
The justification for wasting the golden opportunity to use Rogan's platform over fears that it would anger progressives is equally as mind-boggling as the decision itself.
Pollster Nate Silver said it shows that "Democrats definitely deserved to lose" the election. Liberal commentator Cenk Uygur, meanwhile, observed that skipping the podcast over fear of progressive backlash perfectly encapsulates the campaign's disconnect with reality. Indeed, the Democratic Party's embrace of far-left ideals is one of the reasons Harris lost the election.
Later on Wednesday, Palmieri attempted to clarify her comments.
Palmieri said Harris didn't go on Rogan's podcast because of scheduling conflicts, claiming it is "hard to get to [Texas] twice in a 107 day campaign."
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I suspect the real reason she did not go on Rogan's show is that she gets exposed as a poor politician in interviews of more than a few sentences. She is just not good on her feet in those situations. She is not helping her campaign when she is engaging in word-salad responses to questions that most candidates have to deal with. Her staff was probably aware of this weakness.
See also:
Joe Rogan exposes shocking reason why Kamala Harris ditched his interview
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Mark Hemingway@Heminator
To recap, in the last week MSNBC has 1) lost half it's audience 2) had a host endorse black separatism after the election 3) it was revealed another host was paid $500k by a presidential candidate and 4) and now straight up defamation on air. You're doing great!
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