The popular YouTube show “Hot Ones” has rejected an offer by Vice President Kamala Harris to appear before the election, campaign officials said.
On Tuesday, campaign manager Harris appeared on “.pod save america” – a left-wing political podcast hosted by former Obama aides Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Dan Pfeiffer, and Tommy Vieter.
So we talked to Joe Rogan's team. they were great. They wanted us to come. ”
Harris campaign managers tried to explain why Kamala lost to Donald Trump despite the Harris campaign's sketchy spending. 1.5 billion dollars within 15 weeks.
“This political environment was terrible. We were facing tremendous headwinds, but I think people's instinct was to give the Republican Party, and even Donald Trump, another chance.” said David Plouffe, senior adviser to the Harris campaign.
Jen O'Malley Dillon, a senior adviser to the Harris campaign, argued that Kamala's lack of success was due to a lack of time.
“In a 107-day race, it's very difficult to do all the things you would normally do in a year and a half, two years,” Dillon said. suspect.
Harris leaders claimed time constraints prevented Kamala from appearing on “The Joe Rogan Experience.”
“I hate to say it over and over again, but it was a very short campaign with a limited number of days, so for a candidate to leave the battlefield and go to Houston is one day away from the battlefield.” [states]Stephanie Cutter, Harris campaign staffer suspect. “As it turns out, that was the day President Trump was taping 'Joe Rogan.' [episode]they didn't confirm it to us. By the time we got to that point, we kind of figured it out. … She was ready and willing to take on Joe Rogan. So we talked to Joe Rogan's team. they were great. They wanted us to come. we wanted to come. We tried to get a date to make it happen, but ultimately we couldn't find a date. ”
However, Joe Rogan claimed that he offered to interview Harris at any time if it was a long conversation in Austin's studio.
“You could look at this and say, 'Oh, you're a diva,' but she had an opportunity to come here when she was in Texas, so I literally gave them a free invite. Any time. said Logan. explained. “I said if she finishes at 10 o'clock, I'll be back here at 10 o'clock. I'll go, I'll do it at 9 o'clock in the morning, I'll do it at 10 o'clock in the afternoon, I'll do it at midnight if she's awake.” If she wants to drink. , Let's drink Red Bull. ”
As Blaze News previously reported, Rogan said the Harris campaign wanted an hour-long interview outside of Austin's studio.
James Carville, a longtime Democratic strategist, previously criticized the Harris campaign for not conducting an interview with Rogan, the world's most popular podcast host.
Meanwhile, President Trump has embraced a long-form podcast that has garnered a large audience among young American men. President Trump did a nearly three-hour podcast in Austin on “The Joe Rogan Experience,” as well as comedian Theo Fung’s “This Past Weekend,” golfer Bryson DeChambeau’s “Break 50,” Mark “ He also appeared on “Six Feet Under” with “The Undertaker” Calaway. ” and Barstool Sports’ “Bussin’ with the Boys.”
Harris' campaign tried to counter by asking her to appear on the wildly popular internet show “Hot Ones.”
In this popular YouTube show, host Sean Evans interviews celebrities while eating increasingly spicy chicken wings.
But producers of the show “Hot Ones” rejected the Harris campaign's request to have Kamala appear on the show before the 2024 election.
“Pod Save America” host Dan Pfeiffer said, “I use 'Hot Ones' as an example. Similarly, there has never been a better candidate for a podcast than Kamala Harris on 'Hot Ones.' '' he said.
Cutter noted that Harris' campaign wanted her to appear on the show, but the producers of “Hot Ones” didn't want to get involved in the polarizing world of politics.
“If I remember correctly, I don't think they wanted to get into politics on 'Hot Ones,'” Cutter noted. “Whoever brings him will bring us. It was some people like 'Hot Ones,' which is a great show, because they didn't want to do anything political. , didn't take us with her, and so, that was the problem, but we got along with a lot of people, and in short, she was happy with anyone, no matter where she was sitting. He talked to me about everything.”
There's more to “Hot Ones” 14 million YouTube followers. “Hot Ones” episodes regularly receive millions of views. episode His collaboration with celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has been viewed nearly 130 million times.
The Hot Ones podcast did not respond to requests for comment. daily beast.
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