Summary

A new book alleges that Kamala Harris was set to appear on Joe Roganā€™s podcast during the 2024 campaign but was blocked when Roganā€™s team suddenly scheduled Donald Trump instead.

Harrisā€™ team carefully planned a trip to Texas to align with Roganā€™s terms, only to be told he was unavailableā€”only for Trump to secure an interview that same day.

The book claims Elon Musk and UFC CEO Dana White influenced Roganā€™s decision.

Harrisā€™ team made a last-minute attempt for an interview, but Rogan declined.

  • Art35ian@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    Iā€™ve been a pretty consistent listener of Joe for a decade, since before he really gained true popularity. Heā€™s never been perfect and heā€™s said and done a whole lot of dumb shit over the years, but I took him for entertainment and nothing more, so his missteps were always forgivable.

    But last yearā€™s Trump, Vance, Musk, and Gabbard interviews back-to-back on the eve of election proved to me without a shadow of a doubt that Joe Rogan is bought and sold, and Iā€™ve not listened to him since.

    I donā€™t hate him, but his appeal to me was that right or wrong, he was always at least genuine. Now heā€™s just a 3-hour advertisement.

    In my opinion, what fucked him was reaching ā€˜escape velocityā€™ as he calls it. He knows heā€™s untouchable now so heā€™s stopped auto criticism.