After Donald Trump went on with Joe Rogan for three full hours, there was an open invitation for Kamala Harris to do the same. As you know, Harris never went on the Rogan show, but initially there were reports that her campaign was demanding editorial control and also wanted the host to go to them instead of sending Kamala to Texas.
Joe Rogan & Theo Von Say Kamala Harris' Team Asked If They Would Edit Her Interview
— Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) November 8, 2024
"There were a few restrictions of things they wanted to talk about...They wanted to know if I'd edit it. I'm like, there's no editing." pic.twitter.com/XjKOGSRNGW
I never thought Team Harris even seriously considered letting Kamala go on the Rogan show under any circumstances, and now that the post-mortems are being performed on her campaign it's looking like that was the case.
A Harris adviser has now been quoted as saying that the campaign's "progressive staff" would have been triggered if Kamala went on with Rogan, so the interview never happened:
new: a Kamala campaign adviser explains why she didn't go on Joe Rogan: https://t.co/1OUv3lheJJ
— Anna Nicolaou (@annaknicolaou) November 13, 2024
from @FTJFranklin & me pic.twitter.com/OgKyLQVGax
They caved to the Gen-Z lefties in the campaign and now wonder why they lost? Some questions answer themselves.
The talks faltered because of concerns at how the interview would be perceived within the Democratic party, said Jennifer Palmieri, a senior adviser to Harris’s husband, Doug Emhoff.
“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 on Wednesday.
Palmieri, who previously worked in the White House and for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign, is among the first officials from the Harris campaign to go into detail over a decision that some Democrats fear may have contributed to their loss.
The Harris campaign was doomed from the start, and it reminds me of a line from the show 30 Rock: "It was a guaranteed disaster, like eating a burrito before sex."
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Democrats might as well have left Biden on the top of the ticket.
This anecdote explains the entire election. This is why she lost. https://t.co/dMm5AM1NYB
— jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) November 14, 2024
I guess avoiding progressive “backlash” — stupid backlash — was more important than winning an election? Harris could t overrule her minions? https://t.co/To5gqpCfaq
— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) November 14, 2024
The entire Harris campaign was choreographed, scripted and fake. Everybody could see through that but apparently her campaign thought it was preferable to the alternative -- letting Kamala be herself and explain her true policy positions.
Dems are screwed until they stop letting their institutions be held hostage by progressive 20-somethings
— Dylan Housman (@Dylan_Housman) November 13, 2024
wokeness is political suicide https://t.co/6FvsfZtxx7
— Daniel Greenfield - "Hang Together or Separately" (@Sultanknish) November 13, 2024
"Director of Communications for the Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign" man it must rule to suck shit at your job and keep getting hired https://t.co/TaTnvOfY3V
— Gary Doyle (@thegarydoyle) November 13, 2024
And she'll probably be an adviser to the next Democrat who runs for president. Let's hope the Left continues to not learn any lessons from what happened last Tuesday.
