Kamala Harris made all makes an attempt to get on Joe Rogan present, even deliberate Houston rally, reveals forthcoming e-book – The Occasions of India
Former vice chairman Kamala Harris went so far as planning a Houston rally in order that she may cease at Joe Rogan’s Austin studio, a forthcoming e-book reveals as her failure to land Rogan grew to become a turning level within the election. It was seen as an element why male voters didn’t vote for her however now the within particulars will quickly be out on this new e-book by Jonathan Allen or NBC Information and Amie Parnes of The Hills. Struggle: Contained in the wildest battle for the White Home shall be revealed on April 1.
Within the closing weeks forward of the election, the Harris staff was in talks to sit down down with Joe Rogan however that didn’t work out. Reviews claimed that Kamala Harris’ staff feared a progressive backlash however the forthcoming e-book says Harris deliberate the Houston rally holding Joe Rogan in thoughts.
“Harris had lower than zero cause to be in Texas. It was not a swing state. Her marketing campaign was flush with money—so it made no sense to take her off the path to lift cash. She was in battleground-or-bust mode. Plus, a detour to Texas may scent like desperation to the press and a waste of cash to donors,” reads an excerpt from “FIGHT.”
So the Harris staff deliberate to fly Harris to Houston for an Oct. 25, 2024, rally, Allen and Parnes reported, “underneath the quilt of visiting a state with one of many nation’s most restrictive abortion legal guidelines — to place her in proximity to Austin.”
However the identical day the marketing campaign introduced the Houston rally, information broke that Donald Trump would sit down with Rogan on October 25.
Negotiation with Joe Rogan began on October 11
Harris’ deputy marketing campaign supervisor Rob Flaherty made the primary Zoom name to start out negotiating with Rogan’s representatives on October 11. “He was shocked—maybe a tad dissatisfied—to search out out that Rogan’s associates have been extra like Hollywood brokers. In that vein, they outlined the podcaster’s situations for an interview: no workers within the studio, no subject restrictions, and Harris must signal a waiver,” the e-book mentioned, as reported by NBC.
“There was yet another merchandise within the small print: Harris must come to Austin, Texas. Rogan’s reps mentioned that could be negotiable, however he had solely as soon as executed an interview with an out-of-studio visitor. That was leaker Edward Snowden, who was needed in the US on the time,” it mentioned.
