Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris blew the election by refusing to appear on comedian Joe Rogan’s popular podcast as her Republican rivals Donald Trump and JD Vance did, a one-time White House hopeful said.
Andrew Yang, a failed 2020 presidential and NYC mayoral candidate, told TMZ Friday Harris committed “political malpractice” by turning down an appearance on “The Joe Rogan Experience” ahead of Tuesday’s general election.
“If you think about that audience, you’re talking about millions, tens of millions of mostly men,” he said. “And it was almost entirely going to be an upside for Kamala Harris and the Democrats. Those were naturally not going to be her votes.”
Yang also said he thinks Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, “would have done well” on the podcast.
“I think that they would have gotten votes,” he said. “It was also a very bad look that they didn’t go on because there were some voters who were like, huh, what are they hiding?”
Yang also pointed out that Rogan is amenable to left-leaning ideas, including once saying he would vote for Bernie Sanders in 2020.
“He’s the No. 1 podcaster; he’s got the biggest audience,” he said. “In my opinion, it was political malpractice for them not to go on Joe Rogan.”
Yang also said no future major party candidate will be able to avoid appearing on the show.
“If you can’t do it, then they should nominate someone else,” he warned.
Although Harris blew off Rogan, her failed campaign dropped six figures building a set for an interview with Alex Cooper’s “Call Her Daddy” podcast, the Washington Examiner reported.
Harris’ showing on the raunchy women’s sex and relationship-focused podcast has just 813,201 views since being uploaded on Oct. 6, Fox News reported.
However, Trump’s Oct. 25 appearance on “The Joe Rogan Experience” already has over 47 million views on YouTube while Vance’s Oct. 31 interview raked in more than 16 million.
