It didn't turn out well for Democrat nominee Vice President Kamala Harris to back out of the Joe Rogan podcast, which was hugely successful for President-elect Donald Trump.
It turns out that she pulled out because she feared a backlash from her woke constituency, according to Jennifer Palmieri, the advisor to second gentleman 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 Wednesday at a conference organized by The Clearing House.
The Harris campaign originally said she was pulling out of the agreement to do the podcast due to a scheduling conflict.
Unfortunately for her, the decision led to speculation that she could not handle a long-form interview that did not allow a teleprompter or prepared questions.
The speculation was founded on her history of gaffes and vapid comments, so it's very possible that she might have flubbed the interview, had she done it.
President-elect Donald Trump did a three-hour interview with Rogan, which eventually got 50 million views and may have helped him get more of the single male vote.
Rogan, who was not a typical Republican voter, ended up endorsing Trump on the eve of the election.
Trump has since credited son Barron Trump, an 18-year-old freshman at NYU's business school, for advising him about which podcasts to do, including Joe Rogan's.
Trump got 5% more of the youth vote than he did in 2020, making Barron rather successful in the advice he gave his dad.
It's not the first time Trump has used his family members as advisors.
His oldest daughter Ivanka Trump advised him in 2016 and served in the campaign. Her husband Jared Kushner was also a trusted advisor, but neither one of them was involved in the campaign this time around after they relocated to Florida.
Lara Trump, the wife of his son Eric, also served as a campaign advisor in 2020 and 2024.
Trump has big plans for his second term, including fixing the border mess and reviving the economy.
