The Daily Populous Sunday October 27th, 2024 night edition
Authored by newsweek.com and submitted by Silly-avocatoe

During former President Donald Trump's chat with Joe Rogan, a video of the podcast host defending Vice President Kamala Harris over the possibility she would appear on his show has taken off online on Saturday.

Trump, the GOP presidential nominee, sat down for an episode of The Joe Rogan Experience on Friday as part of his push to reach voters—namely, younger males—through nontraditional media circuits, such as streaming platforms and podcasts. Rogan's show consistently has among the largest audiences on platforms like Spotify.

Harris, the Democratic nominee, was also reportedly in talks with Rogan's team regarding an interview, but her campaign said on Thursday that she will not be able to record one "because of the scheduling of this period" in the election.

Rogan has been dubbed "libertarian-learning," by CNN. He has described himself as socially liberal, supports freedom of speech and is a fan of Florida GOP Governor Ron DeSantis, having previously said he would make a good president.

During Friday's interview, Trump and Rogan spoke about the possibility of Harris being on the podcast. However, as Trump began to take aim at Harris by saying, "She'd be laying on the floor," Rogan responded, "She was supposed to do it. And she might still do it. I hope she does."

"I hope she does because it would be a mess," the former president said. "She'd be laying on the floor. Comatose. She'd be saying 'Call in the medics.'"

Rogan responded: "I will talk to her like a human being. I would try to have a conversation with her. I think we'd have a fine conversation. I think I'd be able to talk to her. I wouldn't try to interview her. I'd just try to have a conversation with her and hopefully get to know her as a human being. That was my goal. Having her on, trying to get her to express herself..."

The video of the interaction has since been posted by journalist Yashar Ali to X, formerly Twitter, and has garnered over 2 million views as of Saturday morning.

Newsweek has reached out to Trump and Harris' campaign via email for comment.

Trump: Can you imagine Kamala doing this show?

Rogan: I could imagine her doing this show.

Trump: She'd be laying on the floor.

Rogan: She was supposed to do it. And she might still do it. I hope she does.

Trump: She's not gonna do it.

Rogan: I will talk to her like a… pic.twitter.com/KNv2bjDPmz — Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) October 26, 2024

This comes as Election Day quickly approaches with both candidates aiming to win over the remaining undecided voters.

Rogan's podcast has around 14.5 million listeners per episode, according to Digital Music News. As the show's audience skews heavily male, an appearance by Harris might have helped her connect to a demographic with which she is seemingly struggling.

Polls have shown that Trump has a clear lead among male voters. However, polling also shows that Harris has a large and increasing lead with female voters.

David Karpf, associate professor of media and public affairs at George Washington University, previously told Newsweek that a Harris appearance on Rogan's show would make sense as part of the Democratic candidate's "media strategy."

"Some of [Rogan's] listeners will surely back Trump, but some are up for grabs," Karpf said. "She'll want to get her message out and draw a clear contrast with Trump."

Podcast host Joe Rogan is seen on May 7 in Phoenix. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks in Houston on October 25. During former President Donald Trump's chat with Rogan, a video of the podcast host... Podcast host Joe Rogan is seen on May 7 in Phoenix. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks in Houston on October 25. During former President Donald Trump's chat with Rogan, a video of the podcast host defending Harris over the possibility she would appear on his show has taken off online on Saturday. More Christian Petersen and ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP/Getty Images

The vice president has recently been interviewed on the podcasts Call Her Daddy, a podcast popular with young women, and All the Smoke, in addition to interviews on radio shows hosted by Howard Stern and Charlamagne tha God.

However, a poll released by USA Today/Suffolk University on Wednesday suggested that podcast appearances were doing little to move the needle in favor of Harris and may instead be harming her campaign.

The poll, conducted among 1,000 likely voters, found that 51 percent of respondents who had heard the vice president on a podcast said that her appearance made them less likely to vote in her favor.

Only 34 percent of the poll respondents said that Harris' podcast appearances made them more likely to vote for the Democratic ticket, while 21.5 percent said that it made no difference. Large majorities of those who participated in the poll said they had heard neither Harris nor Trump on any podcasts.

Chakita88 on October 26th, 2024 at 17:04 UTC »

Trump: “you gotta have the debates though…”

Also Trump: drops out of multiple debates

OodalollyOodalolly on October 26th, 2024 at 16:26 UTC »

Wow. Even Joe Rogan picked up how Trump dehumanizes people and had to remind Trump that Harris is a human being.

Aggressive_Ad3514 on October 26th, 2024 at 16:05 UTC »

Love how Trump is calling Harris a chicken for not doing it and that she would “call in the medical” if she was on the podcast…was Trump not the guy that declined 2-3 presidental debates with Harris