By Jimmy Mccloskey Published: 21:02 EST, 5 November 2024 | Updated: 00:50 EST, 6 November 2024
A voter in the crucial swing state of Arizona says Kamala Harris’ decision to shun an appearance on Joe Rogan drove him to vote for Donald Trump.The unidentified Arizona State University student told MSNBC’s Gadi Schwartz that the VP’s refusal to appear on the popular show ended up deciding his vote.’We’ve actually been hearing a lot of talk about the Rogan podcast,’ Schwartz said. ‘A little while ago we were talking to two guys. ‘One of them said he was on the fence, when Kamala did not go on the Joe Rogan podcast that was what influenced his vote, he ended up voting for Trump. Kamala Harris’ decision to shun Joe Rogan’s podcast cost her at least one swing state voter, MSNBC revealed MSNBC’s Gadi Schwartz says someone at a polling station at Arizona State University told him that Kamala not going on Joe Rogan influenced his vote for Trump. pic.twitter.com/z1JoaLQjJC— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) November 6, 2024 MSNBC reporter Gadi Schwartz said one Arizona State University student told him he’d avoided voting for Kamala because she didn’t appear on Joe Rogan’s podcast’He said he was open to listening to Kamala on the podcast and when she didn’t, not necessarily all the issues. She didn’t seem like a real person because she couldn’t talk for an extended period of time. ‘ Schwartz said many of the young men he’d spoken to had also been put off Kamala Harris and the Democrats by ‘feelings of attacks on masculine identity.’ Arizona polling stations close at 7pm MT. The swing state is one of seven seen as vital for Trump or Harris to win to keep their White House ambitions alive.Joe Biden snatched the Grand Canyon State from Trump in 2020. Harris wanted to do The Joe Rogan Show – but only on her terms, Rogan revealed last week. Rogan says Harris was in discussions over appearing on his hugely-popular show – but refused to travel to his studio or sit for the usual three-hour interview JD Vance made an appearance on Rogan’s show days before the election Donald Trump also sat down with Rogan just before the election, with Rogan subsequently backing Trump for the White House He said the VP said she’d only do 45 minutes and wanted Rogan to fly to meet her and film outside his usual Austin studio.Rogan’s shows last for between one and four hours and are almost always recorded in his famous, neon-lit Austin production center.Donald Trump and JD Vance both made appearances on the podcast in recent weeks and happily chatted to Rogan for three hours apiece.Harris has been widely-criticized for limiting her off-script public appearances, with the VP accused of spouting ‘word salads’ during head-to-head chats with journalists.Rogan’s show is hugely popular among men – a vital demographic that Harris has struggled with.The podcaster is frequently branded right wing and accused of spreading ‘misinformation.’But Rogan says he’s a progressive who voted for hard-left Democrat senator Bernie Sanders in the 2016 Democrat primaries.Rogan announced he was backing Donald Trump on election eve during a podcast with Elon Musk.
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Swing state voter reveals mistake Kamala made that drove him to vote for Trump