A voter in the crucial swing state of Arizona says Kamala Harris’ decision to shun a Joe Rogan appearance has driven 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.
‘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 very specific terms, Rogan revealed last week.
He said the VP said she’d only do an hour and wanted Rogan to fly to meet her and film outside his usual Austin studio.
Rogan’s shows last for anything up to three hours and are almost always shot 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 says he’s backing Donald Trump in the 2024 elections, with his home state of Texas all-but-certain to get behind the MAGA Republican’s latest presidential bid.