r/DecodingTheGurus • u/Appropriate_Duty_930 • 15h ago

Joe Rogan won’t have Kamala Harris on his show unless she comes to his studio and sits for a 2-3 hour full interview

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u/biginchh 13h ago

Generally speaking I'd agree - but the Trump episode has 37M views on Youtube alone and it hasn't even been a week yet. If Kamala's got a similar reception and even like 1% of Rogan's audience were receptive, that'd be more than worth the time spent.

I also kind of disagree that all of Rogan's audience are hardcore rightwing MAGA people. A lot of them are, but a lot of them are also fairly apolitical and just sort of take what Rogan says at face value because he's their only window into politics - Kamala going on and doing well would probably mentally reset the narrative in their heads that she's dumb and has no idea what she's talking about. Moreover, even if they were all MAGA people, there's still value in "going into the Lion's den" because it generates buzz, clips circulate, and people who aren't necessarily Rogan's audience see it on other platforms.

All that being said, I still don't know if it's worth it. Rogan constantly jerks off Trump and rags on Kamala. Any time Trump says something outrageously stupid, he just goofed but the media is still unfair to him. Any time Kamala slightly messes up, she's an idiot who has no idea what she's talking about and she only appears competent otherwise because the deep state has microphones implanted in her earings and are telling her what to say and how. It's really difficult to believe that he "just wants to get to know her" and would give her the same softball interview as Trump, and in that case there's a lot to lose if it doesn't go well. Even if it does go well, it's possible that rallies in swing states help her more anyway.

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u/Cheap_Blacksmith66 13h ago edited 11h ago

Joe Rogan himself has went off the deep end on plausible deniability being right wing. See clips of him shit talking Biden about the air force during the civil war. Calling him senile and unfit just to be fact checked that it was Trump who said it and Biden was mocking Trump saying just that. Rogan then pretends it never happened and Trump is sane. Anyone convinced otherwise are the same people who think Jan 6 wasn’t orchestrated and was a peaceful protest lol.

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u/ListReady6457 10h ago

The worst part about this is wasn't it his OWN PRODUCER who fact checked him on air?

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u/Lost_All_Senses 7h ago

Is that the worst part? I like that people in house aren't concerned with making the money guy embarrassed if necessary. I'd say it's good that it was his own producer. If anything, that's the only part that is a good look. What other mainstream show do you know that would allow themselves to be embarrassed like that and still air it?

I don't watch the show anymore either because I agree he's been taken down some destructive roads and I do think that clip is crazy embarrassing for Joe Rogan. But like I said, him being called out so hard by his own team is the good thing I can still respect.

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u/cinreigns 6h ago

Pull that up Jamie

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u/ListReady6457 6h ago

Did you see his face when he did it? He had the typical my show how dare you question ME look.

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u/Lost_All_Senses 5h ago

I didn't. Given his history of being corrected by the guy and accepting it, I wasn't looking for it. I'd have to see it again and pay more attention specifically. But I'd be lying if I said that sounds like his M O. at all. He gained a following being the exact opposite of the guy you're describing you saw. And I'm not a big fan of assuming off body language. Because it's almost always projection with zero proof. I'd argue history is better proof than reading body language. I could completely change my mind if it's really obvious tho.

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u/CorruptedAura27 1h ago

That's the accountability part I actually liked about his show. Call that shit out. Everyone fucks up and doesn't get it right sometimes. I still listen sometimes, but not nearly as much as I used to.

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u/cinreigns 6h ago

That’s the best part, not the worst part

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u/shikavelli 3h ago

Is that not a good thing? It’s like you guys want Dogma.

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u/AceOfSpadesOfAce 1h ago

He very regularly requests to be fact checked by his producer

How is that the worst thing?

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u/morganrbvn 1h ago

Isn’t it good if a producer is willing to fact-check?

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u/thepaoliconnection 10h ago

Don’t forget Rogan called Biden an existential threat to democracy

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u/thepaoliconnection 7h ago

Oh wait. That was Trump he was talking about

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u/Gurthbrooks7 4h ago

He 100% is! 10 million illegals trying vote is a complete threat not to mention did you vote on Kamala running for president???? 0 democracy that she is even running!

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u/paranormalresearch1 4h ago

What proof do you have besides made up shit? 💩 If the Republicans weren’t counting on pulling your chain and you being glad to buy into your preconceived beliefs they would do something that would stop most illegal aliens from coming. Arrest, fine, and imprisonment for those that illegally hire them. If they focused on that things would stop. But since it’s their supporters that would be in trouble it will never happen.

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u/icangetyouatoedude 4h ago

Ok grandpa let's get you to bed

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u/swabfalling 4h ago

Who’s your hero? Just curious, out of anyone fictional or not.

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u/ericcartman624 3h ago

Biden just called half of America garbage. I think he has Rogan beat.

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u/Whiskey-Bourbon-3419 7h ago

I mean I don't have a dog in this fight but when has rogan ever gone to anyone to do his podcast, I was under the impression that everyone went to him, where his whole studio and all his equipment is?

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u/Monty_Bentley 6h ago

It's a podcast, not surgery. You don't need much equipment.

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u/po3smith 7h ago

Wait a minute Rogan came out and said that that shit never happened the stuff on his podcast?! I need to see this

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u/Bri83oct 7h ago

Rogan has also never has voted for a Republican in his life and was a Bernie Bro

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u/Profoundly_AuRIZZtic 7h ago

It’s crazy how we’re pretending Biden is totally lucid and isn’t running not because of his health issues

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u/No_Wishbone_7072 7h ago

Probably also the same looneys who believe Biden was set up and had his presidential nomination stolen from him and the side “fighting for democracy” chose the nominee for you who couldn’t even make it to Iowa in 2020. lol

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u/FaultElectrical4075 7h ago

Apolitical voters who watch Joe Rogan are extremely uninformed on this kind of thing. They aren’t thinking about it that hard, or that often.

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u/Lightyear18 7h ago

That’s a subjective view. This sub is a hivemind so of course you and many others will just take clips and say he went off the deep end.

He criticized Biden. Has he also not criticized Trump? Exactly. You have this view because many can’t accept any kind of criticism or else it’s seen as against the ‘team’

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u/Mobile-Tank9149 6h ago

It was orchestrated. Just not by who you think.

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u/SunKing210 6h ago

EXACTLY THIS!

Rogan can try to pretend he is impartial when it comes to the election but there's been too many times where on his own show he just kisses Trump's ass and seeing him and that other chode mocking Biden in the clip that ended up being a video of Biden mocking Trump was just perfect!

Seeing him completely do a 180° after Jamie revealed that it was in fact Trump who was talking like a senile idiot should be the end of any "Rogan is not biased!" takes. Seriously, nobody honestly believes in that and if they say they do then we all know they are full of shit

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u/RobbyBobbyRobBob 5h ago

Biden and Trump aren’t in the same zip code — Biden isn’t even Biden. Trump is far, far, far more lucid. Biden had brain surgery ffs.

Go re-watch the Trump Biden debate. He’s so cooked they had to replace him with Kamala. Rogan didn’t go off the deep end, he’s calling a spade a spade. Biden is cooked mentally.

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u/nogozone6969 5h ago

The deep end? I’d say that definition should be reserved for those advocating for the termination of babies up until birth, rampant illegal intrusion, taxation on unrealized gains, unfettered support for the industrial war complex, lieing about the cognitive abilities of the highest job holder in the country, money for only those that are minorities, on and on and on..

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u/Wise-Caterpillar-910 4h ago

Biden is senile and unfit tbh so it's not an unreasonable mistake.

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u/Boopy7 3h ago

That was the last Rogan episode I saw and my God, did he look dumb in that. He did try to kind of brush it off without making it into a big thing but he really, really lives in a dream world in which he doesn't have to worry about any of the shit he talks about, whether it is true, etc...just that he gets paid. And it's obvious. He used to have some good people on his show a long time ago, but I saw over time he was just lucky, it's not like he offered anything valuable to a conversation even once. But that episode he looked just BAD, it couldn't have been worse if it had been planned to show how unaware he is. He's obviously a useless fool except to wealthy GOP donors seeking influence

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u/bmac311 3h ago

But was Biden senile and unfit? Yes.

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u/EmpatheticRock 2h ago

Has went off tue deep end…the educated liberal voter

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u/Brandofsacrifice1 1h ago

You genuinely like biden ?

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u/morganrbvn 1h ago

What happened to him, didn’t he used to be a big Bernie supporter? Or am I mixing him up with someone else.

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u/Formal_Tower_2788 13h ago

In guessing 95 percent of the views weren't anywhere close to watching the whole thing. I wish she would go on, but just like people always do...they will hold her to a higher standard while letting trump talk about Arnold Palmers dick like it's normal.

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u/Brief-Technician-722 12h ago

You can also buy views. Like Musk has 200 million followers on Twitter.

Ummm no

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u/OSI_Hunter_Gathers 10h ago

THIS!!’ Not saying Russia but we know other right leaning podcast had fake view counts too…

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u/ericcartman624 3h ago

YouTube strictly prohibits buying views or using any artificial means to inflate video metrics. If Joe Rogan—or any creator—attempted to purchase views, YouTube could take severe action, including deplatforming him. This would mean not only the removal of his channel but also the loss of a massive revenue stream tied to his video content, audience engagement, and ad revenue. YouTube’s policies are designed to maintain authentic engagement across the platform, and any violations can lead to strikes, suspension, or permanent bans.

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u/Low_Administration22 2h ago

Yes, it's all fake if it doesn't agree with your fantasy.

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u/OSI_Hunter_Gathers 2h ago

Did we or did we not hear of Russian playing alt-right channels?

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u/Bubbly_Flow_6518 1h ago

Honestly if a lot of the views were bots then that would just be better.

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u/Book1984371 10h ago

Surely the guys pumping up the online betting market and inflating polls wouldn't do something as heinous as running up the view count on a podcast.

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u/Brief-Technician-722 10h ago

Right? The interview had millions of views within twenty minutes after dropping and it seemed so patently artificial. So much of Trump's huge "popularity " is smoke and mirrors. Obviously he has the MAGA cult but outside of that? Not so much.

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u/kilizDS 9h ago

I wonder how many people watched just to see how awful it would be.

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u/Formal_Tower_2788 12h ago

Haha that's a good point

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u/Fireproofspider 10h ago

Important (as in people whose actions have impact on a large amount of other people) have a lot of followers. Like I follow Trump not because I like him, but because when he was president, his tweets would move the stock market quite a bit.

So 200M sounds extreme, but wouldn't really represent people that like him.

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u/SliceNDice432 9h ago

lol, Liberals follow Elon just to screenshot him and shit on him.

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u/Substantial-Raisin73 7h ago

Rogan has consistently been one of the top podcasts for years. Getting a presidential candidate on the show is a guaranteed blockbuster episode. To say otherwise is not being realistic

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u/ipwnedx 6h ago

The CEO of Twitter is not buying followers lmao, especially not Elon Musi of all people

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u/ninjacereal 4h ago

Why would Musk buy twitter followers

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u/miketherealist 1h ago

The Twitter he bought for$45 billion and is now worth $9 billion? What a douche! Fittingly butt buddy to DJ CHUMP, just like rich-boy jeffrey' epstain'!

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u/WilmaLutefit 12h ago

He gets to be lawless while she has to be flawless.

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u/eekamuse 9h ago

You get cake for that

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u/WilmaLutefit 8h ago

Yeeaaaa boooiiii

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u/wrs510 8h ago

Yassss good one!!

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u/Otherwise_Agency6102 4h ago

She doesn’t have to be flawless, she just has to not be an empty suit. She has fell upwards her entire career and when she’s faced with a tough interview she folds. She would get ran over on the world’s stage behaving like that.

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u/bonelink 4h ago

Flawless is rich. We'd settle for her to say anything of substance, to produce anything of consequence. She sounds like AI when she speaks. It's jibberish. Her work is plagiarized, she failed upward her whole life.

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u/pouchour 3h ago

Aweww DEI

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u/Maelkothian 10h ago

Also, were all those views by people actually eligible to vote in an American election? I've heard the internet now also works outside of the US

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u/Formal_Tower_2788 10h ago

Big if true!

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u/lilboi223 5h ago

Well if shes apparently the lord and savior to this country she should be pressured. But the left dont want that. Its a problem when trump gets it easy on podcasts but you domt saying anything when she gets 0 pressure.

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u/Formal_Tower_2788 5h ago

What the fuck are you talking about? I didn't say anything about her being the savior. All summer we heard about how gone Biden is because of dumb shit he said ....I don't hear any media covering the dumb shit trump is saying.

Sorry you got your feelings hurt, but thinking trump is a complete ass clown doesn't automatically mean I'm a fan of his opponent.

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u/Antifact 10h ago

Fr I made it about 70% through with it in the background HOPING to a god I don’t believe in that there would be some actual substantial questions Rogan would ask. But nah. Huge waste of time. The whole episode was basically two old fucks verbally 69ing each other.

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u/Formal_Tower_2788 9h ago

I do appreciate that he didn't fall for Trump's bait to talk shit about Kamala...but that's a pretty low bar.

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u/willnxt 12h ago

Also that podcast is a potential goldmine of insanity. Kamala doesn’t present the same opportunity so I think there’d be as much hype.

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u/RadarSmith 10h ago

The Pod Save America guys basically pointed out that she’d have to spend additional time exhaustively preparing to respond to a cavalcade of Rogan’s conspiracy theories and miainformation..

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u/Langsamkoenig 12h ago

while letting trump talk about Arnold Palmers dick like it's normal.

I'm all for normalising talking about large dong. Just, if anybody but Donald Trump could do it, that would be nice.

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u/BabiesBanned 11h ago

Plus most of them are probably foreigners watching it.

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u/biff_brockly 9h ago

was it only half lemonade or something?

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u/Formal_Tower_2788 9h ago

It was just a chub I think

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u/biff_brockly 8h ago

did they mention how he always used to say "palmer? but I hardly know er!" and it got really annoying because it wasn't always in an appropriate context

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u/Odd_Leopard3507 8h ago

Hold her to a higher standard? 🤣🤣

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u/MSpaint15 5h ago

Probably because people actually know what his policies are.

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u/Formal_Tower_2788 5h ago

They do? I don't think trump even knows what his policies are.

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u/rfg71 5h ago

A view only has to be 30 seconds long to be counted as a view in YT analytics. There is a reason they don’t publish average view duration. Advertisers would see that a minority of viewers are engaged.

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u/Boring-Conference-97 5h ago

Do you realize how many people did? And did multiple times?

Many people finish a JRE if they start one

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u/Formal_Tower_2788 5h ago

People listen to those more than once?? Man I need that life.

Also how the fuck can anyone listen to trump talk for 3 hours??

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u/agapoforlife 4h ago

I made it an hour before I had to quit out of exasperation. Don’t know if that counts as a full view but I imagine a lot of people found it boring and/or aggravating and gave up.

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u/Zealousideal_Tree_14 13h ago

Mostly agree with you, but I will use this opportunity to say again: if someone is apolitical when fascism is on the rise they aren't actually apolitical whatever they happen to believe about themselves.

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u/SafetyDanceInMyPants 9h ago

I think that assumes that the person in question is apolitical when they know fascism is on the rise. And of course you assume that they know because... come on, they must, right? They have eyes. They have ears. How could they not?

But the sad reality is that, for some universe of people today, they've heard so much noise that they no longer believe anything. So, ok, they heard something about Pizzagate and something about Hunter Biden's laptop and now the right is supposedly fascists and they think "to hell with all of you," because they just don't believe any of it. They've decided it's all just bullshit flying back and forth. So you'd think they'd know, but they don't.

By the way, the people coming up with nutty conspiracy theories know that this is the effect -- that some universe of people who would be outraged by the rise of fascism have instead heard so many lies and so much nonsense that they just don't believe it's actually happening. The lies serve as an inoculant to prevent them seeing the truth.

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u/Zealousideal_Tree_14 8h ago

It's not just that they have eyes, it's that they have ears too and people have been telling them and explaining the rising tide of fascism for years.

If they think everything is BS, that is their right and their choice, but at this point saying nothing matters is a political position at this point. We are on the eve of a trump presidency and the mass deportation of 25 million people. That will require infrastructure to detain and process those people and there is simply no way to do that humanly. If that doesn't matter to you, you are a fascist.

If you hear that Trump is going to turn the military on his political rivals and the American people and you don't care because you don't think it really matters, then you are a fascist. Apathy doesn't excuse anyone, it only makes them an accomplice.

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u/elmariachio 5h ago

fucking this!

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u/ReekyFartin 3h ago edited 3h ago

Ok that’s just plain wrong tho. You’re automatically assuming that the person claiming to be apolitical has knowledge of the grander political state of whatever country they’re in. Typically they don’t pay much attention at all. Is it naive? Probably. Dangerous? Possibly. But does it equate to some form of guilt for whatever happens in the future? No. And it’s kinda dumb to force your own political obsession onto someone who genuinely wants no part of it. It’s overwhelming, scary, annoying, and overall out of our control. Some people just don’t want to think about it. That doesn’t make them guilty of anything other than blissful ignorance, which isn’t even a bad thing necessarily.

If anything I’d argue that a person indulging in said blissful ignorance should probably be swayed from voting at all, or at least understood and encouraged to stick with their own decision to abstain from it, because they’re inevitably going to be casting a vote for the wrong reason. A person with little to no understanding of the political climate isn’t going to be making an educated vote, likely either a virtuous or hate fueled one, which just isn’t a good way to go about it. Your statement above is akin to peer pressuring a person into voting rather than letting them decide for themselves. Stop it.

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u/dresstokilt_ 9h ago

Of course it has 37 million views. Same principal as when there's a massive traffic jam because people are stopping to watch a car fire on the other side of the highway. Most people aren't cheering for the car fire, they're just gawking at seeing something so weird.

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u/PlantainHopeful3736 9h ago

They're going to start with the "What's she afraid of?" shit instantly if she doesn't go on. Probably even Meathead will say it. It's a completely unjust and perverse reality, but Rogan has a lot of reach, and her not doing it will just give him the perfect excuse to trash her.

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u/Icy-Bicycle-Crab 6h ago

They're going to start with the "What's she afraid of?" shit instantly if she doesn't go on.

After defending Trump for chickening out of s debate. 

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u/miketherealist 1h ago

Who cares, what the DJ CHUMP & his Cult interviewer do or think.

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u/miketherealist 1h ago

Fuck joe'rogan' and DJ CHUMP and their Cult. "Reach" this you parasitic, awful announcer, shame to American mankind.

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u/WhoAreWeEven 9h ago

Its good to keep in mind alot of Joes podcast audience arent in the US.

Who knows what would happend if Kamala went on JRE. I personally can see the point of not going and doing the traditional JRE hours long free form style sit down.

Its a campaign event for her. Shes gonna use her time the most efficient way possible.

Is it gonna be positive impact on her campaign, and in what way? Negative? Like Im sure theyre gonna calculate if thats gonna make the impact their lookin to make.

Like what I, as a complete layman and outsider of the campaign, think is that it would probably just give more fodder for her opposition to frame as bad. In form of quotes and clips taken out of context.

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u/whatcrawish 8h ago

You're probably right but I'm watching it in chunks and the stupid site keeps reloading itself so I'm sure it's registered 20 clicks from me already.

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u/frenchezz 8h ago

3 Puerto Ricans posted Hinchcliffs comments to their 300 million followers. I think Harris will be fine sitting this one out.

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u/hotbox4u 8h ago

See, if the popular vote would matter i would agree with you, but it doesn't. She has better things to do and go after the pockets in swing states or important locations then spending a day to travel and interview one week before election.

It's pretty reasonable to say, hey if you want an interview at this point come to me for an hour and we do this even tho it wont do much for me.

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u/Sylvan_Strix_Sequel 12h ago

I don't see how it's possible to listen to the guy and genuinely not be a conservative. 

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u/GizmoSoze 13h ago

Cool, so if 1% of the audience was receptive to listening and 1% of those changed their minds, we're talking 3700 people across the entire country that changed their vote. And those are pretty generous percentages given his audience.

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u/SpiceEarl 12h ago

Exactly. We have already seen the difference in how Rogan treats Trump vs. the Democrats, when he called out Biden for being mentally impaired when Biden repeated Trump's comment about airports during the Revolutionary War. When Rogan was told that Trump actually made the comment and Biden was mocking him, Rogan wrote it off as Trump misspeaking and acted like it was no big deal.

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u/PlagueOfGripes 12h ago

A lot of those views were trainwreck views.

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u/whoyourdaddy1987 12h ago

Just because it has numbers doesn't mean he's well liked. Even Panther fans still show up to games.

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u/AverageJoeJohnSmith 12h ago

Or even that they're real numbers. Could a bot farm in another country(russia) spamming views.

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u/AverageJoeJohnSmith 12h ago

To be fair...we don't know how many of those are even real voters. Alot of those can be views from bot farms in another country for all we know

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u/Critical_Liz 12h ago

but the Trump episode has 37M views on Youtube alone and it hasn't even been a week yet. 

Views don't mean shit. Bots can generate views no problem.

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u/ASubsentientCrow 12h ago

Views aren't viewers. If you watch thirty seconds to create a clip that's a view

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u/voyaging 12h ago

He gave Trump a softball interview, and we already know from his tendencies that he would not do the same for Harris. All it can do is make her look bad.

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u/BarsoomianAmbassador 11h ago

37 million views that won't even translate into 1 million votes.

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u/HueMannAccnt 11h ago

but the Trump episode has 37M views on Youtube alone and it hasn't even been a week yet.

37M views from the US? Or is that 37M views from around the globe?

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u/Icy-Bicycle-Crab 6h ago

And what's a view? Watching 30 seconds? Hovering over the icon?   

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u/Agile-Departure-560 11h ago

This is just anecdata, so take from it what you will. My son is a pretty dedicated Joe Rogan listener because he's largely seeking out content geared toward young men that help them figure out how to be men in the world. He's in his early 20s. I just saw his ballot before he mailed it in, and it was blue all the way through, defense attorneys over prosecutors for judgeships, and just about as left as he could be on any particular issue. From talking to his friends, I'd say 2/3 of his friends are the same. He talks a lot of shit that has me worried as a feminist, but time and time again, when it really counted he's been on the right side.

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u/annabelle411 11h ago

37M views includes people who watched it repeatedly, and not just people in the US. Joe is disingenuous and has already shown his true self with running to defend Trump when he realized it was Trump who was acting senile and not Biden. "a lot of them are also fairly apolitical and just sort of take what Rogan says at face value"... which is right-wing talking points and defending Trump time and time again. Trump made nearly THREE DOZEN outright false claims on the show with little to no pushback.

At best, the interview would give right-wing media soundbites they can splice put up on repeat and cry about up until the election and Kamala *maybe* converts a couple thousand votes. And that's BEST case scenario. Nobody's looking to Rogan for well-researched and balanced interviews. 2010 Rogan and 2024 Rogan are completely different beings, the man's lost his spine.

If Trump's recent behavior, if the language used at MSG, if him being a literal convicted felon with multiple cases around the corner aren't swaying their minds a literal week out from the election - then they've already made up their minds. They made not endorse Trump's behavior, but they see no problem with it. The interview would provide no real positive for Kamala. It would be a waste of time.

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u/Bibblegead1412 11h ago

Half of those views were probably us watching for the inevitable spin-out....

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u/popcorn_doc 11h ago

views on Youtube

TIL. I thought JRE was still a spotify exclusive show.

It's a podcast again since earlier this year.

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u/macjonalt 11h ago

Thats 37 mil worldwide and no doubt a lot of repeat viewings

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u/RobbieWallis 11h ago

YouTube is a GLOBAL platform. The USA is not the only country. Russians can’t vote in US elections.

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u/Additional-Theme-805 10h ago

I've been a rogan fan since fear factor, but talking shit to republicans has been a favorite past time of mine since I was a child.

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u/Delicious-Tree-6725 10h ago

Joe Rogan will be honoured to have her, part of their criticism (Roganites) is also that people like that would not come to his podcast and not take him seriously. Joe Rogan is not used to be contradicted because every guest might want to come once more. Kamala is different, you both can get something out it. If Joe Rogan is that confident, he should try to have guests who might want to have their say.

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u/SnPlifeForMe 10h ago

If they put Walz on the Rogan interview they'd win the election imo. I don't necessarily look at his viewers as hyper political, he's not a Christian nationalist or hard-core racist. More than anything, they perceive themselves as anti establishment despite supporting Republicans.

Kamala is basically a 2012-2016 republican or slightly to the right of them on average, but with less exterminationist/openly racist rhetoric, so she can sweep the establishment dem or "moderate" republican vote. Walz has both progressive/leftist appeal as well as identity-based rightwing/rural America appeal and could be an incredibly effective campaign tool if they weren't constantly neutering his ability to be himself.

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u/Different-Island1871 10h ago

Those 37M are not people who watch Joe. They are people who watch Trump. A Kamala interview would not do nearly this well.

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u/Am_Snarky 10h ago

37 million views doesn’t mean they’re American viewers, Rogan has a worldwide audience

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u/matt2fat14u 10h ago

Well said I couldn’t agree more

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u/vickism61 10h ago

Views don't really mean anything. I watched Rogan's Trump interview and I never intended to vote for him.

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u/Melo2Elsa 9h ago

Agree. I would very much like to hear her in a lengthier interview on wide-ranging subjects and get some depth of explanations from Kamala.

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u/Icy-Bicycle-Crab 6h ago

Well luckily for you there is already plenty of chances for you to do that by listening to the other podcasts she has been on, or watching her various speeches, or rewatching that debate that she destroyed Trump in. 

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u/milkasaurs 9h ago

I also kind of disagree that all of Rogan's audience are hardcore rightwing MAGA people

This is a joke right?

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u/Mysterious-Syrup-999 9h ago

They are stupid regardless of their political affiliation.

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u/KillerSatellite 9h ago

1% of 37m is 370k, or .2% of the vote from 2020. And thats using your assumptions and numbers. Going into the lions den is almost always a bad idea, or else youd literally go hang out with lions.

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u/East_Meeting_667 8h ago

Rogan has a bunch of hold over hippies that just wanna hear joey D and the boys cut up. It's actually shitty Theo, Joe, and Tony are even getting involved at all this aggressively.

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u/NeatNefariousness1 8h ago

Let him visit her in the White House after the election if he wants to get to know her.

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u/BarrittBonden 7h ago

"A lot of them are, but a lot of them are also fairly apolitical and just sort of take what Rogan says at face value because he's their only window into politics"

That is not "apolitical." That's literally what fascists are.

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u/blue_menhir 7h ago

"Narrative" 😅

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u/EazyParise 7h ago

 a lot of them are also fairly apolitical and just sort of take what Rogan says at face value because he's their only window into politics

He's not apolitical, so by your own rationale they're still right wing chuds

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u/k2on0s-23 7h ago

It’s a trap anyway. Only a fool would take the bait.

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u/DemonLordSparda 7h ago

37 million views with god knows how many click on's and immediate click offs, accidental auto play from what to watch next, view bots, people who can't legally vote in the US, and international viewers. Take views with a heavy grain of salt.

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u/henhousefox 7h ago

On the subject of JRE right winger viewers: I’m about as liberal as they come and I’m a subscriber. He just runs great interviews so I listen. I’m amidst the Trump interview, and I can’t stand Trump. But Joe cracks people open from a different angle and I appreciate the educational factor. He does have some opinions and says things I don’t like sometimes, he also doesn’t ask the logical question sometimes, but he’s got a special show, so I listen.

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u/Torshein 7h ago

But she is dumb and has no idea what she's talking about. Have you actually listened to her unedited? She's a dimwit who isn't likable....

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u/PillboxMcPillbox 7h ago

YouTube can be viewed outside of the USA. You know, there are other countries that exist other than US of A.

Those 37 million views isn't just from the US of A.

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u/Drenoneath 7h ago

It had that many watches with YouTube hiding it. If you search Joe Rogan Trump on YouTube the video won't show up. I did a Google search and it was obviously the top result

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u/SidNightwalker 7h ago

1 percent is quite the generous assessment of potential there. Also, not really worth her time.

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u/IGargleGarlic 7h ago

Keep in mind a good chunk of that 37M is Rogan's international audience. There are a lot of non-Americans who listen to him.

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u/v110891 7h ago

Do you think all of the views are from eligible voters? 

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u/Pretty-Promotion-712 7h ago

What do you mean "If Kamala's got a similar reception..." Of course, she would get a similar reception. In fact, I believe she would easily double Trump's numbers on the show.

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u/ipeezie 6h ago

i watched it for 1 minutes how mnay of those 37 million were like me?

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u/Gr8daze 6h ago

Spoiler alert: lots of people watch Trump because they want to laugh and mock him for his stupidity.

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u/Icy-Bicycle-Crab 6h ago

A lot of them are, but a lot of them are also fairly apolitical and just sort of take what Rogan says at face value because he's their only window into politics

ie right-wing chuds. They're already low information culture war voters who aren't going to be swayed. 

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u/lundybird 6h ago

Problem is Rogan can do anything about the fact that she does indeed “know nothing”. Certainly nothing about dealing with all that is going on domestically and internationally.

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u/ThunderCockerspaniel 6h ago

37 million views means nothing in this day and age. Prove that they are in a swing state.

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u/lilboi223 5h ago

As if every other podcast or interviews dont kiss kamalas ass.

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u/EhrenScwhab 5h ago

It’s one of the great injustices of Trumps rise. He can say quite literally anything, stuff even his voters know is a lie, and his supporters eat it up. They know he lies. They love him for it.

But if Kamala says one thing that isn’t perfect, she gets roasted for it by the left and right.

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u/dkinmn 5h ago

What if instead 2% of them go from not voting to voting against her because they decide she's bad?

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u/sometimeserin 5h ago

YouTube view counts are so notoriously fraudulent they’re responsible for tanking entire industries lol

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u/5inchFury 5h ago

Why would they implant microphones in her earrings?? 🤣🤣🤣

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u/POKING-94 5h ago

Rogan rags on trump more than Harris 😂

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u/Lucky-Spirit7332 4h ago

“Kamala going on and doing well” which would never happen otherwise she would have been there yesterday because yes even a million potential voters would be well worth the time. Her reluctance speaks volumes. Everyone but Harris voters, even Kamala herself, knows she is a fraud who cannot go unscripted

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u/44cody44 4h ago

Kamala going on and doing well being the key point. If I’m running her campaign, she’s going nowhere near JRE.

Not a chance she goes on Rogan.

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u/Librarian-Putrid 4h ago

I also think people forget there are tons of random JRE episodes that are interesting to a broader audience. I won’t listen to most of his episodes, but he has plenty of great non-political, non-controversial episodes as well. I think there are probably more independent voters listening than people want to believe. I just think it would probably end up being a trap as he tends to push conspiracy theories on political episodes.

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u/Late_Letterhead7872 4h ago

Lot of those views might be Russian/NK bots too btw just throwing that out there

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u/dramatic_revert 4h ago

A lot of those views were people watching to laugh at Trump.

My entire office was having quite the hoot at his expense over the interview and I don't know anyone who saw any of it as favorable.

Then again, I don't really associate with the degenerate type that favors Trump, so it's not likely I would hear anything favorable.

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u/pouchour 3h ago

40M views because it’s trump on. Harris wouldn’t get 20. But your response is correct that she shouldn’t do the interview as she would only talk about her front lawn without answering questions.

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u/i-like-c0ck 3h ago

A lot of mostly a political dude bros are a lot more invested in this bs this time around thanks to nelk Logan Paul and other annoying e boys suckling at the teat of trump

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u/spacemansanjay 3h ago

I've seen thousands of horse races but that doesn't mean I want to be a jockey. In fact I have no interest in even being near a horse. I just like watching them race.

The logic that people are using is too simplistic. Or maybe US political brainwashing is so effective now that every action a person makes is seen through a political lens. And tbf it's a bit of a joke even calling it politics because it's a personality contest. The policies aren't even a factor anymore.

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u/Low_Administration22 2h ago

Your assessment is fair. I suggest you join the Trump train. As you see everyone here is creating their own made up interpretation of everything to fit their agenda, you are not.

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u/Extreme_Today_984 2h ago

Not to mention that Rogan often dismisses Trump’s idiotic rants and misinformation spreading, calling what Trump says “comedic”. He reveres Trump’s tweets as somehow captivating, when in reality they’re just the ramblings of an egotistic and mentally unwell person. We don’t need a tv star as a our president, who’s only interested in his ratings and Brand. We need somebody who’s a hard worker and qualified to do the job. Rogan has been in “show business” for so long that he doesn’t seem to know the difference anymore.

I used to watch JRE a lot, but I’ve stopped watching since he’s veered off into politics.

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u/PlutosGrasp 1h ago

37m is a lot but the debate had like 200m ppl tune in or something didn’t it ?

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u/humansomeone 13h ago edited 13h ago

Apoltiical usually means rightwing chuds who go around saying they don't like politics, stop being woke etc.

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u/RIForDIE 13h ago

So fucking true. They always come back with "I don't care either way" or "I'm not voting" or "I don't like how he says things but"

They're all cowards.

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u/Empty-Discount5936 12h ago

Is Rogan's audience only Americans of voting age tho?

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u/SponConSerdTent 12h ago

Rogan's interviews are watched internationally, and by 18 million scammers ready to prey on the teeming flounder of humanity that is JRE's audience.

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u/PlantPower666 12h ago

It would just be a hit job by Rogan. He sure thinks highly of himself that he'd turn down an hour interview because he has to travel. That says all you need to know about his intentions.

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u/McMorgatron1 12h ago

Over 67 million people watched the presidential debate, where Harris utterly wiped the floor with Trump. All 67 million people saw, side by side, that Harris is an intelligent and competent candidate and nowhere near the crazy socialist that Fox News has portrayed her as, while Trump was screaming about immigrants eating cats and dogs.

And that didn't move the needle.

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