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Join Telegram ChannelA CNN panel shut down liberal political commentator Bakari Sellers on Tuesday after he defended Vice President Kamala Harris for skipping an interview with Joe Rogan.
“Let's also talk about how pompous Joe Rogan is, just for a second I have to add a footnote from the Harris campaign. And how Joe Rogan literally wanted the Vice President of the United States to come to Austin, in Texas, to sit in her studio seat when she actually said and agreed to do an interview, but they had to do it for an hour in Washington, DC because she's literally the vice president of the states. “United,” Sellers told the panel.
“For anyone to have the audacity to believe that the vice president needs to come see me, I think that's a pompous note that needs to be added,” he added.
Rogan said Harris had the opportunity to come do an interview with him while she was in Texas and said she had an open invitation. The Harris campaign reportedly wanted Rogan to come to Washington, D.C. to do the interview and said they could only do it for an hour. Former President Trump joined Rogan for a pre-election interview that lasted three hours at his studio in Austin, Texas.
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CNN's Bakari Sellers defended Kamala Harris on Tuesday for skipping the Joe Rogan podcast interview and argued that the host should not have demanded that the vice president travel to Texas for the interview. (Screenshot/CNN)
The Wall Street Journal's Annie Linskey reminded Sellers that the Democratic Party has always said it is prepared to meet voters where they are.
“It was a convenient way out of the interview, she has a plane, she could go anywhere,” Republican strategist Brad Todd said.
Axios reporter Alex Thompson said Harris was already in Houston, Texas, around the same time.
“I think if she wanted to do the interview, she could have done it,” added CNN host Kasie Hunt.
Sellers pushed back and defended the vice president again, adding: “Kamala Harris is not the only candidate for president of the United States. Kamala Harris is also the Vice President of the United States of America. And we can't say, “Oh, well.” , that, well, she could. It doesn’t work like that.”
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Democratic presidential running mate Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally at Carrie's Blast Furnaces in Pittsburgh, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Todd responded by noting that Rogan has a huge following.
“Donald Trump is also the former president, and he went to Austin,” Thompson added. Sellers said Trump was “unemployed” and argued Harris had a job.
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“Not a lot of work for the vice president,” Linskey added before the panel rose for commercial.