She ended her silence. Vice President Kamala Harris last week broke with previous campaign strategy and showed up for the podcasts, the daytime liberal talk shows, and the town hall.
Most of the people who watched or listened had already made up their minds, but the internet sent awkward and embarrassing clips from those interactions a little farther than the reach of the shows themselves. Voters got a closer look, and her polling numbers continued to drop.
If talking to sex podcasters about their mutual love for abortion had helped with swing-state voters, she wouldn’t be going on Fox News and trying to go on Joe Rogan’s show.
So she escalated. What choice does she have? On Wednesday night, she’ll sit down with Fox News’ Bret Baier. Word is out that her team is negotiating to get her onto Joe Rogan’s podcast next. While neither will quite satiate what her critics and fans are looking for, both are a sign of where the Democrats see an emergency brewing.
