At a Clearing House conference on Wednesday in New York City, Jennifer Palmieri, a senior adviser to Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff, said the sitting vice president skipped appearing on Joe Rogan’s podcast out of fears of in-house “backlash,” reported the Financial Times.

While Kamala Harris never ended up sitting down with the podcaster, her Republican opponent took part in a three-hour-long interview on the show

After Harris' stinging defeat by now President-elect Donald Trump on Election Day, some Democrats have pointed to the vice president skipping Rogan's show as a crucial misstep in

Podcast host Joe Rogan on Wednesday said the Harris campaign asked to avoid talk of legalizing marijuana when negotiating a potential appearance on his show. Rogan claimed last month he was working with Vice President Kamala Harris’s team to organize an appearance on “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast,

She was afraid of stirring the progressive pot. Joe Rogan claimed the Harris-Walz campaign drew a red line on talk about “marijuana legalization” for the interview that never happened — while aides said the sit-down was kiboshed over fears of progressive backlash.

Joe Rogan revealed a marijuana issue that was part of negotiations when trying to get Vice President Kamala Harris on his podcast.