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In all the analysis and judgment on Donald Trump’s victory over Kamala Harristhe vice president’s decision not to continue Joe Rogan instead of A SNL cameo is now widely considered one of the major missteps of the 2024 elections.

As Trump’s friend and UFC boss, Dana White, insisted on proclaiming during Trump victory celebration in Palm Beach on November 5: “I want to thank the Nelk Boys, Adin Ross, Theo Von, Bussin’ with the Boys, and last but not least, the mighty, mighty Joe Rogan.”

However, as User Magazine founder Taylor Lorenz points out today on the Deadline ElectionLine podcast, was the vice president’s snub of Rogan really that bad?

“I think a media appearance with non-traditional media in that kind of environment, especially this late in the election, wouldn’t have helped, because at the end of the day the Democrats don’t have the type of media machine wider available to the right”, the former New York Times And Washington Post said the journalist.

In a recent publicationLorenz said Trump on Rogan, Harris not on Rogan and the podcast-fueled election in clearest context: “While the right has spent years cultivating a symbiotic relationship with alternative media, the left has failed to replicate anything similar. »

Not that all is lost for Democrats, Lorenz tells us, but they must work to catch up to the GOP in the area of ​​non-traditional and parasocial media.

“There’s a huge opportunity for Democrats if they want to,” she said. “I think the problem is they’re not learning the lessons.”

“They just have to be willing to engage with people who disagree with them on the internet and get into spaces that may be uncomfortable, that are a little more unpredictable, but have to try to develop those voices.”

Our wide-ranging discussion also takes us down the information superhighway and the blackballing of media and middle-aged creators. Additionally, Trump’s disarming take on cocaine addiction with Theo Von is the subject of controversy, and some Scandal. Listen above or on podcast hosting platforms.

Also on the podcast this week, while Trump may have been all smiles and handshakes with Joe Biden at the White House, the former and future POTUS has been tearing into Washington, D.C. authorities like a rabid dog since his return to Mar-a-Lago. .

The sudden nomination of Matt Gaetz The appointment of the attorney general is a reminder that Trump, self-proclaimed dictator for a day, is keen, during his next term, to push the limits of his power. It’s a loyalty challenge for Senate Republican leaders, many of whom were shocked by the announcement — as might be the case with cabinet appointments of controversial MAGA troopers like former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, Fox News host Pete Hegseth and RFK Jr.

Yet Gaetz, Trump’s sycophant, is pushing even Republican Party loyalists to their limits, which is saying something. The recently resigned Florida congressman was investigated by the Justice Department for violating sex trafficking laws while traveling to the Bahamas with prostitutes. That investigation ended without charges, but Gaetz was also the subject of a now-closed ethics investigation in the House of Representatives into allegations of sexual misconduct, illegal drug use and misuse of campaign funds.

As Ted and Dominic discuss, Gaetz might not ultimately be confirmed, either by the Senate or through a recess nomination, but the choice was a message about how the president-elect intends to break the Justice Department’s norms and perhaps pursue his political enemies.

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