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Comedian and TikTok star Kareem Rahma revealed that he was so disappointed with a “boring” interview he conducted with Kamala Harris that he ultimately decided not to post the video.
And this is a guy who scored “gutter” gold from Harris’ Midwest running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, over the summer.
Rahma traveled to Pittsburgh to meet with the vice president after her team said she could interview Harris for her online show Subway Takes, a series featuring commuters on the New York City subway who had an “opinion” about a specific topic.
But Rahma became wary of the opportunity after she was told she could not ask questions about the Israeli war in Gaza.
Despite complications with organizing the interview topics, he ultimately went ahead.
Rahma revealed in the New York Times that there was a dispute with Harris and her team over the “share” she was willing to share.
Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally at Muhlenberg College’s Memorial Hall in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
He said staff told him Harris would give an opinion on whether people should take off their shoes on planes.
But when she sat down with Harris, Rahma said she had a different idea.
“Bacon is a spice,” he insisted.
As a Muslim, Rahma does not eat pork for religious reasons and reacted with skepticism to her position.
“Think about it, it’s pure flavor,” Harris continued, talking about the different dishes that could be enhanced with bacon bits.
When Rahma asked for a different version, Harris decided to declare her love for anchovies on pizza, after consulting with a staff member.
In the end, he admitted that the interview had gone so badly that he decided not to publish it.
“It was very complicated because I am a Muslim and there is something happening in the world that worries 100 percent of Muslims,” he said. And then they made it worse by talking about anchovies. Bored!’
The subway takes host Kareem Rahma
The subway takes host Kareem Rahma
Harris has revealed details about all three issues before, so her interview wouldn’t have been groundbreaking if it had been published.
By contrast, Walz was still relatively unknown in August when Rahma deviated from her norm of interviewing her subjects on the New York subway to travel and meet him along the way.
Walz’s ‘vision’ couldn’t have seemed more Midwestern: domestic sewers.
“My opinion is that the most neglected part of home ownership is the sewers,” Walz told Rahma. “It’s personal to me.”
The most neglected part of home ownership is the sewer, was Minnesota Governor Tim Walz’s “take” when he participated in a special edition of Subway Takes in August.
Meanwhile, Harris’ belief that ‘bacon is a spice’ is a stance she flaunted in Iowa during the 2019 election campaign.
His opinion on people taking off their shoes on airplanes is an insight he revealed in April with the Had It or Hit It podcast, and details about his love of anchovy pizza were celebrated in July as part of what fueled his process to obtain the nomination after former President Joe Biden announced his decision to resign.
The story illustrates a new window into Harris’s closely guarded access to the media, especially ongoing attempts to control social media influencers’ content with preconditions for access.
After getting a glimpse into the strange world of politics, he expressed gratitude for not being in the political media business.
“I never wanted to be a political person,” he concluded. “The more I think about it, the more I feel like I was lucky.”