Politics
NEW: Kamala Harris Botched A ‘Subway Takes’ Interview So Badly, It Never Aired
An interview Vice President Kamala Harris conducted with a popular web show this past summer went so poorly that it never aired, the New York Times reported on Monday.
Harris sat down with Kareem Rahma, host of the popular TikTok and Instagram show “Subway Takes,” which features celebrity guests defending an uncommon or unpopular viewpoint. Rahma was initially told that Harris was set to argue against taking off shoes on airplanes, though when the two actually sat down, he was informed that Harris was instead going to argue that “bacon is a spice.”
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Rahma, a practicing Muslim, does not eat pork in observance of his faith.
“I don’t know,” Rahma reportedly said in the unreleased interview, according to a summary of the transcript from the New York Times. “Think about it, it’s pure flavor,” Harris reportedly shot back.
Rahma then reportedly paused the interview and asked to revisit the agreed upon topic, at which point Harris instead opted to talk about how she likes anchovies on pizza. “Well, I’m 100 percent unsure on both of those,” the host replied before the conclusion of the video.
Rahma, who has been a vocal critic of the Biden-Harris Administration’s handling of the War in Gaza, was reportedly skeptical about conducting the interview in the first place. “It was so complicated because I’m Muslim and there’s something going on in the world that 100 percent of Muslims care about,” he told the New York Times. “And then they made it worse by talking about anchovies. Boring!”
“I never wanted to be a politics person,” Rahma added. “The more I think about it, the more I feel like I got lucky.”
The “Subway Takes” currently boasts nearly one million followers between TikTok and Instagram. He did release a separate interview with Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, in which the two discussed gutter maintenance on homes.
Two senior Harris officials reportedly told Rahma that the vice president was going to discuss the consumption of pork products, though the web show host and his manager have disputed this, stating that they received no such warning.
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