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From Fox News: Kamala Harris’ interview with a Muslim social media influencer never saw the light of day after the vice president refused to answer questions about Gaza but oddly gushed about bacon – a food religiously forbidden for Muslims.
Kareem Rahma, host of the popular “Subway Takes” which boasts almost a million combined followers on Instagram and TikTok, made the decision to scrap the interview with Harris, which was filmed over the summer, he told the New York Times.
Prior to the interview, Rahma was hoping to press Harris on policy, specifically the Biden administration’s support for Israel amid the ongoing war in Gaza, which he opposes, per the Times. But, despite asking on three calls with her team and the Democratic National Committee, he was “rejected.”
The news about the disastrous interview with Harris was hidden several paragraphs down in the New York Times report. The Times explains that, as a Muslim and an Arab, Rahma has objected to the Biden-Harris administration’s support for Israel’s war against Hamas. But Harris didn’t want to discuss that with him.
However, an agreement was reached for an interview, so Rahma complied. But it didn’t go well at all. In fact, it was so bad, he never even released it. The Times wrote:
What happened was a dispute over Harris’s take. Rahma said he had been told that the vice president would be taking a stand against removing one’s shoes on airplanes. When they sat down, however, Harris had surprised him with a different take: “Bacon is a spice.” (Two senior campaign officials said this topic had been raised in advance. Rahma and his manager dispute this.)
Rahma, who doesn’t eat pork for religious reasons, was taken aback. “I don’t know,” he says, in an unpublished video recording of the interview, his voice rising to an unusually high pitch. Harris elaborates that bits of cooked bacon can be used to enhance a meal like any other seasoning. “Think about it, it’s pure flavor,” she says.
Rahma asks Harris if he can use beef or turkey and what kinds of dishes would benefit from bacon. He then pauses the interview and tells her that he doesn’t eat it. He asks if they can do the airplanes take instead. But, on the advice of a staffer, Harris decides to declare her love of anchovies on pizza — an alternative the campaign had floated earlier in an email. Rahma wraps the discussion one minute later.
“It was so complicated because I’m Muslim and there’s something going on in the world that 100 percent of Muslims care about,” Rahma recalled. “And then they made it worse by talking about anchovies. Boring!”
The Harris campaign later apologized for the bacon debacle and offered to re-do the interview, but Rahma ultimately decided he had had enough.
This story is so cringe…
Kamala Harris filmed an interview for “Subway Takes,” but it never aired. Why?
Her campaign pre-approved the topics, rejecting a question the Muslim host, Rahma, wanted to ask about Gaza.
He interviewed her anyway, but the take she delivered was that… pic.twitter.com/3B6ilo4TmM
— Matt Wolking (@MattWolking) November 4, 2024
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— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) November 4, 2024
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