Rob Flaherty, deputy campaign manager for Vice President Kamala Harris, said in an interview that Democrats are ‘Culture lost’ as more and more Americans turn to podcasts
“Campaigns in many ways are the last mile marketer exists in a culturally defined landscape. And the institutions where Democrats have had the ability to influence culture in the past are losing their relevance,” he said during the interview. with semaphore– “You won’t get a national 8-point shift to the right without losing culture.”
Harris and President-elect Donald Trump are both trying to talk to podcasts and non-traditional media ahead of the 2024 election. Flaherty told Semafor during the interview that they Having trouble booking Harris on a sports podcast?
“Sports and culture have come together. and as sports and culture become more public And it has an inherent relationship with Trump’s conservative set of values. It has become more complicated for athletes to come out and support us,” Flaherty said. “It has become more complicated for sports figures to bring us to their shows. Because they don’t want to. ‘Do politics’”
Kamala Harris, Vice President, Democratic presidential nominee Looking at the audience from backstage Before taking the final campaign stage on Monday, Nov. 1, on September 4, 2024 in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Martin)
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Flaherty argued that sports culture is associated with right-wing culture. And this makes it difficult for campaigns to reach people.
“That doesn’t mean that Steph Curry, Steve Kerr and LeBron (James) and all of them coming out aren’t impactful or important,” Flaherty said. “It has more impact because it is much more difficult. But certainly a culture that is heavily associated with watching sports has become associated with right-wing culture in a way that makes it more difficult for us to reach people.”
Harris campaign aides who spoke out about failed presidential bid Have complained about the media and blamed their questions on Harris.
“People actually heard in a way that we weren’t going to give interviews. This is both untrue and contrary to any standard. Whatever was put in with Trump. And I think that’s a problem,” said Jane O’Malley Dillon during a panel discussion on “Pod Save America.”
Vice President Kamala Harris spoke at the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) at the Swissotel in Chicago on June 24, 2022. (Kamil KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
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She also argued that when Harris conducted the interview, the questions were “small and procedural” and that they did not “inform” voters.
Flaherty also spoke about Harris avoiding traditional media, even though Harris did multiple interviews with CNN, MSNBC and Fox News before the election.
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“There is no value at all. Compared to my colleagues in the mainstream media in the general election Chatting with the New York Times Or talking to the Washington Post Because those things (readers) are already with us,” Flaherty said.
