Democracy Dies in Daylight (Part 2)

Continued from Part 1

Meanwhile, Donald Trump sat down with Joe Rogan, causing him to be three hours late to his Michigan rally. Hope it was worth pissing off a bunch of swing state voters. Meanwhile, as of now, Kamala Harris’ appearance on the show has fallen through.

This is, and I mean this with all sincerity, the stupidest thing a presidential candidate for either major party has proposed in the last century at least. It's not even close. https://t.co/Jpbom9Hh9s
— Sir Humphrey 🇺🇦 (@bdquinn) October 26, 2024

Ending income tax and replacing it with giving everyone a $4000 yearly tax through tariffs would create the biggest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in the modern era and would obliterate the economy https://t.co/lQvcVpWmRo
— evan loves worf (@esjesjesj) October 26, 2024

I’m watching Joe Rogan so you don’t have to.

I’m about 50 minutes in and I think I’m going to have a stroke trying to follow Trump’s incoherent rambling. Even Rogan calls him out on it, “your weave is getting wider.”

If a stoner is telling you that. Damn.
— Bryan Harnsberger, Psy.D (@PSYCH_HYPE) October 26, 2024

Joe Rogan slowly seeming to realize that Trump is totally insane is an incredible read pic.twitter.com/SdepLG9csu
— Swann Marcus (@SwannMarcus89) October 26, 2024

Lmao pic.twitter.com/MWwKg5ZfP3
— Eyup Lovely (@eyuplovely) October 26, 2024

Trump: Can you imagine Kamala doing this show?

Rogan: I could imagine her doing this show.

Trump: She'd be laying on the floor.

Rogan: She was supposed to do it. And she might still do it. I hope she does.

Trump: She's not gonna do it.

Rogan: I will talk to her like a… pic.twitter.com/KNv2bjDPmz
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) October 26, 2024

Harris should definitely go on Rogan https://t.co/IpT5gGyIak
— Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 (@Noahpinion) October 26, 2024

Even I have given up the Hot Ones dream but Kamala Harris’ team should be working overtime to make a Rogan appearance happen.

Sports and sports commentary is a general blind spot of this newsletter, so I’m happy to see ESPN’s Stephen A Smith do a bit of a crossover into TOTI territory.

Stephen A. Smith to Hannity: "I know you're not talking about someone being lucid and cogent and enunciating their thoughts with clarity and you're bragging about Donald Trump. We can't be watching the same stuff if that's what you're doing!" pic.twitter.com/PY0MfjJTs5
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 25, 2024

Stephen A going on dumb guy political debate shows is like the menswear guy joining twitter; he cut his teeth in a medium so belligerent & so vacuous hannity has no frame of reference for it https://t.co/gD4kyo2zQK
— Dion (@2024dion) October 25, 2024

Hannity thinking cable news shaped him to be the ultimate loud interrupting bully and then encountering a sports radio guy has to be roughly how it feels when a dog sees a bear for the first time.
— Drac Bloodryk (@BudrykZack) October 25, 2024

Stephen A Smith has cut his teeth in the most belligerent, loud, difficult debating scene possible in professional sports analysis.

Putting him on Fox News is like dropping a navy seal into a daycare. https://t.co/EyS5ANLgJ7
— Oli (@olijcarpenter) October 25, 2024

Stephen A Smith has been baptized in the fires of loud broadcast sports journalism; unleashing him upon political coverage is like letting a leopard out at a petting zoo https://t.co/ZMDambepg8
— lsthief on bluesky (@lsthief) October 25, 2024

Debating Stephen A. Smith on television is like invading Russia in the winter. https://t.co/na5D247Qbg
— Matthew Morris (@MBMorris94) October 25, 2024

That man had to listen to Skip Bayless say Tim Tebow was a bigger draw than Kobe Bryant, this Fox News shit is sweet to him. https://t.co/TAWHcEKYf9
— Miles (@mtvsthewrld_) October 25, 2024

no atou, by Henry Taylor, 2023 https://t.co/BqmHGApp8q pic.twitter.com/ajJF2xFFJs
— ArtButMakeItSports (@ArtButSports) October 25, 2024

Sure.

Was he cheating on her with Joanna Coldbeeronafridaynight and Tamylynn Apairofjeansthatfitjustright? https://t.co/PrKlsbejyL
— Daniel (@danielalwaysoff) October 24, 2024

https://t.co/yxYwIPbM0q pic.twitter.com/WDlk5HUUEU
— Moniza Hossain (@moniza_hossain) October 24, 2024

This is what JK Rowling would've named Hermoine if she was actually black https://t.co/xsxh5EDzbp
— Red Drummarts (@redrummarts) October 24, 2024

10 more days.

Anyway if you think everyone on here is mentally ill now the John Mulaney/Chappell Roan SNL is next weekend
— Drac Bloodryk (@BudrykZack) October 25, 2024

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