Harris botched interview with Muslim influencer by celebrating ‘bacon’ as ‘a spice’
Nov. 4, 2024
She jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire.
Vice President Kamala Harris is getting roasted for refusing to talk about the Mideast war with a Muslim influencer — and instead spending her time trying to convince him that bacon is “a spice.’’
The Democratic presidential candidate, 60, chewed the fat last summer with Kareem Rahma, host of the popular TikTok and Instagram show “Subway Takes,” although the interview never aired.
The show routinely features guests, some of whom are celebrities, defending a light, uncommon viewpoint.
But Rahma — a firm opponent of the Harris-Biden administration’s support for Israel in its ongoing war in Gaza — told the outlet that he believed the topic of the conflict was important enough to break his usual protocol and discuss it with the veep.
“There’s something going on in the world that 100 percent of Muslims care about,” he said.
Rahma said he raised the possibility of discussing the war with Harris in each of three phone calls with her staff and the Democratic National Committee before their chat but was rejected each time.
Harris has been heckled at rallies by anti-Israel protesters who oppose her and President Biden’s support for the Jewish state against Palestinian Hamas terrorists.
Rahma said he was then told the vice president was going to argue against taking off shoes on airplanes — and only learned when the two sat down that Harris was instead going to deliver the take that “bacon is a spice.”
“I don’t know,” Rahma — who is Muslim and doesn’t eat pork as part of his faith observance — responded to Harris in their video interview.
“Think about it, it’s pure flavor,” she prodded.
The exchange led to Rahma pausing the interview and asking for Harris to return to the topic of shoeless passengers on planes, prompting the veep to instead talk about how she likes anchovies on pizza.
“Well,” Rahma says in the unpublished video, according to the Times. “I’m 100 percent unsure on both of those.”
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