Posted on 08/08/2024 3:04:28 PM PDT by Drew68
Joe Rogan has made his endorsement in the presidential race, announcing he is supporting independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
"I am a fan. He's the only one to make sense to me. He's the only one that doesn't attack people. He attacks actions and ideas, but he's much more reasonable and intelligent," Rogan said during an episode of his podcast.
Kennedy is running as an independent challenger to former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. He has sought to appeal to centrist voters who may be disillusioned by the policies of the Democratic and Republican parties.
Polls show that he faces an uphill battle to victory in November, as he is not even on the ballot in some states. But he could still play a pivotal role in the election if he siphons off enough voters from either candidate to give the opponent an advantage in the key swing states. Some polls suggest Kennedy may be more of a threat to Trump than to Harris.
Newsweek reached out to Kennedy's campaign for comment via email.
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One of the reasons I never liked Rogan’s commentary... Anyone who could support a crackpot like RFK shouldn’t be commenting on politics. He’s also quite the coward. Rogan doesn’t want to get tagged for supporting Trump or Harris, it’s a limp-wristed wimp’s move. So... GFY Joey.
With Trump running around the UFC and it's owner speaking at the RNC, this is probably creating some calls.
He may have a lot of listeners, but he's just as dumb as a rock as far as I'm concerned.
Rogan is an entertainer first. He is making very serious bank right now. There is no way he is going to risk alienating half his audience over this, much less him or his family taking a bullet. He wins by stirring up controversy without taking a firm position.
Same with Jordan Peterson and Ben Shapiro over the 2020 election theft.
What an idiot. Hope Dana White fires his ass...Rogan is just as bad as The Rock, only tries to protect his brand.
Rogan likes Kennedy’s biceps and abs.
Then Rogan just jumped the shark. The same shark that RFK jumped... not really sure when, but he did. Sometime AFTER he wrote his book.
Rogan is a coward. Rather that endorse someone who has a chance to win, he retreated to the safety of the sidelines.
Yep... nailed it.
I enjoy Rogan’s podcasts, lots of interesting guests/topics on 2-3-4 hour interviews, explores all the details without judgment or getting in the guests’ way. His comedy special was just OK. He’s not a top tier comedian and it showed.
An endorsement is “taking a public stand” for a policitian with expectation that it would have some influence over an undecided. [X is cool, I like X, X says I should vote so-and-so, maybe I should at least give it a look]
This is a cowardly move. RFK Jr isn’t even on the ballot. What does an endorsement accomplish here? If he doesn’t like PDJT [which he kinda says about personality, but doesn’t explain for policy], don’t endorse anyone.
I agree this looks like it is a back-handed slap at PDJT. I don’t think Rogan would endorse the cackler under any circumstances. RJF Jr is a non-candidate. Endorsement is pointless except to the extent its used to say “Not even Rogan wants PDJT”, which was probably the intent. Cowardly.
He went down quite a few notches in my book.
He just lost the chance to interview PDJT, as well.
If Rogan didn’t endorse Trump in 2016 or 2020, then it doesn’t matter if he endorses RFK, Jr. this time around either. Trump won in both 2016 and 2020.
Right, RFK is the chickens’ way out.
Dumb call Rogan. I thought Rogan was smart. Guess not.
Never-Trump DOUCHEBAGS can’t be trusted.
I never did find him interesting, intertaining or credible.
Rogan calls Obama the best President of HIS generation..shows where hes coming from. He’s also a HUGE social program believer, universal basic income etc, craziness.
Trump needs to get the suburban women who voted Biden over Trump
RFK won’t pull much of anything
Rogan is a liberal who just happens to be anti vax and when leftys started going after him he ran to conservatives to protect him. He’s never been a Trump guy so this isn’t surprising.
Rogan is a wuss.
I just looked into it and it seems Rogan endorsed Bernie Sanders in 2020. So there’s that.
I didn’t see who he endorsed in 2016 but I don’t know what audience he had back then, if any.
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