Posted on 06/29/2022 10:40:46 PM PDT by RandFan
Podcaster Joe Rogan says he’s a fan of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), arguing the governor’s tenure in The Sunshine State would help boost a potential presidential bid.
“I think Ron DeSantis would work as a good president,” Rogan said on an episode of his podcast this week when asked who he might want to see run for the White House in 2024. “I mean, what he’s done for Florida has been admirable.”
The podcast host particularly praised DeSantis’s handling of COVID-19, an issue that has sparked fierce pushback at times among critics.
“I feel like what he did for Florida, a lot of people gave him a lot of grief, but ultimately he was correct,” Rogan said. “He was correct when it comes to like deaths, he was correct. And when it comes to protecting all vulnerable populations, he was correct in terms of distribution of monoclonal antibodies.”
DeSantis, who is widely speculated to be considering a potential Republican presidential bid despite insisting he is focused on his current duties in Florida, took criticism during the coronavirus pandemic for resisting lockdown measures and vaccine mandates.
Rogan has also sparked controversy for his comments about the pandemic and his promoting of unproven medical treatments as a way for preventing and treating coronavirus infection.
“And he was furious when the government tried to pull those, they were trying to pull very effective treatments,” Rogan said of the Florida governor. “You know, he is not perfect. He’s a human being, but, um, what he’s done is stand up for freedoms … And there was some weird gaslighting shit that went on where people equated freedom and saying the word freedom to like right-wing bigotry and hate is so strange.”
The popular podcaster is at least the second major media figure to weigh in on DeSantis’s presidential ambitions recently. Last week, pundit Piers Morgan called on Republicans to move on from former President Trump and focus on empowering DeSantis as the party’s new leader.
and he would be
in 2029
Too soon.
All the good he’s done in Florida needs a few crop cycles before he’ll really have a strong platform.
01/20/2029
As long as he kicks rears and takes names.
Joe is spot on regarding the importance of Freedom.
Objective Freedom always trumps subjective Greatness.
Ron-N-Rogan kinda has a ring.
I’ll be fine if Ron wants to wait. But certainly he is uniquely qualified to challenge Don - if it comes to that.
Ron is the ONLY R standing between innocent babies and the Trump SwampVax.
Yes, especially after his apprenticeship under The Donald, with some focus in foreign affairs.
Ron is the ONLY R standing between innocent babies and the Trump SwampVax.“
Great point. He’s the only governor in the country who didn’t place orders for the vax for young kids. The man is a hero.
I tried listening to Rogan the other day for the second time. His language and that of his guests is j full of the f word. It is offensive and unintelligent. I learned to speak socially in high school on Long Island. Spent months in combat zones and years around fighter pilots.
I know how and why to use the f word as punctuation
This is not that
Rogan and his guests are impossible for me to listen to.
from the same guy who stated obamatard was a great president..
Yeah I’m with you I don’t bother either but a lot of young people do listen to him so he’s “influential” as they say.
There’s a time and place for profanity but it’s a bit much when it’s every other word...
And he also said...
“I really believe that if Michelle Obama runs, I think she wins. She’s great,” he said during a podcast Thursday. “She’s the wife of the best president we’ve had in our lifetime.”
desantis is currently running for reelection for florida governor this year (2022)...
he’ll be sworn in january 2023...
anyone that believes he’ll start a presidential campaign in 2023 is dreaming...
Frankly, is a proven better President!
Good. We don’t want him to leave Fl. He’s the reason our family is moving to Fl.!!!
Yeah, Im going to be influenced by this foul mouthed Satanists. Ron might want to put some distance between himself and this demon.
i don’t want him leaving florida either...
i live here...
what part are you relocating to?...
My now crazed zealot wife hates Trump, and is even more afraid of DeSantis because “DeSantis is younger and smarter”.
We recently left Florida (less than a year ago. DeSantis is a good governor, and did not disrupt my professional business. Real estate market is still strong.
Dr.Steve, life may be easier if you two lived separately in a duplex. Good investment for peace and tranquility. Love too.
The world does not live or die on the words of Joe Rogan. I think Joe Rogan’s a pretty good host but he’s got this infatuation with some weird s*** such as psychedelics and he’s infatuated with ET/UAP/UFO.
He’s bring aboard some fairly insightful guests which is the draw and Joe seems tempered, willing listen.
Sometimes his show was reminiscent of Coast to Coast with Art Bell. Which I listen to maybe four times in my entire life because “I was driving all night, my hands wet on the wheel”
After Slow Joe, Pee Wee Herman would be a ‘good President’ 😁
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