‘I don’t consider myself a Republican. I don’t consider myself a Democrat either,’ Joe Rogan said this week. ‘I consider myself an American.’. Saying that “there’s a lot of things that the Democrats believe that I believe,” he added that “there’s a lot of things” the Democratic Party backs “that make a lot of sense to me.” At the same time, he said many of the positions the GOP supports are ones that he believes in too.
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“And the idea that I have to ignore things that make sense to me because it’s coming from the wrong team is just stupid,” he noted. While also calling Trump’s inauguration — which he witnessed in person — “bizarre,” the comic and UFC commentator argued that people who are only loyal to one political party are making a mistake.
“These are bad faith arguments where you have to have a conversation with someone and pretend that what they’re saying is not logical because they’re supposed to be your opponent,” Rogan concluded. “That, to me, is just dumb. That doesn’t benefit me at all. That doesn’t benefit anyone listening at all. It’s just stupid. It’s a stupid way to think.”.
Just ahead of this last presidential election, Trump sat down on Rogan’s uber-popular show for a three-hour interview, which was part of his concerted effort to appeal to young male voters by appearing on comedy podcasts. During their friendly chat, Rogan chuckled while Trump failed to explain how the 2020 election was stolen from him.
