Podcast pioneer Joe Rogan advises average Americans who are upset with how the government handled the COVID-19 pandemic to “vote Republican” to punish the Democrats for their apoplectic response to the health scare.
“I’m hoping that now that this is over, people are going to, you know, recognize that some serious errors were made and not repeat them,” Rogan told NFL quarterback Aaron Rogers on Saturday.
Rogers asked Rogan, “What do you tell those people?”
“Vote Republican,” Rogan replied. “That’s what a lot of them are going to do anyway.”
He added, “More than a million people transferred over to the Republican Party, I think, in 2021 alone.” According to The Daily Wire, Rogan was correct in his guess about the number of new Republicans.
“You look at guys like Ron DeSantis, who kept Florida open and who had some pretty reasonable policies in terms of, like, what to do about COVID,” said Rogan. “You know, he mapped it out on television, and he was widely criticized for this.”
Paraphrasing DeSantis, he continued, “We need to protect our elders, we need to make sure medical care is available for those people, and everyone else, you should be able to do whatever you want to do and protect your freedom.”
The podcaster, comedian, and UFC commentator has remained a cautious advocate of DeSantis as a politician even as the Florida governor continues to use his power to advance the political agenda of his supporters.
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Most recently, DeSantis suspended four Broward County School Board members following a grand jury investigation, and earlier this month he fired a Soros backed prosecutor who DeSantis claims said openly that he would not enforce the law.
Rogan has increased his political and economic commentary in recent months, recently characterizing the FBI raid on Trump’s Florida home and resort as an attempt to “knock him out” of the 2024 election.
Previously, Rogan characterized Joe Biden’s public relations team as “weasels” who are “gaslighting” the American people about the state of the economy.
