Comedian Joe Rogan said on his hit podcast The Joe Rogan Experience Monday that he did not vote for President Joe Biden in 2020 and seemed to blame the president’s cognitive abilities for why he didn’t.
Rogan, 54, told guest and fellow podcaster Coleman Hughes on the controversial podcast that Biden ‘can’t talk right anymore.’
‘That was one of the things that people were saying, that I was a Trump supporter during the election, because I said I would vote for Trump before I would vote for Biden,’ Rogan said.
However, Rogan took the third option and didn’t vote for Trump or Biden in November.
‘But I didn’t vote for either,’ he added. ‘The reason why I said that was like, ‘You don’t see this? Are you guys out of your f—ing mind? You guys don’t see that this guy can’t, he can’t talk right anymore?”
Joe Rogan says he didn’t vote for Joe Biden in 2020 election because he ‘can’t talk right anymore’ weeks after administration calls for Spotify to ‘do more’ to stop comedian’s supposed COVID misinformation
Podcaster Coleman Hughes was Rogan’s guest on Monday’s show
President Joe Biden speaks about the supply chain on Tuesday
Rogan added that Biden was a ‘dummy’ who said ‘a lot of silly s–t’ but noted that the now-president has lost his ability to articulate.
The podcaster and MMA analyst has questioned the president’s cognitive health in the past, saying prior to the 2020 election that ‘he can’t’ communicate and ‘we don’t know what the f–k he’ll be like after a year in office.’
This came just weeks after Biden’s White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that while Spotify’s plans to add a disclaimer to Covid-related content is a ‘positive step’ after uproar over anti-vaccine stances were shared on Joe Rogan’s podcast, but social media networks need to do more.
‘This disclaimer is a positive step but we want every platform to continue doing more to call out mis- and disinformation while also uplifting accurate information. I mean, look at the facts,’ Psaki said in an early February news briefing.
‘Our hope is that all major tech platforms and all major news sources for that matter be responsible and vigilant to ensure the American people have access to accurate information on something as significant as Covid-19. That certainly includes Spotify.’
The uproar began when singer Neil Young demanded Spotify either remove his music or remove Joe Rogan’s podcast due to its ‘misinformation.’ Rogan, who has said he was planning to get vaccinated but missed his appointment, hosted two medical experts who expressed skepticism over Covid-19 vaccines.
Spotify, having cut a deal believed to be worth over $100 million with Rogan in 2020, removed Young’s music and left up the lucrative podcast host’s content. But after a slew of other liberal Hollywood names joined in on calls to boycott Spotify, Rogan himself promised to be more ‘balanced’ and Spotify promised to make changes to its own policy.
Spotify chief executive Daniel Ek later laid out plans to introduce more transparent platform rules following Young’s allegations but stressed the importance of free speech and providing a platform that shares differing views.
Spotify chief executive Daniel Ek (pictured) said stressed the importance of free speech and providing a platform that shares differing views
Spotify released a statement saying that while it doesn’t always ‘get it right, we are committed to learning, growing and evolving’
Rogan said he was ‘not trying to be controversial’ and just wanted to have ‘interesting conversations’
‘This disclaimer is a positive step but we want every platform to continue doing more to call out mis- and disinformation while also uplifting accurate information. I mean, look at the facts,’ Psaki said in adaily news briefing
He said: ‘Personally, there are plenty of individuals and views on Spotify that I disagree with strongly.
‘It is important to me that we don’t take on the position of being content censor while also making sure that there are rules in place and consequences for those who violate them.’
Ek said his company was working to add a content advisory to all podcast episodes that discuss Covid.
‘This advisory will direct listeners to our dedicated COVID-19 Hub, a resource that provides easy access to data-driven facts, up-to-date information as shared by scientists, physicians, academics and public health authorities around the world, as well as links to trusted sources,’ he said.
‘This new effort to combat misinformation will roll out to countries around the world in the coming days. To our knowledge, this content advisory is the first of its kind by a major podcast platform.’
He said his team is also exploring ways to promote its platform rules so that content creators better understand the expectations.
‘We take this seriously and will continue to partner with experts and invest heavily in our platform functionality and product capabilities for the benefit of creators and listeners alike,’ Ek said.’That doesn’t mean that we always get it right, but we are committed to learning, growing and evolving.’
