Podcaster and comic Joe Rogan gave Kamala Harris kudos a day after she and former President Donald Trump duked it out throughout their debate on ABC final week.
On an episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience,” which was recorded on Sept. 11 however shared on Sept. 16, Rogan mentioned the Democratic presidential nominee “nailed it” in the course of the debate, which garnered an viewers of 67 million.
“I just wanna say, whoever’s helping her, whoever’s coaching her, whoever’s the puppet master running the strings,” Rogan mentioned about Harris after doing a mock chef’s kiss.
Rogan additionally mentioned Harris was “better prepared” for the debate than Trump.
“The difference in that debate was not a difference in who’s gonna have better policies, who’s gonna be better for the country,” the podcaster mentioned.
Rogan referred to as Trump “funny like a comic” who in the course of the debate had dangerous timing.
“Someone needs to tell him you’ve got these tiny little windows, and you should have all the words ready for those windows,” he mentioned concerning the 78-year-old.
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Joe Rogan beforehand endorsed RFK Jr., voted for Trump in 2020
Before backing Harris' performance, Rogan had publicly endorsed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for president earlier than he dropped out and introduced his help for Trump. When Rogan endorsed the then-independent candidate final month, Trump expressed displeasure with the podcaster's determination.
“It will be interesting to see how loudly Joe Rogan gets BOOED the next time he enters the UFC Ring??? MAGA2024” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
Rogan beforehand acknowledged on an episode of his podcast that he would “rather vote for Trump than Biden” in the course of the 2020 presidential election cycle.
“I don’t think [Biden] can handle anything,” Rogan said in 2020. “You’re relying entirely on his cabinet. If you want to talk about an individual leader who can communicate, he can’t do that. And we don’t know what the (expletive) he’ll be like after a year in office.”
“The pressure of being president of the United States is something that no one has ever prepared for. The only one who seems to be fine with it is Trump, oddly enough.”
Before asserting his vote for Trump in 2020, Rogan had endorsed Democrat Bernie Sanders.
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