Trump to Rogan: Stop Apologizing

Trump recommended that Joe Rogan stop apologizing for his award-winning show following backlash about COVID “misinformation.”

QUICK FACTS:
  • President Donald Trump spoke out in support of Joe Rogan, recommending that the podcaster not back down to social pressure, Summit News reports.
  • Rogan’s show, the Joe Rogan Experience, has been the topic of conversation, particularly amongst musicians and Rogan has been forced to defend his guest choices.
  • Trump put the blame for the social pressure firmly on the “radical left” saying that Rogan should continue doing what he does best and not allow the left to denigrate him.
IN TRUMP’S WORDS:
  • “Joe Rogan is an interesting and popular guy, but he’s got to stop apologizing to the Fake News and Radical Left maniacs and lunatics. How many ways can you say you’re sorry?” Trump said in a statement from his website.
  • “Joe, just go about what you do so well and don’t let them make you look weak and frightened. That’s not you and it never will be!”
BACKGROUND:
  • Rogan has been in the headlines for weeks following allegations that his show spreads COVID-19 “misinformation.”
  • Singer Neil Young demanded that Rogan, the most popular podcaster in the world, be removed from the platform, or else Young wanted his music taken down. Spotify obliged and removed Young’s content, according to NBC News.

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