Podcaster Joe Rogan offered his vote to presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. because he “is a great person.”
Rogan casually made the comment without being asked about his endorsement during an episode of his podcast that aired Wednesday. In a discussion on censorship with comedian Francis Foster and political commentator Konstantin Kisin, Rogan implied that “there are no real quality human beings out there running for office” with a small exception.
“The real problem is people that want that job [as a politician] shouldn’t have that job. There is a rare few. I think RFK is a great person; I would vote for him. I think Tulsi Gabbard is a great person; I would vote for her,” Rogan said. “There’s people I think that are running for office, and they’re legitimately trying to do well for the world. They’re trying to make a better place. They think they have ideas that would sort out some of the problems that we have, and they’re one of us. That’s real.”
“You have to fight off that urge to control people. You have to recognize that if you’re in a position of power, whether you’re a cult leader or a president or whatever the f*** you are, there’s this desire to control people that gets people to that position in the first place, this ego that makes them think, ‘I should be the one that talks for the whole group. I know it’s better for all of them,’” Rogan went on.
“And as soon as you start using that in an unethical way like that like censoring people, especially censoring factual information from experts, you’re un-American. That’s un-American. It’s unpatriotic — in fact, it’s one of the grossest things you could do in a place that values free speech,” Rogan said.
The Washington Examiner reached out to the Kennedy campaign for comment.
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The Kennedy campaign has claimed to be eligible for the ballots in Nevada, New Hampshire, Hawaii, and Utah. It remains to be seen whether Kennedy will appear on the Texas ballot, where Rogan resides.
Kennedy is running for president this November as an independent candidate, a switch from the Democratic ticket made midway through his campaign. Before launching his campaign, Kennedy worked as an environmental lawyer.
