Episode 2225 of The Joe Rogan Experience saw the UFC commentator express doubts about current United States President Joe Biden's win in the 2020 elections. When speaking to his guest, comedian and political commentator Dave Smith, Rogan touched on the number of voters four years ago.
Rogan's specific issue was how much higher the number of voters was in 2020 relative to every other year before 2012, which was not a low turnout year. For this reason, Rogan doubts that the number of votes for Biden had actually reached 81 million despite acknowledging how massive those elections were.
"This is one of the most consequential elections ever. I think everybody's pretty aware of that, and everybody is pretty dug-in on their side. The left, 'He's [Donald Trump] Hitler,' the right, 'He's saving us.' And so more people voted. At least the indication would be as much people voted in 2020, if not more. Probably more people voted. But let's look at the numbers."
Then, Rogan broke down the number of votes and why he found it so anomalous that Biden drew 81 million votes:
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"I'm sure probably before that, there was less people back then, right? So, if you go back to when I was a kid, there was only like 200 million people in this country. They're all consistent, this is what's crazy. They're consistent. Look, they're all like 60. Look at where the number is, they're all like 65 million. Is that what it says? So that's all the same every f**king time except 2020. In 2020 it goes way the f**k up. Look at it, it's like 80, what? Is it 82? Is that what it was? Like 81 [million]."
Check out Joe Rogan's thoughts on the 2020 election (48:58 and 49:34):
Rogan, who has become a well-known critic of the Democratic Party and especially President Biden, recently welcomed the president-elect and former U.S. President, Donald Trump, on his podcast.
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In the past, the UFC commentator had praised Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who ran as an independent presidential candidate. This led to tremendous backlash for Rogan from his fanbase and even from Trump himself, forcing Rogan to backtrack. Kennedy Jr. has since joined Trump's team.