Joe Rogan questions the narrative of Elon Musk turning far-right, asks for evidence

Joe Rogan is known to discuss a wide variety of topics on his renowned podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience. The UFC commentator recently questioned the narrative that Tesla CEO Elon Musk has become a far-right extremist.

Speaking to guest Matt Taibbi on episode #1940 of the podcast, Rogan stated:

"There's an amazing amount of resistance against him and just the publicity campaign against him has been fascinating to watch. People go from thinking that Elon Musk is this savior that's bringing us these amazing electric cars and engineering new reusable rockets to he's an alt-right piece of s**t who wants Donald Trump back in the office. It's very wild."

Rogan then added:

"The narrative has spread through progressive people where they'll just say it now. It's like they've reached the memo - the memo's got to them - I hear people in LA, I hear people that I know like, 'oh, Elon's just so crazy. Something happened to him. He went nuts and he's a right-winger now.' How? What are you saying? What examples do you have?"

Rogan added that critics of Musk often do not have an example and are simply operating off of a narrative. The podcast host shared that criticisms of the Twitter CEO are due to him allowing former United States President Donald Trump back on Twitter. He noted that these claims are hypocritical as the Taliban and Chinese Communist Party are also on the social media platform.

Watch Joe Rogan's comments on the narrative surrounding Elon Musk below (starting at the 6:04 mark):

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Joe Rogan shares thoughts on Donald Trump being allowed on Twitter

After purchasing Twitter, Elon Musk restored Donald Trump's account following a poll in which he asked users to vote on the fate of the former United States President's account. UFC color commentator Joe Rogan shared his thoughts on the reinstatement while speaking with guest Matt Taibbi on episode #1940 of JRE, stating:

"[Trump's] a ridiculous person, but don't you think it's better that his tweets get out there and then a bunch of people get to attack him in the tweets and if those tweets that people attack him with are good - if people are saying good things, then those things get retweeted and liked and then they rise up to the top of the algorithm? You need a voice against someone like that."

Rogan added that having pushback against Trump is more beneficial for those who are against him than keeping him off the platform and allowing him and his followers to be in an echo chamber. Despite being reinstated in November, the former United States President has not returned to Twitter.

Watch Joe Rogan's comments on Donald Trump's Twitter reinstatement below (starting at the 8:35 mark):