MS NOW host Nicolle Wallace on Tuesday known as out Joe Rogan and a number of other different “manosphere” podcasters who supported President Donald Trump forward of final yr’s election, solely to now voice issues over his erratic conduct and unpopular insurance policies.
“Many individuals who might need related themselves with Donald Trump, even this time final yr, are already having some second ideas and saying so publicly,” Wallace mentioned throughout a “Deadline: White Home” section.
“It’s straightforward to see within the so-called manosphere,” she added, utilizing the time period for web sites, podcasts and boards that promote masculinity, typically as a backlash to feminism.
Wallace started with comic Theo Von, who interviewed Trump forward of the election and attended his inauguration alongside Rogan — solely to rebuke the Division of Homeland Safety for utilizing his likeness in an official video celebrating the federal government’s mass deportations.
She then performed a clip of fellow comedian and podcaster Andrew Schulz, one other frequent visitor of “The Joe Rogan Expertise,” who joked concerning the finish of pronouns after Trump gained final November — solely to elucidate in July that he “voted for none of this” massive authorities, pro-war agenda.
Wallace completed with a second between Rogan himself and Vice President JD Vance, who appeared on the podcast one week earlier than the 2024 election, during which Rogan praised Trump’s supposed lack of getting older — earlier than decrying the “horrific” immigration raids in current months.
Rogan publicly endorsed Trump someday earlier than the election.
“I’m not enjoying these clips as a result of any of these males are heroic. I’m enjoying these clips as a result of all three of them contributed to Donald Trump’s victory in an essential approach — in a approach that perhaps folks like me didn’t recognize,” Wallace mentioned Tuesday.
She continued, “Joe Rogan has the largest podcast within the nation, perhaps on this planet. … I hope he cringes as a lot as I did, and I’ve by no means even met him, that he ever mentioned, ‘He didn’t age in any respect.’ I imply, the primary time period he won’t have aged as a result of he didn’t work very onerous.”
Wallace argued Trump can’t even correctly “join nouns and verbs inside sentences” as of late whereas leisurely plotting strikes towards international nations, and rued that Rogan and others “sucked up” to Trump and “helped him win” earlier than having second ideas.
Wallace mentioned she doesn’t “know” what these podcasters meant by seemingly softening Trump within the public’s thoughts for one more time period, however concluded from their current feedback that they now “can’t get far sufficient away from the stench” of Trump’s “political failures.”
Rogan endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) within the 2020 election. When he interviewed Trump final fall earlier than endorsing him, he pressed Trump over his false claims that the 2020 election was rigged. Rogan has since famous that Trump is “shedding it,” citing a number of regarding antics.