MSNBC has admitted to misleading viewers into thinking popular podcaster Joe Rogan was praising Vice President Kamala Harris when he was really expressing admiration for former Democratic Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard.
Liberal cable news network MSNBC has admitted to misleading viewers into thinking popular podcaster Joe Rogan was praising Vice President Kamala Harris when he was really expressing admiration for former Democratic Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard.
The original video of Rogan’s remarks was published on MSNBC’s TikTok account on August 2. It shows Rogan saying he believes “she can win” and that “she is a strong woman.”
The words “Joe Rogan predicts Harris will win the presidency” appeared on the top of the video in black letters.
As noted by both Rogan and Gabbard, Rogan was actually speaking about Gabbard’s own run for the presidency.
“One part of the video @joerogan was talking about Kamala; on another part of the video, he was talking about me,” Gabbard said in an X post.
“MSNBC combined it together to make it look like everything said was about Kamala and that he was endorsing her. Of course this is completely false.”
MSNBC is again EXPOSED as a propaganda machine for the Democrat Elite, and how they will brazenly try to deceive the American people.
— Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 (@TulsiGabbard) August 2, 2024
One part of the video @joerogan was talking about Kamala; on another part of the video, he was talking about me. MSNBC combined it together to… pic.twitter.com/E8701iZ8dh
Rogan himself said he was speaking about Gabbard and her being “a congresswoman for eight years and about how she served overseas [as part of] two deployments.”
He added that MSNBC didn’t “care about the truth” and that they “just want a narrative to get out there amongst enough people because most people are just surface readers.”
MSNBC issued a correction to the TikTok video and re-edited it so it was not misleading, further stating that they “removed an earlier version of this post that incorrectly implied Joe Rogan was talking more about Vice President Kamala Harris. He was referring to Tulsi Gabbard.”
While Gabbard has endorsed former President Donald Trump in his re-election bid, Rogan, who previously expressed appreciation for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has so far resisted doing so, even though Kennedy has dropped out and endorsed Trump.
Trump did not take kindly to Rogan’s praise for Kennedy. In a Truth Social post in early August, Trump said, “It will be interesting to see how loudly Joe Rogan gets BOOED the next time he enters the UFC Ring??? MAGA2024.”
Rogan is the main color commentator for UFC, or Ultimate Fighting Championship, which is run by Trump supporter Dana White. Rogan shares insights and interviews fighters after their matches. Trump himself often attends the fights as a spectator to much fanfare.
Both former Democrats, Kennedy Jr. and Gabbard will help shape the potential next Trump administration, with the former president announcing their addition to his transition team. Both endorsed Trump following long-standing and highly publicized breaks from their former party over free speech, medical freedom, and foreign policy issues.
