Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance had a relaxed tone as he sat down for an interview with Joe Rogan on the latter’s podcast.
He had no idea what he was in for.
Thursday’s episode of The Joe Rogan Experience marks twice now in as many weeks that the fight commentator and former Fear Factor host has left a member of the Republican ticket looking foolish in selectively edited clips of his show. Vance, having clearly expected either the kind of freewheeling conversation Rogan is known for with his non-political guests or at the very least to not be challenged on his claims, walked into a rhetorical shooting gallery.
On Twitter/X Thursday after the interview, clips of Vance’s conversation were going viral — but they were being shared by the Harris-Walz campaign and its allies, not Vance or his running mate.
That was thanks to Rogan’s decision to press Vance — harder than some actual journalists — on his …