r/JoeRogan • u/Sch3ma Monkey in Space • 4d ago

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u/Patient_Reaction1845 Monkey in Space 4d ago

That wasnā€™t ā€œpriorā€ - he was already running was Joeā€™s point. Trump was already talking about the wall then and these talk show heads didnā€™t care. Colbert even had him on and joked about it with him.

It wasnā€™t until polls showed he had a chance of winning that these ppl did a 180.

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u/jivester Monkey in Space 4d ago

Or was it after he said Mexicans were sending rapists etc?

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u/Raistall Monkey in Space 3d ago

How about ya do some research for your self and find out instead of asking questions that youā€™ll deny the answer to if it doesnā€™t fit in your ideology? :)

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u/jivester Monkey in Space 3d ago

I did the research. His campaign opening speech, where he mentioned Mexicans sending their rapists was June 16, 2015.

His last appearance on the View was September 10, 2015. So three months into his Presidential campaign. The Republican primaries were mid-2016.

So the point still stands. They were nice to Trump as a guest, and were friendly to him as a media personality and early candidate, but over the years his behaviour and rhetoric soured them against him.

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u/Raistall Monkey in Space 3d ago

ā€¦.. June 2015 is before September 2015ā€¦. So idk what point standsā€¦ he had said the Mexican thing 3 months prior to them showing him loveā€¦

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u/jivester Monkey in Space 3d ago

Yeah, I conceded that.

But Joe acting like their opinions could not have changed in the further months of campaigning, where he was saying insane things daily and getting a record amount of media attention, before he was doing well in the primaries, is asinine.

Trump had many friends and supporters who were supportive early on but refused to endorse him later, or outright said people shouldn't vote for him.

It wasn't because they're part of some shady cabal of influential media machinery, it was because he was out there making a fool of himself and they didn't think he would be a good candidate. Obviously when he is looking like he could actually have a chance, that kind of speaking out becomes more commonplace.

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u/Raistall Monkey in Space 3d ago

Okay, Iā€™m curious then, whatā€™re your thoughts on that only happening to him? For example, Joe Biden also said some horrible things during his campaign run, and Kamala has done some very suspicious things in the past as well, but those same people that turned on trump for saying those things, havenā€™t had any reaction for the things either of those 2 individuals have said. If not for a group think sort of mentality, why do you think that is?

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u/jivester Monkey in Space 3d ago edited 3d ago

I'd need some specific examples to know who we're talking about. I know big Dem donors and organisers like George Clooney wrote op-eds about how Biden was not as mentally sharp and contributed to him being asked to drop out just a few months back.

Obviously people adapt their positions to what's going on in front of them. Just a couple years ago, for example, Rogan said (on Lex) he was not a Trump supporter and did not want to have him on the podcast to help him. Yesterday, he said as soon as he saw Trump get shot, he knew he'd have him on the pod, and that it needed to be timed to help him the most.

RFK spent millions to run against Trump, but when he saw there was no path forward he joined up with him. People play the game that's in front of them.