Joe Rogan anchors the broadcast during the UFC 281 event at Madison Square Garden on November 12, 2022 in New York City. (Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)
'What you’re seeing with Trump, regardless of his flaws, is a massive concentrated psy-op,' Rogan said
The podcast host continued to hammer legacy media.
"What you’re seeing with Trump, regardless of his flaws, is a massive concentrated psy-op," Rogan said. "They’ve distorted who he is to the point where most people think that way. Most people think that way. They’ve had narratives."
"What is a psy-op? I keep hearing that," Normand said.
"Psychological operation," Rogan explained. "Where they’ve decided to distort people’s perceptions of things."
Shaffir replied that older liberals are shocked to hear that former President Obama oversaw more deportations than Trump. "They go, ‘That doesn’t make sense.’ And you go, ‘Right, focus on what’s giving you the reality of the world,’" he said.
Rogan then turned to his producer, Jamie, and asked him to show a "wild" quote from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton from 2008 where she was "saying some wild MAGA-type s---" about "illegal immigrants."
Clinton could be heard in the recording declaring, "I think we got to have tough conditions. Tell people to come out of the shadows. If they’ve committed a crime, deport them, no questions asked."
"She’s a Republican," Shaffir joked.
In the recording, Clinton continued, "If they’ve been working and are law-abiding, we should say, ‘Here are the conditions for you staying. You have to pay a stiff fine because you came here illegally. You have to pay back taxes and you have to try to learn English. And you have to wait in line.’"
The guests expressed their shock at Clinton’s past comments.
"’You have to wait in line,’ And everybody’s cheering," Rogan said. "2008. Hillary Clinton was more MAGA than Trump. But how about that? More MAGA than Trump. It’s all a f---ing illusion. It’s all a f---ing illusion. All of them, when convenient, have said the exact same things."
Rogan argued that this election shows that the tide has turned, however.
"They had control of the media up until now. This election was the first time they didn’t really have control of the media anymore," Rogan argued.
When asked why this is, the podcaster replied, "Because of us, because of podcasts. Because of social media, because of X."
