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The UFC commentator and podcaster showed interest in moderating a political debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
Joe Rogan has shown interest in becoming a political moderator ahead of the 2020 presidential elections.
During an episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast with former UFC fighter Tim Kennedy last week, Rogan claimed he would “100 percent” be ready to moderate a debate between U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Joe Biden.
“First of all, I want no one else in the room, just the three of us, and you’d have to stream it live so no one can edit it, and I would want them in there for hours,” Rogan said during the podcast last Sunday. “If they wanted to do that – they both wanted to come here in Austin, sit down and have a debate – I would 100 percent do it.”
Rogan claimed that his role as a moderator would be to an alternative to traditional debates in order to avoid media bias. However, he later added that he does not believe “Biden can handle it.”
I think Biden is like, I think he’s, I mean people get mad at me for saying this, I think there’s something wrong and I don’t think there’s something wrong, because I’m guessing, or because I’m pro-Trump. I’ve seen him fall apart,” Rogan said.
Kennedy took to twitter following the podcast to rally support for Rogan’s idea and to ask whether people would be interested in such a debate. Trump has since responded to Kennedy’s question.
I do! https://t.co/H9Eghnqpuy
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 14, 2020
The two presidential candidates have agreed to three debates. The first debate will take place on September 29 in Cleveland, followed by an October 15 event in Miami, and a third debate on October 22 in Nashville. The moderators — selected by the Commission on Presidential Debates — is made up of Chris Wallace (Fox News), Kristen Welker (NBC News) and Steve Scully (C-SPAN Network).