Wildly popular podcaster and
mix master art specialist master,
Cenk Uygur, Joe Rogan.
[LAUGH] >> He took to the air to
please some of his conspiracy
theory loving audience with another
new assumption about things that
were going on with Joe Biden and
that COVID booster shot that he
received earlier this week on air,
in front of media cameras, and
answering questions.
He wasn't really buying it,
[LAUGH] if you can believe that.
So first of all, let's go to that
booster shot in question that Joe
Biden was taking, and how he pulled
that off in front of everyone.
>> [INAUDIBLE] get vaccinated
before they can go to
church here in America.
>> We are very healthy,
we're doing more than every other
nation in the world combined.
We're going to have well over
a billion 100 million shots, and
we're going to continue going,
we're going to do our part.
We've also given a great deal of
funding to COVAX, which is
the vehicle that does this.
So we have plenty of opportunity
to make sure we get everyone in
the world to play our part,
the largest part in the world of
getting everyone vaccinated.
>> Jesus,
my man has a hairy shoulder,
anyway- [LAUGH] >> I'm sorry.
So actually just that moment there,
I'm curious what you guys
think about that whole event and
the process for that,
but we'll get to that.,
Actually let's do that now.
>> Yeah, before we- >> What do
you think about that kind of event,
you guys?
It's in front of media,
it's with cameras, and
there's people potentially
going to ask a question.
He wants to take the shot, I get
it, in front of the cameras to let
everyone know, hey, I'm doing it.
I wouldn't be risking my life and
implanting chips that Bill Gates
directed me to implant- [LAUGH]
>> In my body, if you guys didn't.
First off,
just that spectacle itself,
is that worth it to do?
>> Yes, so we're going to get to
Joe Rogan's conspiracy on this, but
I know why he did it.
And I'm actually furious about it
as a progressive, because I thought
he was for gun control, and
there he is flaunting his guns.
>> You took my joke.
>> [LAUGH] You had it too?
[LAUGH] >> Yeah.
>> Look, so right now is there's
somewhere out there is Corn Pop
going, man, it's a good thing I
didn't mess with him, although we
hear Corn Pop's actually dead.
And maybe this is what
intimidated Joe Rogan.
And he was like, damn,
hold on, wait,
this guy might beat me in a fight.
[LAUGH] >> We'll get to that too
in a second.
Adrienne, in all seriousness,
my comment on this is I think
it's good.
This is more people see it and
this makes it feel like,
well if the President's
doing it it must be safe.
So what's your take on it?
>> I agree, I think it's
a great example.
At the same time, it's a little
weird to watch someone on
television get a health care thing.
Because lord knows it's like, I am
not getting a PAP smear on live TV.
So I kind of like, hm,
how far are we going to go in doing
this whole, let me show you, I
got it done, take care of yourself.
I'm good, bro, I trust you.
But I'm sure there are people out
there who really needed
to see that.
>> Yeah, I guess I see
the reason for it.
It's just, man, we're children.
We have to see the president take
a shot in order people feel
comfortable with it.
>> Yeah. >> Come on bro,
this is weird.
>> But JR, I just say one last
quick thing on that.
Because it's all
about percentages, right?
So you and I don't need it, we're
going to get the shot either way,
but there is some percentage of
people who don't believe.
And then they go, well,
I just saw him take it,
they ain't going to give it to
the president if it's dangerous.
Okay, if they're going for
that sliver of the population who
will be convinced by that, and
that does exist.
>> Worth it for a point. First off,
you don't know
that I took the shot,
you're violating my HIPAA rights.
[LAUGH] >> Now the meat
of the story.
So Joe Rogan and he had a guest,
Mike Baker, on as well.
And they discussed this, but they
weren't talking about whether or
not it's helpful to do this.
They found another angle to speak
on this, and let's listen to that.
>> You think he got a booster?
You think that was a real booster?
>> You mentioned that before we
started talking, and I hadn't
thought about it before, but you
know what? When I watched it on TV,
when I watched him getting his shot
and his mask on, all I could think
of was this is performance art.
>> I don't think he would take
the chance. >> So the next step of
performance art would be not giving
him the booster, but
just giving him a shot.
>> I think if they were going to
give them a booster shot,
the last thing they would do is
give it to him live on television.
What if he dies?
>> Right. >> What if he blacks out?
What if he gets it and faints?
because people have had very bad
reactions in the moment for
whatever reason.
>> Right, no, and
I think they still tell you,
they give you this shot and
then they'll say stick around for
10 to 15 minutes, they want to make
sure you don't fall down.
>> Yeah. >> So
I agree because every other step of
the way with any president they're
so careful.
>> Yes. >> So
careful about the messaging,
the optics,
the security issues related to it.
It would be not unheard of,
let's put it that way. >> Unless
Kamala Harris talked him into it,
she's like, go ahead, take it,
take a double, give him a double.
>> Okay, so I mean obviously that's
a joke near the end, but
still sometimes jokes,
they're based on the fact that
people believe some of this stuff.
So yeah, I feel like there's this
veneer where you can say, hey,
well check it out.
We're just joking about this,
I don't really believe that.
I mean it's the fake shot,
Kamala Harris said he should take
it so that she could take over
when he blacks out.
because when you mix in little
elements of jokes, or even things
like, hey, some people do have
adverse reactions to specifically
the second vaccine shot.
We don't want the president to have
any kind of adverse effects on
air because that might discourage
people.
So there's elements of reality
to the discussion, but
it's continuing to press this whole
it's a fake, it's not really that,
that vial is full of air,
which would be horrible.
So these are things that people
said all the time, even one
of the first times they did this,
because this isn't
the first time that Biden did this.
>> Yeah, so look,
are there photo ops in politics?
Of course, there's a lot of things
that are fake in politics.
And do politicians do things
for optics?
Yes, right, so
that idea is not outrageous.
The problem is
the underlying implication,
because then he's talks about some
people have very bad reactions.
I'm like, no, so
a lot of folks get a really sore
arm over the next 24 hours.
Some people get a little sick and
and then they're fine.
They make you wait for 15 minutes,
and I was like I've
never seen someone have
an immediate terrible reaction.
But they do make you wait, so
I thought maybe, right, so
I looked it up.
No, the doctors say it is extremely
rare for something to happen on
the spot, right?
He gets a shot and drops down,
[LAUGH] so that's not a real risk.
So hence you don't have to
do the optics of
doing a fake booster shot.
What fake things should we put in
there?
My god, don't put air,
that'll be way worse, right?
So very, very, very likely he
actually got the real booster shot.
But as he's talking about it,
it makes this sound like,
they wouldn't do that on air
because it's so dangerous.
And then he jokes around about how
Kamala Harris wants
him to get a double.
Now what would be wrong with
a double unless it's
really dangerous?
And that's the essence of the joke
which is, ha ha,
these vaccinations could actually
harm you in a significant way.
When in reality they're trying to
protect you from harm, and
that's the main underlying
problem with Joe Rogan.
He's now trying to fill Alex Jones'
seat, I guess, and has become a
conspiracy theorist, and everything
about the vaccine's a conspiracy.
The man, the government, etc,
has come out to get you, and
if you're really strong and manly,
and that's why I've talked online
about us getting into a fight.
We'll get into that in
a second, okay?
But my implication there is they've
made this into a stupid macho
thing.
Yeah, real
man don't get the vaccine, and
if you do it's super dangerous.
And that's just not true,
it's totally nonsense.
And he's lying to his audience,
not lying,
I think he actually believes it.
But he's spreading misinformation,
and that's why part of the reason
I'm trying to regulate.
Adrienne, your thoughts?
>> No, I completely and
totally agree with you.
Trying to undermine essentially
the veracity, validity of
the vaccine by way of questioning
whether Biden actually took it.
And it is pushing on this whole
idea that real men, you'll be fine,
you can survive this, and
all those lies about that.
COVID is not that severe and
it's okay.
You're absolutely right, he's just
trying to fill Jones' shoes.
And the thing is is that people
are actually listening to him and
people are getting hurt.
Yet he does not seem to care as
long as he's cashing those checks.
>> Yeah, it's not with a crazy
approach, it's a lighthearted,
fun approach.
So speaking of lighthearted,
fun approaches, I
was perusing Twitter yesterday and
I saw this tweet pop up.
This guy named Cenk Uygur.
>> [LAUGH] Figures. >> It says, to
all the loser @joerogan fans crying
over my attack on his, quote,
freedom, hypocrisy, and stupidity.
Are you guys part of the crew or
do you kisses his ass for fun?
I thought he was a big boy who can
handle himself.
He doesn't like my free speech,
he can grow a pair and
defend himself.
To which one user said, I'll make
a $1,000 donation to your trash
network, Cenk, or your charity of
choice to see you call Rogan,
who is not only the most successful
podcast in history but also a black
belt in mixed martial arts,
a loser to his face.
because you know what'll happen
then, right?
So from that particular challenge
the gauntlet was laid down and
Cenk picked it up.
And he said deal,
easiest $1,000 I ever made.
You think he's going to assault me?
Sure, whatever.
That's incredibly dumb, but
also wouldn't work.
I'm much larger than Joe, and
I fought my whole life.
I'd end him, but
grownups don't do that.
I'll send you the PO Box to send
the check to later.
Which then,
I mean you shouldn't have to
go to Twitter to find all this out.
Many people responded said, bro,
when was last time you fought, bro?
Hey, when was last time you had
a black belt in jujitsu?
How about floor to floor,
hand to hand combat?
What about kickboxing, bro?
>> [LAUGH] I'll end you all.
No, all right, so listen.
Am I going to fight him?
Hold, [LAUGH] we'll talk about it
in the members section,
tyt.com/join.
But there's things
I want to say here.
Number one, to be fair to Joe,
people keep making it seem like
we're in a beef, but he never
actually said anything, right?
It's what's deeply amusing
about this story is his boys, okay?
And I'm being polite, I don't know
why I'm being polite [LAUGH] but
the guy's kissing up to him.
And it's tons of blue check
right wingers, there's
no left wingers involved anymore.
I don't think there's any left wing
at all left in his audience,
it's all right wing at this point.
And so when I go to check Joe on
him being stupid on vaccines,
because that's what he's being.
You, [INAUDIBLE],
he's mixed martial arts.
So I'm feeding into that with like,
okay, wow, is he?
Guys, I've never been scared
of a fight in my life.
And so the idea that
little man's going to come and
be like, you say that to my face.
What's he going to do? You guys
are children, okay? But
here I'm not putting Joe on blast,
it's all his little boys who are
like, Joe's going to get you, Joe's
going to get you, [LAUGH] okay.
And then the mixed martial folks
come in, he's going to
do this kneecap thing to you, and
you don't know.
And if you people are trained they
just look at you and you collapse.
[LAUGH] And I'm talking a lot about
this in the bonus episodes and
stuff that we do for members,
where we do have fun and
we're more casual, etc., right?
As if we're not casual enough,
anyway, where I talked about
the fights that I've gone into in
the past, right?
And you shouldn't do that, guys,
that's crazy.
First of all,
everybody's got guns now,
don't get in any fights, okay?
And even if they didn't have guns,
what happens?
You get punched the wrong way,
it's a disastrous idea, right?
But when I was younger I got into
a lot of fights, and half the time
guys would get into some sort of
martial arts pose, and I thought,
well then this is going to be easy.
[LAUGH] because they always think
it's going to be in a ring, and
it's true, and then okay.
And then the ref goes, okay,
go, that's not how a real fight
is, okay?
Now, I know I'm triggering
them all.
Do not actually fight each other
and don't fight me, don't fight
Joe, don't do any of that.
If you're going to fight go into
an actual organized ring or
something like that.
But all these guys with their fake
bravado, no, I know and.
[LAUGH] To say that I'm not
intimidated by that is a great
understatement.
Will Joe and I actually fight?
Tyt.com/join is the way to find
out, become a member,
it doesn't cost that much.
>> My god. >> [LAUGH] Okay, so
this is all fun and games and
people take it seriously.
But the one thing that is not fun
and games, and why I'm going after
Joe on actual substance,
is stop misleading people.
Look, I think he's doing the same
thing that the Jimmy Dores of
the world are doing.
My audience is totally right wing
now, if I don't kiss their ass
they're going to get mad at me.
Remember, Alex Jones ripped into
Joe Rogan, and what did Rogan do?
For a little brief period
of time they were fighting, okay?
>> I had forgotten about that.
>> And I supported Rogan at that
time, Jones is psychotic, etc,
right? And Rogan backed down,
and then he went back to kissing
Alex Jones' ass.
I don't think it's because of
Alex Jones.
I think he realizes his audience is
totally right wing.
So he's like, what do
you guys want to hear?
You want to hear the manly thing to
do is take Ivermectin, okay?
And you know you've got the ass
worms, that's what you take it for,
and for vaccines, for strong men
you only need Ivermectin,
you do not need the vaccine.
Okay, so if you're
going to do that, yeah,
I'm going to call you out.
It's called free speech.
So whether it's Joe or
his audience,
can you just please stop crying?