Why Biden would never agree to a Joe Rogan interview

Published September 14, 2020 5:11pm ET



It would be glorious. It would be laden with gaffes. And it would be just the sort of entertainment we deserve after a God-awful year of a global pandemic, government-manufactured recession, and nonstop rioting and looting. Joe Rogan moderating a presidential debate will also never, ever, happen because Joe Biden is petrified of any member of the media who won’t let him read talking points off of a teleprompter.

Rogan, whose multihour-long podcasts are ranked No. 1 in the world, according to Apple, offered to moderate a debate between President Trump and Biden. The president took the MMA personality up on the offer, endorsing the idea on Twitter. Biden won’t respond, and his selectively cushioned press pool won’t ask him about it.

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