SAN ANTONIO – A petition to have Joe Rogan, a comedian, UFC fight commentator and podcaster, moderate a debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic Nominee Joe Biden is closing in on 300,000 signatures on Change.org.
The petition, started by Ashton Stowell on Change.org, requests that the Commission on Presidential Debates elect Joe Rogan as the moderator for the 2020 Presidential Debate.
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Talk of Rogan hosting a debate first started on episode #1535 of The Joe Rogan Experience, where Rogan talked with Tim Kennedy a Special Forces operator and retired UFC fighter.
On the show, the pair entertained the idea of having the prominent podcaster moderate a debate between Trump and Biden. Since then, Trump has said he would be willing to participate in the event, answering Kennedy directly on Twitter.
I do! https://t.co/H9Eghnqpuy
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 14, 2020
“I do!," Trump said over Twitter, picking up the gauntlet thrown down by the duo. Biden has not yet confirmed or denied that he would participate in the hypothetical debate but was interviewed on a variety of subjects by the rapper Cardi B in August.
Watch the full interview with Cardi B and Biden in the video player below:
Some of Rogan’s guests have also co-signed the event, below are their reactions pulled from social media:
I would like to see @joerogan host the presidential debates
— Tim Pool (@Timcast) August 13, 2019
Apparently nearly 50k others agreehttps://t.co/zUedYSFvEt
I love the idea of @joerogan moderating a presidential debate https://t.co/yFXJKdwqBk 👍
— Andrew Yang🧢🇺🇸 (@AndrewYang) August 14, 2019
When I tweeted that @joerogan should host a presidential debate I had no idea there was already a petition asking for just this. There IS! Anyone who doesn't think Joe would be an improvement over what we've had so far is crazy. https://t.co/j9YN1dKkmi
— Dan Carlin (@HardcoreHistory) August 14, 2019
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