Vice President JD Vance has pushed back against podcaster Joe Rogan's recent comments describing supporters of the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement as 'dorks'. In an interview on 'The Benny Show', Vance laughed off the characterisation, insisting that the movement embraces all its supporters, regardless of how they are perceived.
Rogan, a former supporter of President Donald Trump, had said on his podcast that MAGA had lost its focus and was now associated with 'uninteresting, unintelligent people' and 'dorks'. He criticised the movement for lumping genuine patriots in with what he called 'weird' individuals.
Vance responded by saying: 'I think we have many, many fewer dorks than the far left, but everybody's got some dorks. We love our dorks. We love our cool kids. We love anybody who wants to save the country.'
Rogan, who hosts the most listened-to podcast in the US according to Spotify, has recently distanced himself from Trump, criticising the administration's immigration enforcement, military actions in Iran, and handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files. He questioned the logic of Trump's military strikes, saying it felt 'insane' given his promise to avoid wars.
Vance also rejected Rogan's claim that former Presidents Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton were more effective at deporting illegal immigrants than Trump, stating: 'Joe is wrong on this. I'm going to text Joe, because that is definitely wrong.'
