Joe Rogan and Tom Segura baffled by argument that advocating for voter ID is racist: "What are you saying?"
Joe Rogan is known to voice his opinion on a wide variety of topics on his immensely popular podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience. The UFC commentator recently weighed in on the debate surrounding voter ID, claiming that advocating for its utilization is not racist.
Speaking to guest Tom Segura on episode #2202 of JRE, Rogan stated:
"We just got through three f**king years of you have to have a vaccine passport in order to get food. You have to be able to show an ID and show that you're vaccinated to get on an airplane. We just got through that and now all of a sudden, it's racist to say that you want voter ID. There's only one reason to do it that way."
Rogan continued:
"If you bring in millions and millions of people and then the same people that want to bring these people in or that are allowing - their policies that are allowing these people to come in are the same people that think voter ID is racist. Like, you're racist saying voter ID is racist, by the way, because you're saying that these people are too stupid to get a f**king driver's license. Everybody has a god d**n driver's license. What are you saying? What are you saying? Like, voter ID is racist."
Check out Joe Rogan's comments below:
Voter ID laws in the United States date back to the 1950s, however, they became more common in the 1970s. As things stand, eight states have a strict requirement for a photo ID to vote. 12 other states have a non-strict request for a photo ID.
Check out the full episode of JRE below:
Dana White heaps praise on Joe Rogan
Dana White has developed a close relationship with Joe Rogan since becoming UFC President in 2001. He recently labeled the color commentator, who initially joined the promotion in 1997, as the best commentator in combat sports history.
Speaking to Tom Segura and Bert Kreischer of the 2 Bears, 1 Cave podcast, the promotional frontman stated:
"I consider him the greatest to ever do it. F**k all these guys that have ever done any type of commentating on combat sports before this. Rogan is by far [the best]... Every time you would see him on camera and he would be talking about the fights that night, you knew, you felt it in your f**king soul this guy was not a paid talking head. This motherf**ker loves this sh*t and this is 100%. It came through at every event that we did."
Check out Dana White's comments on Joe Rogan below (52:59):
White added that calling fights is a difficult job and that Rogan's understanding of the ground game was pivotal in the growth of mixed martial arts. He noted that the long-time commentator is often one step ahead of the action in the octagon and nobody else would have been able to bring what he does.