X owner Elon Musk has expressed his agreement with podcast host Joe Rogan’s scathing comments about how a potential Harris-Walz administration would trample over the First Amendment.
During the Thursday episode of the Joe Rogan Experience with guest Shawn Ryan, Rogan said he was not sure censorship would be turned around “if Kamala Harris gets into office. I think they clamp down more.” Musk, who was not a guest on the show, shared a clip of the episode via X with the concurring caption: “Joe Rogan is absolutely right.”
Rogan went on to reiterate an interview that Harris gave in 2019 about potentially forcing Big Tech companies to censor content. “She openly discussed the need for the same rules to apply to Facebook and Twitter and the possibility that Elon Musk could lose his privileges,” Rogan told Ryan.
Joe Rogan is absolutely right https://t.co/0pNA2CHHSo
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 27, 2024
ICYMI: Joe Rogan’s Scathing Rebuke of Kamala Harris’s ‘CRAZY’ 2019 Censorship Plan
The statement Rogan referred to is a past interview with CNN host Jake Tapper where Harris stated, “And the bottom line is that you can't say you have one rule for Facebook and a different rule for Twitter.”
Harris went on to share her wish for regulation of speech, persisting, “There has to be a responsibility that is placed on these social media sites to understand their power. They are directly speaking to millions and millions of people without any level of oversight and regulation.”
Flashback: Five Times Kamala Harris Pushed to Censor Donald Trump — And It Worked
Rogan then expressed his concern over 2022 comments by Harris’s running mate and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz: "Tim Walz said that the First Amendment doesn't apply to misinformation or hate speech. Well, it certainly does. It does."
Rogan’s comments referred to Walz’s now-infamous 2022 interview with MSNBC host Joy Reid, where he claimed there was “no guarantee to free speech on misinformation or hate speech.” Walz also horrifyingly expressed his wish for a restricted First Amendment.
Conservatives are under attack. Contact your representatives and demand that Big Tech be held to account to mirror the First Amendment while providing transparency, clarity on hate speech and equal footing for conservatives. If you have been censored, contact us using CensorTrack’s contact form, and help us hold Big Tech accountable
