Elon Musk's Joe Rogan Comment Goes Viral

Elon Musk has used the platform he owns X, formerly Twitter, on Sunday to endorse a speech that hits out at "baby boomers" and praises outspoken stand-up comedian and podcast host Joe Rogan.

In a video shared to X on Saturday by account @TheChiefNerd, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who was running as a Democrat before switching parties, shared his views about voters born in the "baby boomer" generation, those who are born between 1946 to 1964, and how they have a "disability" when it comes to voting during a recent speech.

As of Monday morning, the video had been viewed over 463,000 times, with Musk's comment on the video also receiving over 148,000 views from app users.

"The one cohort I am doing really poorly with is baby boomers," Kennedy Jr. said, who added that he should be doing "good" with that demographic as they will "remember the Kennedy era."

John F. Kennedy, his uncle, was the 35th president of the United States between 1961 to 1963. His father, Robert F. Kennedy, was the U.S. attorney general from 1961 to 1964 and a Democratic senator from New York between 1965 to 1968.

"They have a disability, which is they only get their news from ABC, NBC, CNN, MSNBC, and the New York Times, and if I was living in that information ecosystem, I would have a low opinion of myself as well," Kennedy Jr. said in his speech.

He added: "What we are finding is, if the young people are getting their info from long-form interviews, podcasts, and other alternatives, they are doing critical thinking. If you are young and you have parents, you need to lock them up and make them listen to a Joe Rogan podcast."

The Tesla CEO agreed with the sentiments and simply replied to the video: "He's right."

Kennedy Jr. responded to Musk's comment, complimenting the entrepreneur and wrote, "Thank you, Elon, for providing a platform for free speech!"

Newsweek has contacted Rogan's publicist via email for comment and sent a message to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. via a form on his presidential campaign website.

One X user agreed with Musk and commented: "Of course, he's right. Legacy media is simply an arm of the Government's PR & Media unit."

Another user added: "Joe Rogan interviews his subjects like a private conversation between good friends, real skill in bringing out the true essence of whomever he finds interesting."

Other remarks on the social media platform included: "Rogan is more honest than the legacy mainstream media," and "He is definitely right about that. Worlds most popular podcast and diversity of guests from all walks of life. You can't beat that."

Rogan is known for using his podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, to share his strong opinions, such as ranting about President Joe Biden and how he feels Ye, the artist formerly known as Kayne West, made Taylor Swift famous.

Musk has previously appeared on Rogan's podcast and alleged how Twitter previously operated.

Musk who obtained X in October 2022 quickly made headlines after signing off on a series of reports published by independent journalist Matt Taibbi in late 2022 nicknamed the "Twitter Files." Taibbi's work purportedly showed that the platform's previous ownership, led by Twitter's founder and previous CEO Jack Dorsey, had worked with the federal government to censor conservative and Republican content online.

Speaking with Rogan, Musk described Twitter as once acting as "an arm of the government," and claimed that Dorsey "didn't really know" that such actions were taking place.

Attorneys for Twitter, however, contested the assertion that the company's once-close relationship with the FBI amounted to government coercion and censorship.