{"id":1950442,"date":"2023-06-18T14:57:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-18T18:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-rogan-challenges-vaccine-champion-to-debate-robert-kennedy-jr\/"},"modified":"2023-06-18T14:58:14","modified_gmt":"2023-06-18T18:58:14","slug":"joe-rogan-challenges-vaccine-champion-to-debate-robert-kennedy-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-rogan-challenges-vaccine-champion-to-debate-robert-kennedy-jr\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Rogan dares vaccine advocate to debate Robert Kennedy Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjoe-rogan-challenges-vaccine-champion-to-debate-robert-kennedy-jr%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1950442&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><h2>Joe Rogan Challenges Health Expert to Debate Robert Kennedy Jr. on Vaccines<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>UFC commentator and comedian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/joe-rogan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Rogan<\/a> has sparked a heated discussion by inviting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-to-show-lockdowns-are-killing-more-people-than-the-virus\/\" title=\"How To Show Lockdowns Are Killing More People Than The Virus\">health expert<\/a> to debate Democratic Party candidate for president, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/robert-f-kennedy-jr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert Kennedy Jr.<\/a>, about vaccines on his popular podcast. In exchange for the debate, Rogan has pledged to donate $100,000 to charity.<\/p>\n<p><h3>Dr. Peter Hotez Responds<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Peter Hotez, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-rogan-challenges-vaccine-champion-to-debate-robert-kennedy-jr\/\" title=\"Joe Rogan dares vaccine advocate to debate Robert Kennedy Jr.\">renowned health expert<\/a> and director of the Texas Children\u2019s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, expressed his disapproval of Rogan&#8217;s decision to engage with Kennedy on vaccine efficacy and safety. Hotez, who was recognized as a &#8220;vaccine champion&#8221; by the American Medical Association, took to Twitter to voice his concerns.<\/p>\n<p><h3>The Twitter Exchange<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Twitter exchange between Rogan and Hotez quickly escalated. Rogan challenged Hotez to a debate, offering a $100,000 donation to the charity of his choice. Kennedy also chimed in, expressing his willingness to engage in a respectful debate. Hotez responded, stating that he is open to discussion but prefers not to be pressured on Twitter. The back-and-forth continued, with Rogan urging Hotez to accept the debate.<\/p>\n<p><h3>Elon Musk Joins the Conversation<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk, CEO of Twitter, jumped into the conversation, accusing Hotez of being afraid of a public debate. Hotez defended his position, emphasizing the importance of addressing vaccine misinformation and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-councilwoman-called-for-defunding-the-police-now-shes-slammed-for-linking-suspected-cop-killer-and-dead-cops-in-condolences\/\" title=\"NYC Councilwoman Called For Defunding The Police. Now She\u2019s Slammed For Linking Suspected Cop-Killer And Dead Cops In Condolences.\">lives lost due<\/a> to it.<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p><h3>Additional Donations and the Outcome<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>As the debate unfolded, others pledged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/policy-brief-aiming-to-limit-mail-in-ballot-rejections-in-u-s-elections-is-authored-by-ccp-funded-group\/\" title=\"Policy Brief Aiming To Limit Mail-In Ballot Rejections In U.S. Elections Is Authored By CCP-Funded Group\">additional donations<\/a> to the charity, increasing the potential amount to at least $600,000. The outcome of the discussion and whether Hotez will appear on Rogan&#8217;s show to debate Kennedy remains uncertain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC commentator Joe Rogan offered $100,000 to charity for a debate on vaccines between health expert Dr. Peter Hotez and Democratic candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. The discussion took place on Rogan&#8217;s renowned podcast, where they delved into the topic. Dr. Hotez, the dean at Baylor College of Medicine, passionately expressed his views.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":1950443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[11898,9440,3896,7189,9883,5111,8609,12066,3954],"class_list":["post-1950442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-advocate","tag-dares","tag-debate","tag-joe","tag-jr","tag-kennedy","tag-robert","tag-rogan","tag-vaccine"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1950442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1950443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1950442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1950442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1950442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}