{"id":2630493,"date":"2026-07-16T08:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T12:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-and-the-joe-rogan-fan-voters\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T08:23:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T12:23:12","slug":"vance-and-the-joe-rogan-fan-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-and-the-joe-rogan-fan-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance and the Joe Rogan fan voters"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/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%2Fvance-and-the-joe-rogan-fan-voters%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=2630493&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>JD Vance, the Vice President, appeared on Joe Rogan&#8217;s podcast too discuss various topics including U.S. diplomacy wiht Iran, acknowledging past mistakes by the Trump administration regarding Jeffrey Epstein&#8217;s files, and addressing conspiracy theories related to Israel and foreign influence. The discussion aimed to reconnect with &#8220;Rogan Democrats&#8221;-a diverse group of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tulsi-gabbard-asked-if-shed-be-vp-on-gop-ticket-in-2024-i-think-about-it-every-day\/\" title=\"Tulsi Gabbard ponders GOP VP role daily for 2024.\">anti-establishment voters<\/a> spanning from the left to the right, who are crucial for electoral success but tend to vote less reliably in non-presidential years. Vance&#8217;s outreach may signal his ambitions for a presidential run in 2028, as he seeks to appeal to these less traditional voters, contrasting with most Republican incumbents who mainly focus on deep-red districts.<\/p>\n<p>Vance emphasized his independence from foreign influence and pushed back against allegations of being influenced by Qatar or Tucker Carlson. The episode coincided with congressional debates, such as House Republicans rejecting aid cuts to Israel, highlighting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-stop-letting-democrats-corner-you-on-ivf\/\" title=\"..., Stop Letting ... Corner You On IVF\">complex political landscape surrounding<\/a> U.S. Middle East policy and the challenges of balancing skepticism and support for Israel. Meanwhile, Trump remains the early favorite for the 2028 GOP nomination, but Vance is positioning himself as a leading contender, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >requiring careful coalition management similar<\/a> to Trump&#8217;s previous balancing acts.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\">JD Vance<\/a> was back on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-rogan\/\">Joe Rogan<\/a>\u2019s popular podcast Wednesday, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4650072\/jd-vance-accuses-israel-paying-influencers-undermine-iran-negotiations\/\">defending<\/a> diplomacy with Iran and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4650313\/vance-trump-administration-botched-epstein-files-release-communications\/\">admitting<\/a> the<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\"> Trump administration<\/a> made mistakes on the Epstein files.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The appearance was a way of reconnecting with low-propensity voters who were crucial to putting President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> back in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\">White House<\/a> with a plurality of the popular vote, but who are now unhappy about the Iran war and what they see as insufficient transparency on Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4650868\/karoline-leavitt-briefing-return-maternity-leave\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Karoline Leavitt to hold first press briefing since return from maternity leave<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4650629\/trump-veterans-replace-illegal-immigrant-truck-drivers\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump says \u2018proud American veterans\u2019 will replace illegal immigrant truck drivers<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4650313\/vance-trump-administration-botched-epstein-files-release-communications\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Vance admits Trump administration \u2018absolutely screwed up the comms of the Epstein files\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rogan himself holds many of these views. He endorsed Trump in 2024 but has since <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/5961073-joe-rogan-trump-iran-war\/\">complained<\/a> about broken promises. Trump and Vance both appeared on his show during that campaign, while former Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\">Kamala Harris<\/a> famously did not.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thirty or 40 years ago, the White House might have dispatched an Ohioan vice president to shore up the Reagan Democrats.\u00a0Now it\u2019s the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3133358\/rogan-democrats-how-rfk-jr-could-still-swing-presidential-election\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">Rogan Democrats<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s a set of anti-establishment voters who stretch from the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bernie-sanders\/\">Bernie Sanders<\/a> Left to the MAGA Right, and everything in between, such as the \u201cMake America Healthy Again\u201d movement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These less conventionally Republican parts of Trump\u2019s coalition were rewarded with the appointment of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/robert-f-kennedy-jr\/\">Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/a> as secretary of health and human services and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tulsi-gabbard\/\">Tulsi Gabbard<\/a> as director of national intelligence.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gabbard has since resigned, citing her husband\u2019s health, though supporters felt she had been marginalized within the administration beforehand. Kennedy is still on board, but MAHA is getting restless.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many of these types of voters would become an important part of Vance\u2019s base if he decides to run for president in 2028.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lower-propensity voters are by definition difficult to turn out, especially in nonpresidential election years. Trump has throughout his decade in national politics struggled to reliably transfer his popularity to other Republicans when he is not on the ballot himself. The Resistance is motivated to show up at the polls, but not so large chunks of MAGA.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The question remains how large these voting blocs are outside of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/social-media\/\">social media<\/a> compared to the more traditional parts of the Republican coalition. In 2024, the number didn\u2019t have to be huge \u2014\u00a0Trump won the seven battleground states by the narrowest of margins and topped Harris in the popular vote by less than 1.5 points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most incumbent congressional Republicans do little to court these nontraditional voters because they hail from deep-red districts and don\u2019t necessarily need them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s where Vance comes in, though his critics say he is too \u201conline\u201d and too solicitous of podcasters, some of whom indulge in conspiracy theories and strident criticism of Israel.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vance bantered with Rogan about whether the disgraced Epstein had Mossad ties and the subject of Israeli influence in American politics, citing a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/article\/2026\/07\/13\/brad-parscale-israel-influence-operation\/\"><em>Time <\/em>magazine article<\/a> about former Trump operative Brad Parscale.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI have never funded, organized, or participated in any effort to undermine President Trump \u2014 ever \u2014 including his MOU or ceasefire proposal,\u201d Parscale insisted to <em>Time<\/em>. \u201cThe claim that I am coordinating an effort to prolong the war is completely false.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey\u2019re attacking me obsessively, saying that we should not be negotiating with Iran. We should just keep the military campaign going indefinitely, and that is their explicit position,\u201d Vance told Rogan. \u201cPeople have come after me and say that I\u2019m influenced by Qatar, that I\u2019m influenced by foreign governments, that I take my marching orders from Tucker Carlson, and there\u2019s just so much bulls*** out there.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The same day the Rogan episode aired, the House <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4649910\/103-house-democrats-vote-cut-aid-israel\/\">rejected<\/a> an amendment to cut all aid to Israel. Its sponsor, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), was beaten by a Trump-endorsed primary challenger in May and was on an island among Republicans while Democrats were split roughly down the middle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In three presidential campaigns, Trump threaded the needle in seeming prudently skeptical of recent American military undertakings in the Middle East while at the same time supporting Israel against its enemies. The Iran war has complicated that delicate balance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4647561\/trump-drops-strait-hormuz-tolls-gulf-trade-deals\/\"><strong>TRUMP DROPS STRAIT OF HORMUZ TOLLS FOR GULF TRADE DEALS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While most polling shows rank-and-file Republicans and self-professed MAGA supporters sticking with Trump, Vance is the point man on calming doubters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vance is the clear early front-runner for the 2028 GOP nomination, leading by 19.3 points in the latest <em>RealClearPolitics <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/republican-primary\/2028\/national\">average of polls<\/a>. If he chooses to run, he\u2019ll have to strike the same balance that Trump once did to hold an unwieldy coalition together.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vance on Rogan: diplomacy, Epstein errors, appealing to swing voters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2659,"featured_media":2630494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26189694602094.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[43181,82789,36812,82788,15469],"class_list":["post-2630493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-election-insights","tag-fan-community","tag-joe-rogan","tag-political-voters","tag-vance"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26189694602094.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2630493","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\/2659"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2630493"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2630493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2630498,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2630493\/revisions\/2630498"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2630494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2630493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2630493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2630493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}