{"id":2631239,"date":"2026-07-17T15:19:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T19:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vances-rogan-appearance-puts-him-in-worse-spot-for-2028-ben-shapiro\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T15:20:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T19:20:45","slug":"vances-rogan-appearance-puts-him-in-worse-spot-for-2028-ben-shapiro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vances-rogan-appearance-puts-him-in-worse-spot-for-2028-ben-shapiro\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance\u2019s Rogan appearance puts him in worse spot for 2028: Ben Shapiro"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fvances-rogan-appearance-puts-him-in-worse-spot-for-2028-ben-shapiro%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=2631239&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>Ben Shapiro criticized JD Vance\u2019s appearance on Joe Rogan\u2019s podcast, claiming Vance\u2019s comments suggesting the GOP needs to address socialism and economic disillusionment among youth could harm his 2028 presidential bid. Vance discussed the impact of offshoring jobs and the shift to a service-driven economy, implying that it fostered socialist tendencies in younger Americans. Shapiro pushed back, dismissing Vance\u2019s claims as misguided and criticizing his stance on government intervention, contrasting it with conservative principles. The article also highlights the differences between Rogan\u2019s diverse audience-ranging from conservative to liberal-and the contrasting viewpoints of Vance and Shapiro on trade policies and political alignment, noting Vance\u2019s recent engagement with Rogan as part of his effort to connect with non-conventional voters.  <\/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\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ben-shapiro\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1763\">Ben Shapiro<\/a> on Thursday slammed Vice President<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"7658\"> <\/a><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\">JD Vance\u2019s<\/a> appearance on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-rogan\/\">Joe Rogan\u2019s<\/a> podcast this week, saying the likely frontrunner for the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2028-elections\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11676\">2028<\/a> GOP presidential nomination \u201cdid not sound very <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/conservative\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1569\">conservative<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-mocked-over-vp-harris-interview-featuring-extreme-social-distancing\/\" title=\"CNN Mocked Over VP Harris Interview Featuring Extreme Social Distancing\">vice president sat<\/a> down with Rogan for a podcast interview on Wednesday, as the U.S. and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"100\">Iran<\/a> resumed strikes following the dissolution of a peace deal that Vance himself helped negotiate. Vance and Rogan discussed the vice president\u2019s role in overseeing the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4650072\/jd-vance-accuses-israel-paying-influencers-undermine-iran-negotiations\/\">Iran negotiations<\/a>, his belief that the Trump administration <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4650313\/vance-trump-administration-botched-epstein-files-release-communications\/\">\u201cscrewed up\u201d its communications<\/a> on the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/epstein-files\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"17582\">Epstein files<\/a>, and the rise of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/socialism\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"510\">socialism<\/a> on the Left.<\/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\/4653185\/shapiro-vance-rogan-worse-spot-2028\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Ben Shapiro says Vance\u2019s appearance on Rogan puts him in a worse spot for 2028<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4652797\/kelly-loeffler-pours-cold-water-senate-comeback\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Kelly Loeffler pours cold water on Senate comeback<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4653192\/trump-searches-vandal-proof-material-reflecting-pool\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump searches for \u2018Vandal Proof\u2019 material for Reflecting Pool<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a Thursday episode of <em>The Ben Shapiro Show<\/em>, Shapiro hit Vance particularly over his comments on the latter topic and his views on Americans\u2019 frustration with the country\u2019s economic system over the past few decades.<\/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\">\u201cIf I want a big, intrusive, anti-free-markets government or a foreign policy rooted in both moral relativism and weakness, if I want baseless conspiracy slop, I can just vote Democrat. But of course, that\u2019s why I don\u2019t vote Democrat because I oppose those things,\u201d Shapiro <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8QcbPCwT6bs?si=QP2hha8wztn8HRdE\">said<\/a>. And listen, I hope the vice president opposes those things, too. That\u2019s why I\u2019m concerned about the stuff he said on Joe Rogan. This is the front-runner for the Republican nomination in 2028.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shapiro clipped several comments from Vance about the GOP\u2019s duty to counter the rise of socialism among young people in the United States. The vice president said it\u2019s the job of Republicans \u201cto give people a sense that the system is not rigged and that the American dream is attainable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMan, we ran the experiment. We ran the experiment of offshoring all of our industrial jobs, of becoming a services and finance economy, and allowing <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/wall-street\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1521\">Wall Street<\/a> to come in and buy every asset of modern life and turn it into an investable, line-goes-up asset,\u201d Vance said on <em>The Joe Rogan Experience<\/em>. \u201cAnd what has that done? It\u2019s created a generation of kids who, kind of, are attracted to socialism. You have to fix that problem.\u201d<\/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\">Countering Vance\u2019s point, Shapiro argued that Vance was giving \u201ccredence to all of the straw men and lies of the socialists\u201d about the offshoring of U.S. industries and the state of the service economy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen you keep giving credence to that, and then you say \u2026 we, the government, we must step in and convince people the system is not rigged? I don\u2019t know how that sounds any different than <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gavin-newsom\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1426\">Gavin Newsom<\/a>, frankly,\u201d Shapiro said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rogan and Shapiro, for what it\u2019s worth, have different regular audiences on their platforms and differing personal viewpoints. Vance and President Donald Trump, who each went on Rogan\u2019s podcast in the lead-up to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-election\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11446\">2024 election<\/a>, have engaged with Rogan in hopes of reaching his anti-establishment audience and non-traditional voters.<\/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\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4650760\/jd-vance-joe-rogan-democrats\/\">W. JAMES ANTLE III: JD VANCE AND THE ROGAN DEMOCRATS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rogan\u2019s viewership spans from staunch <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/maha\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11799\">Make America Healthy Again<\/a> advocates to more socially <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/liberal\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2679\">liberal<\/a> viewers who agree with his opinions on marijuana legalization. While Vance has been vocal about his distaste for pacts such as the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nafta\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1203\">North American Free Trade Agreement<\/a> \u2014\u00a0something Rogan has also expressed skepticism about \u2014 Shapiro, on the other hand, supports <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/free-trade\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1202\">free trade <\/a>and has much more traditional, conservative viewpoints.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shapiro has also had a mixed history with the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/maga\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"7710\">MAGA<\/a> movement, supporting Trump in 2024 and 2020 but not in 2016.<\/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<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shapiro criticizes Vance\u2019s Rogan interview, questions conservatism<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2631240,"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\/image-collage-17rb19elf-1784301613230-e1784315071577.jpg?1784287294&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[11331,34595,47235,12066,15469],"class_list":["post-2631239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-11331","tag-ben-shapiro","tag-political-implications","tag-rogan","tag-vance"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-collage-17rb19elf-1784301613230-e1784315071577.jpg?1784287294&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2631239","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\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2631239"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2631239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2631243,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2631239\/revisions\/2631243"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2631240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2631239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2631239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2631239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}