Joe Rogan could be seen laughing as he pressed former President Donald Trump for details on how the 2020 election was stolen.
The Republican candidate sat down for an interview with the No. 1 podcaster on Friday. The interview lasted three hours and delayed Trump's appearance in Traverse City, Michigan, later in the day.
At one point, Trump and Rogan began discussing the 2020 election.
“I won on something like that,” Trump said, “I lost on something like that… I didn't lose.”
Rogan could then be seen laughing.
“They say I lost, Joe, they say I lost by 22,000 votes,” Trump continued. “That's about a tenth of a percent, it's less than that. It's a small thing. Twenty-two thousand votes, spread over this period.
“Fifty-one intelligent agents lied, they lied, they knew it was from Hunter, that it came from his bed. They said it was made by Russia. Russia, Russia, Russia. It was a Russian hoax.”
That exchange came as Rogan continued to ask Trump for examples of how the 2020 election was “lopsided,” as Trump claimed.
“Let's start at the top and with the easiest one. They had to get legal approval to do the things that they did, and in many cases they didn't get it, they didn't get it,” Trump said.
Rogan asked what the “things” were, and the Republican candidate could only say “everything.”
“Such as for extensions of the vote, for earlier voting. By law, they had to get regulatory approval for all these different things. You don't have to go further than that,” said the 78-year-old nominee.
“If you look at Wisconsin, they pretty much admitted that the election was rigged, robbed and stolen. They would not allow access to ballots in certain areas because the ballots were not signed. They weren't originals. They were… we could go into this. We can go to the ballots, or we can go to the general. I'll give you another way.'
The podcaster then asked Trump if he would ever present the evidence, Trump responded with “uh.” He then went on a rant about Russia and Hunter Biden's laptop.
Despite no evidence of massive election fraud, Trump continues to push the idea that the election was stolen. It has become a centerpiece of his campaign against Democratic rival Kamala Harris.
Earlier this month, at a rally in Michigan, Trump addressed his stolen election claims, shortly after prosecutor Jack Smith filed charges in the federal criminal case against the former president, accusing him of election interference.
“You know, last time, in the last election, we did great in 2016, a lot of people don't know we did much better in 2020,” Trump told the crowd on October 4. “We won, we won, we won. It was a rigged election, it was a rigged election.
“You have to tell Kamala Harris, that's why I'm doing it again. If I thought I lost, I wouldn't do this again. You know where I would be right now, on the beaches of Monte Carlo maybe, or somewhere else. Have a nice life.”
