Josh Hokit’s distasteful remark about Michelle Obama during the UFC Freedom 250 event may have drawn criticism from most people. However, the intensity of the outrage doesn’t make sense to Vice President JD Vance. The former Ohio Senator has opened up about the backlash surrounding Hokit’s controversial joke, stating that the reaction to the ordeal was “totally disproportionate.” Nevertheless, podcaster Joe Rogan said otherwise.
JD Vance told Joe Rogan the response to Josh Hokit’s White House remark was ‘totally disproportionate’
During his recent appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Vance reflected on people’s response to Josh Hokit calling Michelle Obama a man after his win at the UFC Freedom 250 event in the White House. The 41-year-old politician noted, “I work in politics. People say crazy stuff all the time. People lost their minds about it.”
The Vice President continued, “I was like, ‘What? An amped up fighter told a joke after a fight?’ And that’s actually national news? I’m still shocked by the s*** that people get really fired up about.”
This prompted Joe Rogan to counter JD Vance’s stance by saying that Hokit should not have mocked Michelle Obama at the White House. Additionally, the renowned podcaster credited the discourse around Hokit to his “bad guy” persona.
While JD Vance seemed to agree with Rogan’s points, he chose to stick to his opinion on the Josh Hokit-Michelle Obama controversy. “Fair, but the reaction to it, to me, was still totally disproportionate,” he said. “Dude, people say stuff all the time. I work in a business where, obviously, people make life-and-death decisions all the time. And I’m always a little bit caught off guard by the culture that just overreacts.”
The VPOTUS added, “The worst you could say is, ‘Oh, that was an offensive comment,’ and you get on with the rest of your life. Like, that’s the worst that you could say. The people who really flip out about it and kind of lose their minds, I don’t understand that.”
Originally reported by Apoorv Rastogi on Mandatory.
