Joe Rogan was once “a left-leaning person,” but now, he’s one of the people who have “woken up to the leftist lunacy,” says Dave Rubin.

On a recent episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience,” Rogan told Bobby Lee that people on the left these days “are so far away” from where they used to be.

“You’re out of your mind. You’re f***ing chopping d***s off and giving little kids hormone blockers. You have no idea what the long-term consequences are. You’re ignoring the health risks,” Rogan criticized, adding that the left is also guilty of other evil machinations, such as “letting violent criminals out of jail” while “defunding the police.”

But the podcaster didn’t always feel this way.

“I was 100% a left-leaning person who lived in Los Angeles. ... I never voted Republican my whole life, [and] I was very left-leaning especially with any social issues,” he explained, but that all changed when “California went nuts” and became essentially “fully communist.”

Things like “no cash bail,” “letting people out [of jail] after committing violent crimes,” and “not stopping people for stealing” were a few things that soured Rogan toward the state, which he says is too stuck in its “peace, love, and granola (and wear a mask)” ways to ever make a real change.

“I’m in the middle,” he admitted to Bobby Lee, who confirmed he felt the same way.

Liberals “are in a cult,” Rogan explained. It’s why anyone who questions their agenda is “excommunicated,” “treated like a Nazi,” or at bare minimum, “shamed for having different opinions than the group.”

“'Why I Left the Left' by Joe Rogan,” says Dave, who wonders whether Rogan will finally have the guts to do what he refused to do in 2020 and vote Trump.

To hear more of Joe Rogan’s explanation on why he no longer identifies as a liberal, watch the clip below.

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