Former Democratic presidential hopeful Andrew Yang has apologized for saying that podcast host Joe Rogan isn’t racist because he works with Black people.
Yang, who has since deleted the tweet, stepped into the furor surrounding the embattled Spotify host over the weekend when Rogan and the company were compelled to address a compilation video showing Rogan repeatedly using the N-word on “The Joe Rogan Experience.”
The politician defended Rogan Sunday by tweeting: “I don’t think Joe Rogan is a racist — the man interacts with and works with black people literally all of the time.”