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Donald Trump's Vice President JD Vance appeared on the Joe Rogan Podcast on Thursday in an extensive, three-hour interview in which he suggested that he and Trump could win the “normal gay election” – a comment that was criticized by some members of the LGBT community the social media.

The two discussed medical treatments for transgender people, as well as abortion, the Covid vaccine, Muslim Americans and Vance's Netflix picks.

Vance once argued that wealthy parents embrace their children's transgender or non-binary identities to “reject their white privilege.”

“One way for these people to participate in the DEI bureaucracy in this country is to be transgender,” Vance said, referring to diversity, equity and inclusion policies.

Vance also criticized the Covid-19 vaccine, despite having received one himself.

“By far the worst illness in the last 15 years was when I got the vaccine,” he said.

Regarding Trump's assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, Vance said he went into “fight-or-flight mode” after hearing that Trump was being targeted.

“We were at a miniature golf course in Cincinnati, Ohio,” Vance said. He added that he had to collect his children, “throw them in the car, go home and load all my guns and basically stand at our front door like a sentry.”

Trump himself appeared on Rogan's podcast in a three-hour episode that aired five days ago.

Rogan, whose podcast has over 18 million subscribers on YouTube, said he also invited Kamala Harris to his show, but added that he rejected the conditions set by her campaign, including a one-hour limit on the interview.