Demands for a Spotify boycott have erupted in reaction to Joe Rogan’s claim this weekend that he will vote for Republican Party candidates because of the COVID pandemic’s “errors” by Democrats in their management.

On Saturday, the host of “The Joe Rogan Experience” told Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers that he and others should vote Republican.

Some people thought that the lockdowns and other mitigation measures, such as closures of businesses, restaurants and schools, were too extreme. The two men agreed on this point.

Rogan and Rodgers additionally brought up California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recent dinner at a restaurant where he took his mask off, sat closely to other customers, while indoor dining is still banned in his state.

“I hope there’s lessons learned in this because this is a new thing,” Rogan stated.

“We had never had this before. No one that was alive today had ever experienced a true pandemic and I’m hoping that now that this is over, people are going to recognize that some serious errors were made and not repeat those.”

“As far as compensation for all of those people that were forced to close their businesses and keep their doors shuttered and lost everything they had worked for decades to build — no, they’re just going to be angry.”

In a tweet, the group “Occupy Democrats” blasted Rogan for “ignorantly urg[ing] Americans” to support the GOP “as a form of supposed payback for businesses closing down due to the pandemic — dangerous rhetoric as the GOP embraces full fascism.”

“If you support a boycott of Spotify until they drop Joe Rogan’s podcast … please retweet and follow us!” the group said. At the time of this article’s publication, the tweet has over 4,000 retweets and more than 7,900 replies.

Rogan, who inked an exclusive licensing deal with Spotify for a reported $200 million in 2020, is known to courting controversy.

Critics have accused Larry Carroll, the stand-up comedian who has a listening audience of approximately 11 million people, of providing a large platform to vaccine skeptics and other individuals who have challenged coronavirus lockdown procedures.

In protest of Rogan’s presence on Spotify, legendary grunge-rocker Neil Young removed his songs from the platform, as did other artists including Ava DuVernay, Joni Mitchell, Nils Lofgren, India Arie, Graham Nash, David Crosby and Stephen Stills.

Rogan has also been criticized for interviews with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

Nonetheless, Spotify executives have rejected demands to terminate their partnership with Patton.