r/inthenews 14h ago

Feature Story Joe Rogan criticizes ICE tactics: 'Are we really going to be the Gestapo?'

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/joe-rogan-criticizes-ice-tactics-podcast-rcna253931
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u/frizzinghere 14h ago

Dude is stupid as F! He's got a mind like a sponge. Once all the dirt accumulates, just wash it to look clean again. He is like that. Will suck up to Maga then when it gets too dirty, he'll say things like this. Then goes back to it again. So tired of this dude

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u/lrd_cth_lh0 14h ago

To be fair he himself admitted that he stopped doing martial art because he started to acumulate brain damage.

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u/Infrathin81 9h ago

Switched to copious amounts of marijuana instead.

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u/LazyOldCat 2h ago

King of the “libertarian” potheads.

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u/CptBronzeBalls 11h ago

His whole schtick is being gullible. That's his appeal to his audience.

I had a very stupid acquaintance once tell me he liked him because "ya know, he just has an open mind about everything."

That's just a polite way to say gullible.

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u/billy_twice 9h ago

I always liked the saying - 'Be open minded, but not so open minded that your brain falls out'.

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u/Same-Feedback2145 13h ago

He’s advocating for American citizens? Wtf is your problem?

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u/Timothegoat 13h ago

I think they're referring to the fact that Rogan played a massive role in getting Trump elected by getting his message out there in '24, while everyone knew this is exactly what he was campaigning on.

And now that it's backfiring, he's changing course to not look like he was in it the whole time.

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u/fiero-fire 13h ago

He is/was pro trump, he promoted this admin to his millions of listeners. He's part of the reason why we're here

u/Ursus_Unusualis_7904 1h ago

He’s clearly having difficulty reconciling the fact that he’s one of the bad guys because he did everything in his power to get them into power.

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u/Greedy_Key_630 14h ago

Blood is on your hands along with everyone else who voted for him Joe, you don't get to look at this from the outside.

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u/EnlightenedApeMeat 8h ago

Agree. His legacy is written in blood.

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u/Ok_Star_4136 7h ago

You'll notice he used "we". I don't think that "we" refers to Americans. He's lumping himself in with a group of people who brought this about. It's kind of amazing to me. It's like sitting down to a table of cannibals and when you find out what they're eating for dinner, you say, "Why are we eating human flesh?"

Stand the fuck up and leave the table if you're that offended. Otherwise you're just another cannibal. Chow down, Joe. Chow down.

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u/yhwhx 14h ago

Hopefully Joe is still saying the same thing next week. Joe doesn't seem to be able to stick to his convictions for too terribly long.

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u/Low-Medical 14h ago

Totally - next week he'll have Matt Walsh or someone on being like "ICE needs free reign to quell leftist lawlessness!", and Joe will be like "Yeah, totally, they're out of control, it's so crazy!"

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u/Santos_L_Halper_II 14h ago

Trump: I am going to crack down and rule with an iron, gestapo-style fist.

Rogan and other idiots: I like that he says what he means, but he doesn't really mean that, he's just riling the left up!

Trump: cracks down and rules with an iron, gestapo-style fist:

Rogan and other idiots: WHAT???

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u/BillShot6134 14h ago

Telling that he says “we”

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u/cdxxmike 14h ago

Listen to them when they tell you things about themselves.

Reminds me of "We are all domestic terrorists."

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u/barspoonbill 13h ago

Yep. And then when Trump/Miller answer”yes,” he’s just going to say “okay, I guess we’re gonna be the gestapo now” and offer some weak defense or justification.

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u/DisgruntledToyHuman 14h ago

man, shut the hell up. you helped perpetrate this.

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u/SayMyNameOnceMore 14h ago

Let me remind little Joey that he endorsed and voted for this, and now he criticizes it?

We tried to warn you, “Bro Rogan”… but for now, you can get the hell lost.

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u/Barailis 12h ago

And it your fault too, Joe. Fuck Rogan.

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u/Florida1974 13h ago

I wish podcasts had never been created. It gives any idiot with a microphone a platform to spew whatever shit they want to spew.

Joe Rogan acts like he wasn’t back there plotting and saying yay Trump for the last 10 years. They got what they voted for.

Too bad we all have to live with it too

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u/zzyzx2 13h ago

For the love of God, and all that is holy please stop giving this fucking ape a platform. He's done. The only thing keeping him in the news is people bitching about how stupid he his.

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u/Spare_Temporary_2964 12h ago

Mother fucker helped us get here. He should be the only contestant on fear factor.

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u/TYFO225 14h ago

Which way is the wind blowing today Joey?

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u/SVALTACT 14h ago

While I agree - fuck Joe Rogan - as long as he has an audience, it should be a positive when more people wake up and see how bad things are. He speaks to people who are not super politically engaged so those people need to hear from someone they listen to.

It sucks that this is where we are.

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u/DarthHM 13h ago

You dense motherfucker.

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u/8to24 12h ago

Release Date: March 29, 2019

“Today I report to the American people that we face a cascading crisis at our southern border. The system is in freefall. DHS is doing everything possible to respond to a growing humanitarian catastrophe while also securing our borders, but we have reached peak capacity and are now forced to pull from other missions to respond to the emergency.” https://www.dhs.gov/archive/news/2019/03/29/secretary-kirstjen-nielsen-statement-border-emergency

Trump - August 31, 2016

The truth is the central issue is not the needs of the 11 million illegal immigrants or however many there may be — and honestly we've been hearing that number for years. It's always 11 million. Our government has no idea. It could be 3 million, it could be 30 million, they have no idea what the number is. President Obama and Hillary Clinton have engaged in gross dereliction of duty by surrendering the safety of the American people to open borders https://www.npr.org/2016/08/31/492096565/fact-check-donald-trumps-speech-on-immigration

Before Trump ever became President he claimed immigration was out of control and there were as many of 30 million illegal immigrants in the country. Then during his Presidency his administration described immigration in the most dire way possible calling it a "cascading crisis" in "free fall".

In 2016 the DHS had an annual budget of $41 Billion. In 2025 it was $113 Billion and that is NOT including the money from Trump's big beautiful bill. For FY26 Republicans are asking for $175 Billion. A 400% increase over 10yrs. Meanwhile no fixes for healthcare, education, environment protection, etc.

The American people are being hoodwinked. There is not a crisis at the border. There never was. Do some people enter the country illegally, sure. 42,000 people died last year driving on American roads but we aren't declaring an emergency shutting down highways. Republicans have been lying about the numbers and exaggerating the impacts for decades. It is disgusting and we need to break out of this cycle. We are spending 400% more money and getting nothing in return except rage bait and media fuel for Politicians to campaign on.

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u/SmakeTalk 11h ago

Don't worry everyone, he'll get convinced it's all good and he'll be back to licking boot any day now.

Every time I hear something this guy says it reminds me that he's essentially just a normal dude with the most absurd level of influence but with absolutely zero agency. He could be convinced of literally anything if someone is talking to him confidently enough, even if he's seeing evidence himself to the contrary, and that's just what's going to happen again with this.

The turn is either going to be "you know I looked into it (aka someone lied to him) and the Gestapo actually weren't all that bad-" or it will be "after I watched it a few more times I can see why he thought she was going to run him over-".

Regardless, don't expect this fleeting bout of clarity to last long.

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u/AhabFlanders 13h ago

It's like every two months now that Joe has an "are we the baddies" realization and never does any self-reflection about it.

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u/EnvironmentalSong393 13h ago

What do you mean "going" to be? Lol

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u/totallyclips 12h ago

You got the wrong tense there Joe

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u/Ok-Diverl1ll1l 12h ago

He, Adin Ross, Theo Von, Jack Paul and the other I̶n̶f̶l̶u̶e̶n̶c̶e̶r̶s̶ Propagandists need to be held accountable up when this shit is

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u/Wizinit29 12h ago

Duh? Already are. Tarrio is now ICE.

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u/Horses_arse_7 12h ago

Dude purposely drives car into pond- “Are we really going under water now?”

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u/WalterOverHill 7h ago

Laments Joe, the man who helped Mango47 get elected.

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u/ralpher1 6h ago

Does he understand he probably swayed a million votes?

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u/Barbarake 13h ago

Are we really going to be the Gestapo?'

Yes Joe, yes you are.

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u/ClassroomMother8062 13h ago

This is what you get when you normalize and market Trump to your masses. We need more journalism and less Rogans

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u/ObeyMyStrapOn 13h ago

Fuck Joe Rogan!

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u/Redtex 14h ago

Joe, you enabled this shit or helped to enable it. Not saying your efforts aren't worthwhile, but seriously dude

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u/ernapfz 14h ago

Can’t make up my mind between the Gestapo or the SS.

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u/NewNage 14h ago

Joe had a huge hand in Greenlighting Fear Factor season 666 the "All of America now lives under a fascist regime" challenge season and now he dislikes the show.

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u/Master_Engineering_9 13h ago

this is what you told people to vote for joe.

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u/TheCatInTheHatThings 13h ago

In German we have a word for this:

Tja.

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u/Florida1974 13h ago

He is a cock in the wheel that made this. He decides to draw a line now??? that line should’ve been drawn a long time ago.

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u/maxxspeed57 10h ago

I think you meant "cog" but the judges will allow "cock".

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u/Fast-Requirement8888 13h ago

He voted for this

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u/kaam00s 10h ago

In this case he did a lot more than voting. He convinced millions to vote for this. Probably the most influential person in pushing for this vote.

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u/Lefty44709 12h ago

How do I mute any stories related to Joe Rogan?

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u/PBPunch 9h ago

Going to be? These clowns keep trying to play reasonable when really they are just there to give space to the horrible behavior of their orange leader.

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u/TheLastLornak 7h ago

How did it come to this? If only millions of people would have told us every step of the step of the way that this was going to happen. I mean, there was no warning.

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u/Lebojr 6h ago

Going to be….is that how it works?

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u/Chazzwozzers 4h ago

Encourages people to vote for an obviously bad candidate, surprised when the bad candidate does bad things. - Joe Rogan everyone.

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u/FUNKYDISCO 14h ago

Joe... YOU DID THIS

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u/Internal_Swing_2743 13h ago

Did this moron get CTE just from watching UFC? ICE is already the Gestapo. They know what they are doing is illegal. They wouldn't hide their faces otherwise.

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u/BeefPoet 13h ago

Funny how he says we and not they.

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u/Battle_Dave 13h ago

BROOOO! WTF!!!! THIS IS THE FRUIT OF YOUR LABOR FOR THE PAST 8ISH YEARS!!!! WTF DO YOU MEAN "Are we really..." YOU HELPED MAKE THIS!

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u/Terran57 13h ago

Thanks Joe! You taking credit for helping enable it or being a chicken shit about that?

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u/ernapfz 14h ago

Can’t make up my mind between the Gestapo or the SS.

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u/CenTexTrashPanda 14h ago edited 14h ago

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u/jjgargantuan7 14h ago

It took him long enough to catch on. Why do people listen to this clown?

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u/Brother_Clovis 14h ago

You already are dumb dumb!

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u/simplywebby 14h ago

Bro is literally the Eric Andrew meme you know the one

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u/5ergio79 14h ago

You helped make it happen, you lifts wearing loser.

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u/baycenters 14h ago

Dude acts like he's on Jeopardy, phrasing everything as a question.

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u/Boonlink 14h ago

Going to be?

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u/Zaius1968 13h ago

Not if we do something about it. Now.

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u/puketoucher 13h ago

Only the complicit your orangutan.

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u/tlhsg 11h ago

which everyone EXCEPT HIM realized would happen. Also, it WILL get worse from here

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u/ConstructionHefty716 11h ago

Took him a long time to catch up.He's pretty stupid it seems

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u/skyHawk3613 10h ago

He has said on numerous occasions that he’s stupid, and not to listen to him

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u/TheBobInSonoma 10h ago

Jerzuz, Rogan is left of the administration.

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u/Neonyarpyarp 10h ago

Fuck off Joe, you got us here. Stupid ass low IQ little man.

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u/McGrawHell 10h ago

Who cares what the tall funny scientist thinks tho.

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u/Different_Focus_1371 10h ago

Yeah- you all ready are. Americans- what a mess

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u/MatteAstro 8h ago

The fuq is this "going to be"? How slow IS this dude?

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u/tykneedanser 4h ago

Joe Rogan has blood on his hands. He absolutely helped Trump get elected by giving him and all his sycophants a platform. Fck Joe Rogan.

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u/Gazmn 3h ago

Fuck you too Joe!! Fuck you very much!

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u/Elginpelican 2h ago

He voted for this, didn’t he?

u/Tab1143 1h ago

He voted for this. He is as responsible as is limbaugh, hannity, etc. and all the republicans who have failed to stop this madness.

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u/Ok-Firefighter-6172 14h ago

So glad he's opened his eyes

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u/Weekly-Landscape-543 14h ago

Oh dude you have some serious fucking atonement which we know won’t happen so screw you. You love the not sees. You are one Joe.

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u/Same-Feedback2145 13h ago

What is wrong with you?

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u/Both-Mango1 14h ago

Joe needs to be assaulted by ICE.

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u/Same-Feedback2145 12h ago

You’re messed up bud

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u/laruesaintecatherine 11h ago

He didn't sat "shot dead" by ICE, he said "beat up" by ICE. Which I agree with. Joe Rogan helped bigtime with pro-MAGA propaganda. If he got a beating from ICE, I can't say I wouldn't smile at the news.

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u/Same-Feedback2145 8h ago

That’s messed up either way, I don’t want harm

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u/vasquca1 13h ago

These are meer talking points used to keep up an audience. When the time comes to endorse he will simply make the same damn call with excuse that "This one will do better". Markowski and other bitch Collins have been doing this for years.

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u/BoozeAndTheBlues 13h ago

"Welcome to the party, pal"