Posted on 01/25/2026 9:35:07 AM PST by Mariner
Podcaster Joe Rogan argued Thursday that, despite some issues with its tactics, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has to carry out controversial raids because Democrats allowed millions of illegal immigrants into the country for their own political gain.
"If you could sign a piece of paper that said that, ‘We're going to allow a bunch of people into this country, most of them have no violent convictions, but about 8% of them are monsters, evil sociopathic murderers, drug dealers… 8% is a giant-a-- f------ number. That's a giant-a-- number," Rogan said.
"The real problem is that they have to do this," he continued. "This is the real problem, because the Democrats did what they did. They did a crazy thing. They opened the border up and told people the border was open, and then let people [in], and then when people tried to stop them from doing it, they used court orders."
Citing an artificial intelligence analysis showing that 5% to 8% of illegal immigrants caught by ICE had violent or serious property crime convictions, Rogan warned, "I would say 8% is a lot. Like if you have cancer in 8% of your body, I would say you’re f---ed. You know what I’m saying? Like if they’re saying, ‘Oh, it’s only been 8% that are violent criminals,’ it’s a lot. That’s a lot of people.’"
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I can see that straddling the liberal/conservative fence is Joe Rogan personal Brand. He’s like a metronome, swinging one way.then swinging back to the opposite.
Oh geeze. What he read up on the topic after blabbing to senator Paul? He got backlash he couldn’t handle? Like that he’s all f word and low info
He needs a clue. 8% is not the issue. Illegal immigration is the issue. 200% of illegal immigrants.
Leftist do not change their ideology it seems
Yep.
He’s been all over the place. The dangers of having no moral center. He forgot real quick why he left California.
Everyone that crossed illegally is a criminal. The dems say the get jobs and are hardworking?
How do you get a job without a social security number?
How do you get housing?
Its a cold civil war
The Left’s power is based on continuous massive government debt (and tax) supporting its institutions, its cronies, propaganda, and social-engineering.
The migrant>welfare>grift>electoral fraud mechanism is a very important one
They will burn Minneapolis to the ground before knowledge and investigation of this is allowed to spread to uniparty states like CA, NY, IL or even DC itself.
That’s a surprise. Thought that Joe Rogan wasn’t a fan of what’s going on here?
My feeling exactly.
It is unfortunate that some good people suffer in the process, but it’s what you get when you promote chaos.
Restoring some semblance of order and accountability require some tough actions.
The dystopia we’re living can all be laid out at feet of the Rats.
Great! And duh
“...because Dems let in millions of migrants, many criminals...”
Correction. Dems let in millions of voters, mostly criminals.
wy69
Sorr, Joe, no one is going to buy this ridiculous attemp to redeem yourself, because that fact you are now stating was well known to you, after witnessing 4 years of that process taking place and the topic was not buried, even the MSM/LSM mentioned it as they were justifying it as that this nation must accept asyum seekers & those esacaping climate change.
Now you are gaslighting people, because you actually think we are as stupid as you obviously believe us to be? You have just made your situation even worse.
For now you have madde people see you as either pandering or pgrveling because no one makes the kind of diamterically opposed statements, unless they are totally informed, and you are not totally uninformed.
‘Everyone that crossed illegally is a criminal.’
And needs to go home and get in line like everyone else.
Or brought criminals in and helped them set up shop for a price?
It's not negligence or naïveté.
Common Sense 101. We should be past that by now!
He’s not my cup of tea, but he speaks to millions who aren’t necessarily on our side. This simplistic analysis is correct but not sufficient. If the blue jurisdictions would drop their sanctuary policies then the law could be enforced in an orderly fashion. Rogan doesn’t mention that, but I’ll take what benefit we can get from his comments
"If you could sign a piece of paper that said that, ‘We're going to allow a bunch of people into this country, most of them have no violent convictions, but about 8% of them are monsters, evil sociopathic murderers, drug dealers… 8% is a giant-a-- f------ number. That's a giant-a-- number," Rogan said."The real problem is that they have to do this," he continued. "This is the real problem, because the Democrats did what they did. They did a crazy thing. They opened the border up and told people the border was open, and then let people [in], and then when people tried to stop them from doing it, they used court orders."
Citing an artificial intelligence analysis showing that 5% to 8% of illegal immigrants caught by ICE had violent or serious property crime convictions, Rogan warned, "I would say 8% is a lot. Like if you have cancer in 8% of your body, I would say you’re f---ed. You know what I’m saying? Like if they’re saying, ‘Oh, it’s only been 8% that are violent criminals,’ it’s a lot. That’s a lot of people.’"
See, he didn't punch down, he said, Democrats did a crazy thing, so now everyone stays in for the rest of the story.
Then he lands the punch with the cancer simile (not a metaphor).
JDV's people should put Rogan on speed-dial, and carefully cultivate the Rogan v Gruesome feud.
At this point ICE can’t back away. This is either fixed or its much worse.
Joe Rogan is one of the main reasons why Trump won in 2024. He is Walter Cronkite of our time. Also, Trump was able to use X (thanks to Elon Musk) and TikTok so he was able to campaign despite getting negative press coverage from the MSM outlets.
And, they vote. I believe the bottom line is Dems are protecting their voters. If the mess is cleaned up Dems can’t win and election for the next 100 years.
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