WH sets Joe Rogan straight on ICE ‘Gestapo’ smear

The White House clapped back at podcaster Joe Rogan after he appeared to sympathize with anti–ICE protesters and compare federal officers to the Gestapo.

In a recent broadcast of The Joe Rogan Experience, the host discussed the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, remarking on how protesters have smeared Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s behavior as similar to Adolf Hitler’s Gestapo. His sympathetic take was a discussion point on Fox News, where Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin was asked about the remarks.

“Joe Rogan—he’s got questions about what’s happening, and it’s probably echoing what many people are thinking. So let’s listen to him and get your reaction,” Fox News anchor Dana Perino said on “America’s Newsroom” on Wednesday, playing a clip of Rogan.

(Video Credit: Fox News)

“I see the perspective of the people that say, ‘Hey, there was an illegal program moving people in here to get votes, moving people in here to get congressional seats, and we’ve got to change that.’ I can also see the point of view of the people that say, Yeah, but you don’t want militarized people in the streets just roaming around, snatching people up, many of which turn out to actually be U.S. citizens that just don’t have their papers on them,” the podcaster had said.

“Are we really going to be the Gestapo? Where’s your papers? Is that what we’ve come to?” he asked.

“So I know you, and I talk a lot about communications and PR, and how would the department respond to that concern that he raised?” Perino asked McLaughlin.

“Well, this answer is very straightforward. If Tim Walz or Mayor Frey would let us in their jails, we wouldn’t have to be there at all,” she stated.

“Currently, there are 680 criminal illegal aliens, Dana. That includes murderers, that includes rapists, child pedophiles—people who, whether you’re a Republican or Democrat, you would never want these people on your streets or as your neighbors,” McLaughlin continued.

“That’s the people who we are targeting, and we are trying to get out of Minneapolis. Because we don’t have state and local law enforcement’s cooperation, we do have to have a physical presence on the ground there. And I know in the interview as well—and what Joe Rogan just mentioned—is the rampant crime,” she added.

“We found more than nine billion dollars, and we believe that’s just the tip of the iceberg. If the state and local government would help there, if they would coordinate with the FBI, if they would coordinate with Homeland Security investigations, we would, on an expedited basis, be finding that fraud, and I think that all Americans would be better off for it. We want to give accountability; we want to give answers,” McLaughlin contended.

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