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Joe Rogan drew widespread attention after a short clip circulated in which he compared ICE to the Gestapo following the killing of Renee Nicole Good. The clip came from a 13 January episode featuring Sen Rand Paul; across that conversation, Rogan framed ICE’s presence as a response to alleged mass “fraud” in Minnesota, argued agents require anonymity, warned ICE could be wrongly viewed as villains, and expressed sympathy for ICE personnel. In discussing Good’s death, he called the shooting “unfortunate,” described her as “crazy,” and speculated she may have been a deliberate agitator.

Rogan has repeatedly promoted a theme that Democrats are “flooding” swing states with undocumented immigrants to “hijack” democracy, echoing claims aired by JD Vance and Elon Musk on the show. In August 2025, the White House urged the census to exclude undocumented immigrants, with Stephen Miller accusing Democrats of using counts to “steal” House seats; Rogan then amplified the talking point across multiple interviews. On 19 February, Rogan told Michael Malice protests against ICE were organized to distract from “Somali fraud,” and in a separate conversation called protests a state-organized “colour revolution,” a narrative he said was echoed in Trump’s State of the Union and informing subsequent White House policy announcements.