‘We got to be careful that we don’t become monsters’: Joe Rogan turns on Trump over deportations without due process

You know you’re in deep trouble when Joe Rogan is the voice of reason. The popular podcaster has long been a major Trump booster. Trump has appeared on his show, he attended his second inauguration, and has mostly reacted to his policies with broad praise and approval (with some notable exceptions).

So it says something that Trump has now gone too far even for Rogan. Speaking on a recent episode, Rogan slammed Trump for ignoring “due process” and “not thinking things through”. Rogan warns MAGA that while they might be cheerleading Trump rounding up people on flimsy accusations and sending them to the Salvadoran nightmare prison, setting a precedent that future administrations can just disappear whoever they want might just backfire on them.

When Joe Rogan becomes the voice of reason…pic.twitter.com/rpOrqsAK7O

— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) April 20, 2025

Rogan goes on to say: “We gotta be careful that we don’t become monsters while we’re fighting monsters. I think due process exists for a reason and the reason is, it is horrific for someone to be accused of something they didn’t do, be imprisoned for crimes they didn’t commit and then live in a cell, live in a cage.” He then quotes Benjamin Franklin: “It is better 100 guilty persons should escape than that one innocent should suffer.”

Many of Rogan’s audience instantly turned on him, incorrectly arguing that due process only applies to citizens and legal residents of the United States. That claim falls apart when you y’know, actually read the Constitution, which explicitly says:

“No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

Anyone within the borders of the United States is “within its jurisdiction” and as such, “due process” applies. Thing is, Trump and his cronies simply don’t care what the Constitution says and, with no real opposition in place, can effectively do whatever they want without consequence.

Prominent Democrat David Axelrod agreed, underlining that Rogan is “absolutely right”:

.@joerogan is absolutely right. It may seem fine to blow up due process for Abrego Garcia and others now. But if that’s the new normal, how you going to feel when a president is elected with whom you DON’T agree? And all the safeguards are gone?
Is that the America we want? https://t.co/Bu9KaGQG9Z

— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) April 20, 2025

If Donald Trump, his officials, and the wider MAGA movement are going to ignore the Constitution and send innocent people to the nightmare prison, the least they could do is be honest that they’re taking a sledgehammer to the US Constitution. After all, if they disagree with it that much, then let us know where you stand and abolish it altogether!