Jimmy Kimmel Defends Rogan From ‘Repulsive’ Left Critics Pouncing on New Trump Criticisms
Jimmy Kimmel called out “repulsive” liberals in the Democratic Party turning people away while defending Joe Rogan amid backlash to his recent criticisms of President Donald Trump.
Kimmel joined Sarah Silverman on The Sarah Silverman Podcast this week where they both stood up for Rogan as the podcaster has criticized Trump on everything from his mass deportation efforts to releasing documents related to sex predator Jeffrey Epstein to the public.
During the conversation between Kimmel and Silverman — the pair were in a relationship from 2002 to 2009 — the former brought up some critics blasting Rogan for criticizing Trump after handing him a last-minute endorsement in the 2024 presidential election.
“Now you see like these clips of Joe Rogan saying, why is he doing this? He shouldn’t be deporting people and people go, fuck you, you support him, whatever. I don’t buy into that. I don’t believe the fuck you, you supported him,” Kimmel said with Silverman quickly agreeing.
Kimmel argued some on the left need to be more welcoming to people like Rogan changing their minds or challenging Trump on specific policies.
“The door needs to stay open. If you wanna change your mind, that’s so hard to do. If you want to admit you were wrong, that’s hard and so rare to do, you are welcome,” he said.
Silverman said she finds it “ironic” that a party that prides itself on “inclusivity” seems so “elitist.”
Kimmel defended the Democratic Party, arguing it’s the fringe voices that are the loudest and driving people away.
“It’s not the party, it’s not the majority. It is the loud voices that scare people from saying what they believe and make you think twice about a joke or whatever, you know, these things,” he said. “And a lot of their points are valid, but a lot are also just repulsive, and I mean in that they repel people from — they go like, ‘oh, you’re no fun, I don’t want to be around you.’ And I think that if you had to boil it down to like one thing, that’s kind of what it is.”
Watch above via The Sarah Silverman Podcast.
