Mark Ruffalo is calling out podcaster and prominent Trump supporter Joe Rogan for being late to the game in his criticism of ICE immigration raids.
“Dear @joerogan. It’s a little late now to pretend like project 2025 didn’t exist and wasn’t the play book all along. You are either not that smart or not that dumb. It’s hard to tell at this point,” Ruffalo, who campaigned heavily for Democrat Kamala Harris during the 2024 presidential campaign, wrote on Threads.
He added Rogan should have known about Trump’s immigration policies when he supported his 2024 reelection campaign. Ruffalo was reacting to a July 2 episode of the Joe Rogan Experience where the podcaster hit out at ICE raids on workplaces where undocumented migrant workers were targeted.
“It’s insane. We were told there would be no — well, there are two things that are insane. One is the targeting of migrant workers — not cartel members, not gang members, not drug dealers — just construction workers, showing up in construction sites, raiding them. Gardeners. Like, really?” Rogan said during a conversation with Replit CEO Amjad Masad.
During his second administration, Trump has stepped up the arrest of people accused of immigration violations. The ongoing immigration raids have sparked protests, including in Los Angeles, against what critics call unlawful ICE raids.
In response to the L.A. protests, Trump deployed National Guard troops over California Governor Gavin Newsom‘s opposition, leading to a legal dispute between the president and the state leader. Late last month, an appeals court ruling that Trump could retain control of the National Guard troops he deployed to L.A.
