{"id":2593664,"date":"2026-04-22T08:49:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T12:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graphic-warning-dems-have-found-their-joe-rogan-and-hes-called-for-or-endorsed-political-killings-terrorism-dozens-of-times-video\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T08:52:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T12:52:57","slug":"graphic-warning-dems-have-found-their-joe-rogan-and-hes-called-for-or-endorsed-political-killings-terrorism-dozens-of-times-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graphic-warning-dems-have-found-their-joe-rogan-and-hes-called-for-or-endorsed-political-killings-terrorism-dozens-of-times-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Graphic Warning: Dems Have Found Their Joe Rogan, and He&#8217;s Called for or Endorsed Political Killings, Terrorism Dozens of Times &#8211; Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">44<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgraphic-warning-dems-have-found-their-joe-rogan-and-hes-called-for-or-endorsed-political-killings-terrorism-dozens-of-times-video%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2593664&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>the piece argues that trust in traditional media and elected officials is at an all-time low, fueling the rise of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-shapiro-takes-on-corporations-behind-censorship\/\" title=\"Ben Shapiro confronts corporations responsible for censorship.\">independent content creators<\/a> who challenge the old media monopolies. It highlights Joe Rogan as a digital-era king of podcasts, whose broad appeal rests in his curious, exploratory approach, even as his past endorsement of Trump has lead the left to paint him as right-leaning. The article suggests Democrats want their own Rogan to counterbalance the power of media giants, citing Ezra Klein\u2019s New York Times piece that Hasan Piker could be that figure. However, it contends Rogan\u2019s centrism and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >genuine curiosity differentiate<\/a> him from Piker, who is portrayed as arrogant and inflammatory, with a history of controversial remarks and behavior that damage his credibility. The piece argues that Piker\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soros-backed-da-and-his-mother-carjacked-at-gunpoint\/\" title=\"Soros-funded DA and his mother victims of carjacking with firearms.\">leftist stance<\/a>, flamboyant lifestyle, and confrontational style make him a poor replacement for Rogan, leaving Democrats without a suitable analog-and it concludes with a provocative, somewhat satirical warning about \u201chiding your dogs\u201d and the challenges of finding a Rogan-like advocate on the left.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>For a certain sect of people who may not necessarily claim the left or right, it&rsquo;s been a fascinating couple of decades for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-kyle-rittenhouse-proves-u-s-democracy-has-failed\/\" title=\"China: Kyle Rittenhouse Proves U.S. Democracy \u2018Has Failed\u2019\">legacy media landscape<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Institutional trust in the establishment media and elected officials are at an all-time low &mdash; leading to the rise of independent content creators gaining near-equal footing as the media titans who had monopolized the space in years past.<\/p>\n<p>The meteoric rise of podcasters like Joe Rogan and Theo Von has an almost direct correlation with the fall of the legacy media, and that&rsquo;s no coincidence.<\/p>\n<p>Rogan, in particular, has become a digital king in the podcast space, boasting a podcast that&rsquo;s become one of the most popular in the world.<\/p>\n<p>The aspect of Rogan that&rsquo;s so unique is that, due to his previous endorsement of President Donald Trump leading up to the 2024 election, he&rsquo;s effectively been branded by the left as a right-wing nutjob.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); 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\t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>(To be clear, given his pro-abortion and pro-universal healthcare stances, Rogan is decidedly not a conservative.)<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, because of this Rogan-Trump tie &mdash; which honestly appears rather frayed these days given Rogan&rsquo;s stance against the Iran conflict &mdash; Democrats have made it no secret that they&rsquo;re looking for &ldquo;their own&rdquo; Rogan.<\/p>\n<p>And it appears that they&rsquo;ve chosen the worst possible candidate to fill that role.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/04\/12\/opinion\/hasan-piker-democrats.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">piece<\/a> for the New York Times, contributor Ezra Klein spilled quite a bit of digital ink on the topic of far-left streamer Hasan Piker being the Democratic response to Rogan.<\/p>\n<p>As Klein correctly pointed out, however, Rogan is about as centrist of an independent as one can imagine. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-wants-to-destroy-scotus-to-help-power-mongers\/\" title=\"Biden Wants To Destroy SCOTUS To Help Power-Mongers\">left simply doesn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t like him because he won&rsquo;t adopt <em>all&nbsp;<\/em>of their talking points.<\/p>\n<p>Piker? Well, the last time he was in the headlines, it was for giving practical <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/popular-far-left-streamer-advises-suicide-bombers-switch-drones-terror-campaigns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">advice to terrorists<\/a> while streaming. And that&rsquo;s quite literally the tip of the iceberg, as online pundit Drew Pavlou helpfully curated:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>WARNING: The following clip contains language that some viewers will find offensive.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEW COMPILATION: 65 times leftist streamer Hasan Piker endorsed political violence, killings, atrocities and rapes <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WMQGGFPg5O\">pic.twitter.com\/WMQGGFPg5O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Drew Pavlou &#127462;&#127482;&#127482;&#127480;&#127482;&#127462;&#127481;&#127484; (@DrewPavlou) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrewPavlou\/status\/1969746010777010383?\">September 21, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Pavlou captured 65 moments across a 20-minute compilation where Piker said something that was reprehensible.<\/p>\n<p>Brilliant nuggets from Piker include items such as the claim that America &ldquo;deserved&rdquo; 9\/11, soaking the streets with the blood of capitalists, endorsing Hezbollah, and celebrating China when it comes to matters like Tibet or Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>Even when he&rsquo;s not spewing vile nonsense, he&rsquo;s not much better. Outside of politics, the&nbsp;<em>other&nbsp;<\/em>thing Piker is perhaps best known for is a viral incident where people suspected him of using a shock collar on his dog, Kaya, to make sure his on-screen prop didn&rsquo;t move around too much. (Piker has steadfastly denied this.)<\/p>\n<p>He is, to put it mildly, an abominable human being.<\/p>\n<p>Here&rsquo;s the thing that Democrats are missing: Whatever one may think of Rogan or his personal beliefs, there is an air of genuine curiosity to him when he&rsquo;s speaking on various subject matters.<\/p>\n<p>That sort of humble inquisitiveness naturally invites other similarly curious people. Rogan often approaches topics with some semblance of neutrality, before exploring the different aspects of it, whether good or bad.<\/p>\n<p>Piker, meanwhile, operates with the cocksure arrogance of someone who&rsquo;s never been properly punched in the face. That distinction matters.<\/p>\n<p>There&rsquo;s also the difference in optics between Piker and Rogan. The former is a proud socialist\/communist, while the latter is generally pro-capitalism. Guess which one of the two is more wont to flaunt his wealth? Piker, who&rsquo;s often derisively described as a &ldquo;Champagne Socialist&rdquo; due to his fancy cars and lavish lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with a room temperature IQ should be able to see that Piker is a capital &ldquo;H&rdquo; hypocrite who appears to hate conviction almost as much as he hates dogs moving freely around his room.<\/p>\n<p>This is all to say, if Piker really is the Democrats&rsquo; &ldquo;Rogan&rdquo; &mdash; which both Klein and I are rather dubious of &mdash; good luck, leftists.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and hide your dogs, too.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Podcasters like Joe Rogan and Theo Von have risen to prominence as legacy media loses influence. Rogan, in particular, has become a dominant force in the podcast world, but his past endorsement of Donald Trump has led many on the left to label him a right-wing figure. Some Democrats have looked for a Rogan-style figure to represent their side, but Ezra Klein argued in the New York Times that Hasan Piker, a far-left streamer, is not a suitable or similar replacement. Rogan is broadly centrist and curious, approaching topics with a neutral, exploratory mindset, whereas Piker is noted for his certainty and aggressive rhetoric. Piker has attracted controversy, including accusations of endorsing violence and a viral incident involving his dog. The piece suggests that, despite Democratic hopes for a Rogan-like figure, Piker would not fit the role, and pursuing him could be counterproductive for the left. 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