Joe Rogan has said he understands why left-wing protesters have likened Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids to those of Hitler's Gestapo.
The podcaster was discussing the recent ICE shooting of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis with Sen. Rand Paul, a Republican from Kentucky, on his show Tuesday when he made the comment.
Reflecting on the massive demonstrations that have swept the nation, Rogan said he understands the 'point of view' of anti-ICE protesters who argue: 'You don't want militarized people in the streets just roaming around, snatching up people - many of which turn out to be US citizens that just don't have their papers on them.
'Are we really gonna be the Gestapo? "Where's your papers?" Is that what we've come to,' he asked, rhetorically, referring to the Nazi's secret police.
He added that ICE raids make the agents look like 'villains' to many citizens.
'People are now looking at them like murderous military people that are on the streets of our city,' Rogan claimed. 'And they're masked up, which is also a problem.'
He then went on to note that whenever someone is pulled over by a local police officer, they are allowed to ask for their name and badge number.
But 'if you get arrested by an ICE agent, you get no such right. They don't have to tell you s**t.'
Joe Rogan has said he understands why left-wing protesters have likened Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids to those of Hitler's Gestapo
He noted that ICE agents often wear masks during their operations, which he said is a 'problem'
Protests against the agency have spread since an ICE officer fatally shot 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good last week
At the same time, though, Rogan said he understands that ICE officers would want to remain anonymous out of fear of being doxxed.
He also said he understands the conservative position of those who say, 'Hey there was an illegal program moving people in here to get votes, moving people in here to get congressional seats, and we've got to change that.'
'We've got to take those people who got in and send them back to where they came from or do something, because if we don't, they're gonna have to take away some of the damage that's been done to a true democratic system - because they've kind of hijacked it,' Rogan claimed.
'I think there's a balance to be achieved, I just don't know how it gets done,' the podcaster added.
'It's more complicated than I think people want to admit.'
The podcaster also spoke about Good's fatal shooting last week, noting that the agent who fired the fatal shot, Jonathan Ross, had been dragged by a car last year.
Still, Rogan said he still felt the shooting was a 'terrible tragedy' that should never have happened.
'I'm not that guy, I don't know what he thought - and again, this is a guy who had almost been run over,' Rogan said. 'But this just looked horrific to me.'
Rogan said the fatal shooting of Good (pictured) was 'horrific'
He noted that the agent involved in the shooting, Jonathan Ross, had been dragged by a car last year
Ross fired three times after Good allegedly refused ICE agents' demands to open her car door
In footage from the scene, Good was seen apparently blocking the road with her SUV for about four minutes before she was killed.
About 20 seconds after Good pulled up to the street, a passenger - believed to be her wife, Rebecca - exited the vehicle and eventually began filming.
There is now speculation that Rebecca, who admitted to bringing her spouse to the anti-ICE protest, exited the car so she could begin filming any potential clash with federal agents.
She was seen wielding her camera during Ross's confrontation with her wife but it is unclear when she first started to record.
Other footage from the shooting shows an officer approaching Good's stopped SUV. He grabbed the handle as he allegedly demanded she open the door.
Her Honda Pilot then began to pull forward and Ross pulled his weapon, immediately firing three shots and jumping back as the vehicle moved toward him.
It is not clear from the videos if the vehicle made contact with Ross. After the shooting, the SUV slammed into two cars parked on a curb before crashing to a stop.
Good was seen apparently blocking the road with her SUV for four minutes before she was killed
About 20 seconds after Good pulled up to the street, a passenger - believed to be her wife Rebecca (pictured) - exited the vehicle and eventually began filming
Discussing the viral footage on his show Tuesday, Rogan said 'it seemed like she was kind of turning the car away.'
Yet he also seemed to pass judgment on Good, saying: 'It seemed like she was out of her f***ing mind to begin with. That lady seemed crazy.'
'But does that mean she should get shot in the head? Is there no other way to handle this?' Rogan asked.
Paul said he did not want to get 'too much into the specifics' of the shooting, because he did not want to 'pass judgment like a jury would.'
Instead, he just said he believes ICE agents have a 'very difficult job,' a sentiment Rogan agreed with.
