During an interview on Joe Rogan's podcast this week, comedian Jim Gaffigan was put in
a position that I don't know that Gaffigan was expecting to be put in when Rogan began
going on a rant about the Capitol Riot and how he says that it is a fact that there were
federal agents implanted in the crowd that got people all riled up to storm the Capitol.
Now, I'm gonna read Rogan's exact quote in just a moment where he, by the way, invokes
one man who actually recently sued Fox News for claiming he was a federal plant at the
Capitol Riot. So not a smart decision, by Rogan to bring up this guy possibly being
a plant. 'cause he is already sued people for making that statement. But let's start
right off the bat before I even read his quote, getting it out there in the open that no,
it is not a fact that there were federal agents implanted in the audience to get people riled
up to storm the capitol. There is literally no evidence whatsoever on God's green earth
to suggest that Rogan, when he said this, its effect lied to his entire massive, largest
podcast in the country audience. That is a lie that he told them here is what he said.
Um, I don't know, but I do know that every other, I I think that every other person who
was involved in January 6th who was involved in coordinating a break in into the capitol
and then instigating people, they were all arrested. This guy wasn't, not only that,
but they were defending him in the New York Times, the Washington Post, all these things
saying Fox News has unjustly accused him of instigating when he clearly instigated. He
did it on camera. I don't know if he was a fed. I know a lot of people think he was a
fed. Trump was very open about his disdain for the intelligence agencies throughout history,
people of unchecked power and unchecked influence have enemies and Trump was their enemy.
Um, he also added the January 6th thing is bad, but also the intelligence agencies were
involved in provoking people into the Capitol building. That's a fact. Again, no, it's not
nothing that Joe Rogan said. There is a fact at all. Like this is all make believe superstition
BS being pushed by Joe Rogan. For for what? Like to what end? That's what I wanna know.
Like, why are you even bringing up these idiotic conspiracy theories? That's what makes no
sense. And why are you bringing up in a conversation with Jim Gaffigan of all people, you know,
if you were talking to some idiot, right? Winger would totally make sense. But to his
credit, Jim Gaffigan pushed back and knocked Joe Rogan down a few. Uh, he said, uh, ,
Jim Gaffigan said, uh, more suspicious why Trump didn't call for backup for the Capitol
Police. There's way more conspiracy stuff against Trump than the slim likelihood that
people were like, oh, trump's a problem. Let's just get these people that are loyal to Trump
to run into the capitol so that we can arrest 300 people. Does that make sense?
That's what Gaffigan asked. Rogan and Rogan responded and he said, no, it doesn't make
sense. But then he said that using these agent provocateurs is common practice. Nobody ever
totally knows that. But Gaffigan just gently poking at this conspiracy theory, totally
blew it up because, yeah, what's the point of that? Like the intelligence agencies want
to get Trump according to Rogan's little theory here. So they had a bunch of people who aren't
Donald Trump storm the capitol building so that most of them could be hit with misdemeanor
charges that involved no jail time. Where's the logic in that? It's a rhetorical question.
There's never any logic to idiotic conspiracy theories pushed by people who don't know any
better. But, but it's stupid. And that's what Jim Gaffigan's trying to point out here. Like,
Hey, um, it doesn't make any sense. Like no matter how you slice it, even if Trump had
made enemies in the intelligence apparatus, why would arresting a couple of people who
support him like that doesn't hurt Trump at all?
None of it makes any sense. But that's the thing about conspiracy theories they never
do. Gaffigan, by the way, continued to kind of push back. And here is what Gaffigan said.
When, uh, Rogan tried to bring up the corruption of Joe and Hunter. Biden Gaffigan said, quote,
Joe Biden's relationship with his son, who obviously struggles with addiction. I mean,
look, half of our friends struggle with addiction. He's a compassionate father. You and I both
have this same suspicion, but we're coming from two different sides, which is fascinating.
Talking about Jared Kushner. I think you are more likely to think that Biden is Satan and
I'm more likely to think that Trump is Satan. So good job, Jim Gaffigan horrible lies told
by Joe Rogan, and I even haven't even gotten to the big part of it, which is Joe Rogan
understands that Fox News was already sued by Ray Epps, the man that they claimed, oh,
he's the plant.
He's the one, you know why they say he's the one? Because he was on video actually just
chitchatting with a police officer at one point. That's it. Like Republicans are supposed
to back the blue, right? You're supposed to be the, we stand with the cops. And this guy
was standing with the cops. He was like, Hey, how you doing? How's it going? He was being
friendly with him, and PPS never entered the Capitol. Like he didn't break the law. He
didn't steal anything. He didn't hurt anybody. He was just there. There was no problem with
being there where he was, that's why he wasn't prosecuted. Not because he's a plant, but
because he didn't break a law.
And Fox News is being sued for it. And Rogan goes out there and, and almost makes the exact
same claims, like he's begging to get sued himself. Like that is what is so dumb about
it. Not only that you lied to everybody, but that you're kind of, maybe, maybe not. 'cause
you're like, I don't know if he's a Fed, but some people think he is. Yeah, those, some
people are being sued for it. And if you don't watch the way you're talking about it, you're
gonna get sued for it too.