In a blistering segment on The Joe Rogan Experience, podcast host Joe Rogan called out the Democratic Party for orchestrating fake grassroots movements, paying protesters to attend rallies, and even instructing them on how to engage in violence. Rogan’s comments came during a discussion with comedian Francis Foster and political commentator Konstantin Kisin, where he dissected the fraudulent nature of recent progressive protests, including those targeting Tesla and Elon Musk.
Rogan highlighted data from entrepreneur Tony Seruga, who analyzed cell phone GPS data from a Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rally in Denver, Colorado. The Democrats claimed 34,000 attendees, but cell phone records revealed only around 20,000 devices in the area—with a staggering 84% of those devices having attended nine or more Kamala Harris rallies, Antifa/BLM protests, or pro-Hamas demonstrations. Even more damning, 31% had been to over 20 such events.
GPS—Here we go again, there were 20,189 devices. Still a large crowd but not even close to the 30,000 quoted in Denver newspapers nor the 34,000 quoted by Bernie Sanders and AOC.
84% of the devices present had attended 9 or more Kamala Harris rallies, antifa/blm, pro-Hamas,… https://t.co/zQuvc0ATx5
— Tony Seruga (@TonySeruga) March 23, 2025
“It seems like, at least in some of them, for sure, they were paying people,” Rogan said. “You’re pretending that these people are all coming out to see you, but they’re coming out to see you because you’re giving them money and free food. And, you know, you handed out water bottles, and everybody gets a sign, and everybody seems like they’re kind of a part of a team.”
Rogan didn’t hold back in describing the type of people recruited for these staged protests, calling them “losers” who have nothing better to do. “For a lot of losers, a lot of people that don’t have things going well in their life—you know, I was a loser at many points in my life. If somebody called me up and said, ‘Hey, man, you want to make 400 bucks and just go to this Kamala Harris rally?’ I’d be like yeah, let’s go.”
But the most shocking revelation was Rogan’s claim that Democrats are not just paying protesters—they’re actively training them for violent confrontations. He referenced reports that anti-Tesla demonstrators were given “rules of engagement,” including instructions like: “If someone comes after you, hit them in the body, don’t pick up an object unless they pick up an object first.”
“Like, are you organizing gangs?” Rogan asked incredulously. “Are you guys paying money for people and then literally saying to them, here’s what happens if you engage in violence? Like, why is that even on the table? I thought you guys were peacefully protesting.”
Elon Musk, who has been a frequent target of these paid mobs, responded to Rogan’s clip on X, demanding: “Who is funding and organizing all these paid protests?”
The liberal media, of course, remains silent on this blatant manipulation. While they amplify every unverified claim against conservatives, they ignore the undeniable evidence that Democrats are manufacturing outrage, bribing activists, and encouraging chaos in the streets. This is the same media that spent years pushing the Russia collusion hoax while ignoring Hunter Biden’s laptop, Big Tech censorship, and the weaponization of the DOJ against President Trump.
President Donald Trump has long warned about the left’s tactics of using paid agitators and fake protests to destabilize the country. While the Democrats rely on deception and violence, Trump stands for law and order, economic prosperity, and genuine grassroots support—not the bought-and-paid-for mobs that the left depends on.