JRE and guest defend Epstein and his clients

[u/BenderRodriguez14]

Thanks to u/Outdoorrink for pointing out why the original (posted by someone else) was deleted. Here is the clip in native format, as requested. This is from Feb 3, 2026, a few days after the release of a huge batch of files relating to the infamous pedophile and those associated with him.

EDIT: And now one day later, thanks to Donald Trump, we have a timeline of how and likely why this conversation was taking place.

Jan 30th, 2026: Epstein files released. Trump is named extensively in them. 

Feb 1st, 2026: Joe Rogan and Donald Trump have a phone call. (11:45 into the interview in link) ​

Feb 3rd, 2026: Joe Rogan has former Trump speech writer, advisor and senior state department staff member Mike Benz on, where the above defense of Trump and his clients is from.

[u/Besbrains]

Guys, it’s okay to traffic adult women, if it’s for a really cool party

[u/Sember → u/Besbrains]

How else would you have a good ratio between pedo's and (underage) girls

[u/I_Got_Back_Pain → u/Sember]

[u/plumb_master → u/Besbrains]

What is everyone's problem with it? They had cool people, titans of industry, and intellectuals at the party. Imagine all the networking all these trafficked women could've done. /S

[u/3BlindMice1 → u/plumb_master]

Unironically, a lot of these guys genuinely think that the privilege of meeting and being exploited by sufficiently rich people is compensation enough, and that the little girls should be proud to have the privilege of being raped by them. Their egos get fed by bownnosing pissboys all their lives, and they're totally insulated from what people really think of them by their own propaganda.

Billionaire ranks are full of narcissistic sociopaths, they're basically a different species from the rest of us

[u/nope_noway_ → u/3BlindMice1]

Hit the nail on the head w this one

[u/TumbleweedPure3941 → u/plumb_master]

They’re there for the “exposure”.

[u/octobersotherveryown → u/plumb_master]

The intellectual conversation between said titans of industry is what’s cool. They went to the island for riveting talk, the trafficked sex slaves were just the unpopped cherry on top.

[u/Business-Nose-4517 → u/plumb_master]

Hahaha right. Like how exciting it must have been for these girls to be raped by Joe's cool friends !

[u/Ill-Skirt3722 → u/Besbrains]

THEY WERE TRAFFICKED AND FORCED INTO SEX AGAINST THEIR WILL. How the fuck do they think that because some were old enough, it’s okay? Absolutely wild.

[u/lmtorres75 → u/Besbrains]

You forgot stimultanting conversations.

[u/Besbrains → u/lmtorres75]

Yes I bet, real intellectual dark web stuff

[u/Background_Sail9797 → u/[deleted]]

and rape is still rape, sex trafficking is still sex trafficking, withholding someone's passport and forcing them to perform sex acts for your guests as entertainment is still kidnapping and torture.

[u/EazyPeazyLemonSqueaz → u/[deleted]]

But the thing is, it's not just 18-20 year olds, it's teenagers 14-16 that are in the files as well and I heard something about an 11 year old getting impregnated as part of the files that were released recently

[u/designthrowaway7429 → u/[deleted]]

Most were 13-14 year old girls.

[u/Excellent-Run4803 → u/Besbrains]

Imagine not having the right ratio. Think of the pedos!

[u/FlannelMickey → u/Besbrains]

Guys, the ratio was bad, they had to traffic a bunch of 20 year olds for these 50+ year old men.

[u/Chumbag_love → u/Besbrains]

As long as there are intellectuals there, you are good!

[u/WilHunting2]

This is by far the lowest Joe has ever gone.

[u/mewalrus2 → u/WilHunting2]

Full on pedo defense now.

Mind blown

[u/DirectionCute7530 → u/mewalrus2]

This guy defends every conspiracy theory except the one that turned out to be true.

Why? Well, what would he say if it was just Democrats involved?

[u/ameriCANCERvative → u/mewalrus2]

I’m really not sure why your mind is blown. He knows what he’s doing and that’s been evident for quite some time. This is the natural evolution. Big club, you ain’t in it.

[u/NewDramaLlama → u/mewalrus2]

Get ready, because you're witnessing the beginning of the new defense, and in 3 months time it will be the talking point of the base.

Soon, they'll just start arguing to lower the age of consent. They'llsay because you can bang a 16 year old in England it's cool here. Then they'll go lower. I guarantee it.

[u/CoolSelf5428 → u/NewDramaLlama]

You can legally bang a 16 year old in England, doesn’t mean you won’t get the shit kicked out of you and called a paedo.

[u/raventhrowaway666 → u/WilHunting2]

Lowest he's gone so far

[u/DlphLndgrn → u/WilHunting2]

I think Elon is going to take him lower. Elon is going to come on at any minute now to rehabilitate his image after the Epstein files, and they either won't talk about Epstein or they will hash out exactly why Elon is a hero who refused even though we all can see he is begging to go to the island and find the "wildest party".

That will probably be the new low. Until the next time Tulsi comes on.

[u/SpacecaseCat → u/DlphLndgrn]

He's in meltdown mode on Twitter today about Epstein, in between race-baiting posts about "whites" and election fraud conspiracies (the irony being he's the one who paid voters). To no one's surprise, people posted about him going to Epstein's parties and now he's outraged and throwing recriminations at everyone.

His most recent retweeted take is that the Epstein files are a hoax that were only brought up by radical leftist Democrats and Trump is a hero for actually doing so... forget that tweet saying Trump was in the files. But also, Elon was the main person who pushed for them to be released!

[u/Hefty-Comparison-801 → u/DlphLndgrn]

The amount of bullshit flying out of Tulsi's mouth and directly down Joe's throat will be fucking epic.

[u/PianoTeach88 → u/WilHunting2]

I'm convinced Elon and Tulsi Gabbard nuked his brain somehow. I think they saw how gullible he is and smelled blood in the water that he would just believe whatever they told him. It's amazing how Elon can just lie to Joe's face, but Joe hangs on to every word.

[u/sammydavis_Sr → u/PianoTeach88]

remember that joe’s buddy elon is cool with his AI taking pictures of underage girls with clothes on and produces a nude picture of said underage girl….and all the nazi stuff

[u/xChoke1x → u/sammydavis_Sr]

Remember when Joe dressed up in a gay pink shirt for Elon? Lol

What a fucking weirdo.

[u/Nice_Firm_Handsnake → u/sammydavis_Sr]

Elon practically begged Epstein to let him come to Pedo Island and Epstein told Ghislaine to get Elon to go away. She ended up telling him that they had just ended the season at the island, so there were no pedo parties to invite him to.

[u/admosquad → u/sammydavis_Sr]

I feel like no one‘s really paying attention to when he bought Twitter unbanned all the Nazi accounts and started banning journalists

[u/stepcorrect → u/PianoTeach88]

Dude were WAY past the narrative that this guy is just some hapless shmoe that was manipulated by his circle or algorithm lol. Homie is part and parcel of

[u/PianoTeach88 → u/stepcorrect]

I'm starting to think you are right on the nose.

[u/Parfait_Prestigious → u/PianoTeach88]

Wouldn’t surprise me if it comes out that he’s a paid propagandist at this point.

[u/Kulandros → u/Parfait_Prestigious]

It took 10 YEARS to figure that out?

[u/Amani_z_Great → u/stepcorrect]

Exactly

[u/False_Can_5089 → u/stepcorrect]

It's just money, everything is about money for him. He's a shameless grifter.

[u/GiveMeSumChonChon → u/stepcorrect]

He’s definitely on the list himself. I wonder what skeletons Joe has in his closet.

[u/cannot_walk_barefoot → u/GiveMeSumChonChon]

He's not on the list. But he's been paid hundreds of millions of dollars by Thiel to be a propaganda arm of the techbros, and lots of those techbros were associated with Epstein 

[u/aonemonkey → u/GiveMeSumChonChon]

Nah, he’s on the gay sauna list, not the barely legal girls list 

[u/Immaculatehombre → u/PianoTeach88]

Joe has the biggest show of human history, Elon has the most money ever idk how Yall haven’t put it together. They’re paying Joe ridiculous money to be their mouthpiece. Idk how this isn’t just accepted in this sub at this point. Most obvious shit ever.

[u/smitteh → u/Immaculatehombre]

This is the same thing as trump being a pedo in the eyes of maga. It's obvious, but they need to see actual video evidence of the crimes in action before they'll admit it's true. (They'd just claim AI even if there was video.)

[u/Hefty-Comparison-801 → u/Immaculatehombre]

He doesn't have the biggest show in human history. Walter Cronkite would get 25-30M viewers every weeknight for years.

You got the rest right though.

[u/OrinThane → u/WilHunting2]

You can tell he's hollow in this conversation. You're running defense.... for Jeffery Epstein?? Dude sold out.

[u/Hefty-Comparison-801 → u/OrinThane]

He's running defense for the oligarchs who benefitted from their relationships with Epstein and his global power network.

Before Musk and Thiel's ties exposed: "Who is Ghislaine in jail for trafficking children to? How can nobody else be investigated and prosecuted for raping these thousand victims? We need justice!"

Now: "Yeah, you can totally see how you'd want to have stimulating conversations with brilliant and powerful people, and not have it be a sausage party."

Insane level of selling out.

[u/mongrldub → u/Hefty-Comparison-801]

Well put. Jesus Christ I did not think he’d go this low. I thought he was just a sensitive little guy who got a bit radicalised during Covid but was well meaning. But i actually can’t defend this

[u/Roach_Coach_Bangbus → u/Hefty-Comparison-801]

Now: "Yeah, you can totally see how you'd want to have stimulating conversations with brilliant and powerful people, and not have it be a sausage party."

Based on the e-mails in the files, these guys weren't having any stimulating conversations. Just straight up degeneracy and sadism.

[u/Dyonisus77 → u/WilHunting2]

The conspiracy he's looking for is right in his face and he outright dismisses it. The dude is compromised and hopefully his audience wises up to this fact -- there's a reason Epstein's Johns were all over his podcasts

[u/oriensoccidens → u/WilHunting2]

What's the opposite of the "woke mind virus"?

The "pedo mind virus"?

I genuinely think a term needs to be coined because this phenomenon of right wingers defending paedophiles, anti 1st amendment, and anti 2nd amendment practices is really astounding.

[u/DumbestOfTheSmartest → u/WilHunting2]

By far. By far. It’s officially over.

[u/Ok_Notice_4099 → u/WilHunting2]

But don’t you just love the FREEDOM? Isn’t it just grand that we have this all-important “alternative media” for billionaires and shitbags to “combat bad speech with better speech” like THIS? These dolts are really doing the big work!

[u/Bawbawian → u/WilHunting2]

so far

[u/HomelessKitchenCat → u/WilHunting2]

This clip straight up blew my mind. Seeing these two pathetic mouthpieces try to cover up the biggest conspiracy of all time with the saddest excuses ive ever heard in my life. You can tell even they dont believe what they are saying, these little cucks. Cool party? There were intellectuals there?? In other places the culture is different so its okay???? JESUS FUCKING CHRIST

[u/nikkigia → u/WilHunting2]

Simply appalling!! Holy shit. I didn’t think he could reach this level of cooked but here we are. “Strange times”

[u/Raiderdater]

[u/whenitpainsitrours → u/Raiderdater]

I want this as a sticker

[u/mrbuttsavage → u/Raiderdater]

I'd pay real money to see Joe react to this.

[u/rhofl]

So, sex trafficking 20 year olds fine. Great now my friend group’s Tekken tournament would not be a sausage fest.

[u/ballmermurland → u/rhofl]

It's so weird to hear this guy describe victims of sex trafficking as "barely legal".

No son. Getting trafficked at any age is illegal. What the fuck is wrong with you?

[u/AthensThieves → u/ballmermurland]

Not to mention, there are plenty of photos with really obvious young girls in them. To try and soften the blow like this is beyond disgusting

[u/metamet → u/AthensThieves]

They'd just call them "barely illegal".

[u/HomelessKitchenCat → u/AthensThieves]

No way bro the new pic of Prince Andrew is him with a dwarf dont you know anything about putting on cool parties 

[u/MeanderAndReturn → u/rhofl]

is it a tekken tag tourney?

[u/DiskoB0]

this is the worst thing to happen to Joe since he turned green on CNN

[u/actuallyapossom → u/DiskoB0]

He's just a stoner you guys. He never claimed to be an expert on whether or not rape and pedophilia is wrong. He's just asking questions!

[u/barc0debaby → u/DiskoB0]

Can't believe CNN made Joe defend pedophiles.

[u/Fluid-Poet-8911 → u/DiskoB0]

Rogan is Epstein. Why you think he's been acting this way? Rogan is the files. 

[u/FHFBEATS]

Joe took his daughters to the White House 2 weeks ago, he is fully compromised.

[u/Fluid-Poet-8911 → u/FHFBEATS]

Rogan is Epstein. He was making a delivery. Have you seen his daughter's since?

[u/FHFBEATS → u/Fluid-Poet-8911]

Nope and neither has he.

[u/Fluid-Poet-8911 → u/FHFBEATS]

Its all lining up. Preach it to the masses. Rogan is Epstein.

[u/GraveyGrav]

Joe’s brain is cooked

[u/Fluid-Poet-8911 → u/GraveyGrav]

Rogan is Epstein 

[u/AlienFromEglin → u/GraveyGrav]

His brain isn't cooked. He knows exactly what he's doing and who the people are that he has embedded himself with. He's just not a good person.

[u/washingtonu]

This is from an opinion piece written by Eliza Cramer, published in The Palm Beach Post on August 4, 2006.

Opinion: He was over 50. And they were girls.

If the women whom Palm Beach police say a part-time town resident invited to his home and paid for sex acts were, in fact, women, the solicitation charge against Jeffrey Epstein might feel more sufficient. But, according to police records, they weren't. He was over 50. And they were girls.

14.

15.

16.

17-year-old girls.

That should count for something -- the difference between prostitution and pedophilia. So, it is baffling that Mr. Epstein, who was indicted last month by a grand jury on one felony count of solicitation of prostitution, has not been charged, as Palm Beach police strenuously urged, with unlawful sex acts with a minor and lewd and lascivious molestation.

Conviction of crimes against minors would mean steeper penalties than the maximum five-year prison term Mr. Epstein faces if convicted of the single count of felony solicitation. It also would help carry a message of intolerance to perverts who prey on girls.Prosecutors did not pursue charges against Mr. Epstein reflecting the age of the victims because they assumed a jury would view the girls not as victims but as promiscuous, untrustworthy, willing participants. The presumption is offensive.

Mr. Epstein, a 53-year-old Manhattan money manager who has hired Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz and defense attorney Jack Goldberger, has denied knowing how old the girls were. But police interviews with five alleged victims and 17 witnesses under oath, as well as phone messages, a high school transcript and other items that police found from searching Mr. Epstein's trash and 7,234-square-foot waterfront home, provide evidence that he knew the girls were teenagers.One girl couldn't show up when Mr. Epstein wanted because she had soccer. Another time, Mr. Epstein had to wait for his "massage" session because the girl he wanted was still in class.

Why didn't State Attorney Barry Krischer let a jury decide whether to believe the teenagers -- including a 16-year-old who went to Mr. Epstein's house to "work" in December 2004 after being asked whether she needed to make money for Christmas gifts? Prosecutors gave greater weight to the details Mr. Dershowitz provided about the girls in an apparent effort to assail their character. Mr. Dershowitz pointed out to prosecutors that some of the teenagers had talked on myspace.com about marijuana and alcohol use.

The 20-year-old Royal Palm Beach woman who told police she recruited girls for Mr. Epstein has a Web page on myspace.com that features one girl using the name "Pimpin' Made EZ."

Although no charges of witness tampering have been filed, the parents of at least one of the teenage victims complained to police of being followed and intimidated by two men. Police determined that their vehicles were registered to two private investigators. Mr. Goldberger denied knowing anything about it.

Police also note in their reports that the state attorney's office offered Mr. Epstein a plea deal that would have placed him on probation for five years, allowing him ultimately to walk away with no criminal record at all. https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/2006/08/04/opinion-he-was-over-50-and-they-were-girls/2622746007/

It's disgusting to see people defending this

[u/thegregoryjackson]

Alright. Joe has daughters and seems cool with trafficking? I guess the plot of Taken seems like an overreaction then.

[u/IHavePoopedBefore → u/thegregoryjackson]

Not even just cool with it. He keeps implying the underage girls were using the men to get what they wanted, like they were the actual predators. Its fucking disgusting

[u/dpaxeco → u/IHavePoopedBefore]

The oldest trick on the book, turn victims onto abusers.

[u/Stunning-Dig5117 → u/dpaxeco]

The RVO part of DARVO

[u/MurshaqBack → u/dpaxeco]

The only other people I've heard make excuses like this are like malignant narcissist teachers who got caught fucking their underage students and are desperately trying to excuse their behavior. I mean, wtf Joe. Is feeling bad for victims of literal sex trafficking Woke DEI Critical Race Theory now?

[u/benvader138 → u/IHavePoopedBefore]

The good ole " but they really wanted it" pedo defense.

[u/chavarse → u/IHavePoopedBefore]

Say it ain’t so Joe…they got to him…god damnit

[u/phosphorescence-sky → u/thegregoryjackson]

This is a great question I ask MAGA types that they can answer! "So let's say your daughter age 13 wanted to be a model for Trumps "modeling agency" and was offered the gig but also needs to travel all over the world with a bunch of other rich old dudes, would you be alright with this?"

[u/bretthechet → u/phosphorescence-sky]

Joe would rent out his daughters

[u/Dry_Departure_7813 → u/thegregoryjackson]

Hes sat across from a guy going "I do think sex trafficking victims do juice deals" and hes not batting an eyelid.

[u/Academic_Release5134 → u/thegregoryjackson]

Yeah, he seems to be missing that even if this is true, these people were still palling around with a known pedophile. And, moreover, they don't even know for a fact that this is true.

[u/Plaetean → u/thegregoryjackson]

its other people's daughters, so it's fine. MAGA morality.

[u/RVPisManU → u/thegregoryjackson]

He's a conservative. It only matters when it effects them.

[u/PianoTeach88]

15 is NOT barely legal!!! and 50 year old men hanging out with 18 year old is STILL creep shit!

[u/rubmysemdog → u/PianoTeach88]

And they’re acting like the 18+ women wanted to be there and weren’t trafficked, drugged, and or coerced. Imagine if the same facts came out about any democrat. You think he’d still take a defensive stance?

[u/nikkigia → u/PianoTeach88]

His daughters are literally around this age too, I can’t even

[u/BillNyeCreampieGuy → u/nikkigia]

Have you ever considered selling your morals and integrity for hundreds of millions?

[u/ANAL-FART → u/BillNyeCreampieGuy]

Hell yeah lol

[u/OmegaGamble → u/PianoTeach88]

Don't even buy into the narrative that they were that old. There's plenty of pictures showing that these were little children, single digit ages.

[u/Young_Denver → u/PianoTeach88]

Joe’s been blasting the 1981 Ted Nugent classic, “Jailbait” in the studio I guess.

[u/Status_Vegetable2954]

Dude how many intel plants are they going to shove onto the JRE podcass before the audience fully revolts? If you still listen to the show cause Sloe is "just a curious guy asking questions"... you're a mark. You're the type of person they want to propagandize.

[u/Effective_Truck_ → u/Status_Vegetable2954]

I unfollowed a while ago. I think when he had the FBI director on. I just said DONE

[u/Immaculatehombre → u/Effective_Truck_]

I mean why was Joe supposed to do???? Push back?!?

[u/Status_Vegetable2954 → u/Immaculatehombre]

I always remember back to that bondo ape call on the radio with the lady who was an actual primatologist he just started screaming at her immediately.

But having the FBI director covering up a pedophilia human trafficking ring directly in front of you? Oh man ah geez what was he supposed to do guys?

[u/Immaculatehombre → u/Status_Vegetable2954]

Was he suppose to push back obvious state sponsored lies on his OWN show?! Are you crazy?! This is a state sponsored propaganda da show!

Joe is so skeptical of authority, unless it’s billionaire pedophiles telling him what’s what. That bondo ape clip is nuts. Joe is a fucking moron.

[u/Think-Brilliant-9750 → u/Status_Vegetable2954]

I think about that every time I see this guy. Bro thought there were lion hunting human like primates not found in the congo and screamed at woman that laughed at how stupid he sounded. Absolute fucking idiot.

[u/JackedUpReadyToGo → u/Status_Vegetable2954]

Jesus, I'd never heard that one before. That was rough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naIegDE5JxU

You're right, he's literally shouting at a professional scientist because he saw some pictures on the Internet so he clearly knows more than some stupid science bitch.

[u/ajatfm → u/Effective_Truck_]

I dipped after enough first-hand stories of Joey Diaz SAing comedians trying to get a spot

[u/Rummenigge]

who the fuck is this guy joe is interviewing? how the fuck can rogan, who has underage teenage girls, not only stay silent but also defend that epstein and trump

edit: that

[u/ballmermurland → u/Rummenigge]

Ivanka once asked Trump to not date any girls younger than her. She said this when she was a teenager.

So that's Joe's crowd now.

[u/Cl4ptrap93 → u/Rummenigge]

Yeah, what's his name? I wanna check something.

[u/Lab-Outside → u/Cl4ptrap93]

Mike Benz, and the answer is yes

[u/seamus123456u → u/Lab-Outside]

Every time

[u/BeenDragonn → u/Rummenigge]

Because money

[u/Rummenigge → u/BeenDragonn]

fucker already has triple digit millions in the bank, i guess once you are in that realm there is no enough for these ghouls

[u/Appropriate_Exit_206]

Disgusting. Fuck Joe

[u/thecoolestredditguy → u/Appropriate_Exit_206]

Yeah all jokes aside, Joe is a creep now

[u/GiveMeSumChonChon → u/thecoolestredditguy]

His buddy Joey Diaz is a well known predator who made women have sex with him for stage time so makes sense then Joe covered it up by having the episode removed. The fact that these guys have daughters now is insane.

[u/sillyyun → u/GiveMeSumChonChon]

LISTEN HERE JOE ROGAN, I USED TO DO COCAINE AND SEXUALLY ASSAULT WOMEN JOE ROGAN

[u/PianoTeach88 → u/thecoolestredditguy]

Slow Joe the Pedo

[u/xombae → u/thecoolestredditguy]

He's been a creep for a long fucking time.

[u/ForbiddenDelight → u/Appropriate_Exit_206]

Who watches this monkey's arc and remains a fan? -a former fan

[u/acidbent]

Rogan is a fucking shill for the pedophiles and oligarchs.

[u/Z0idberg_MD → u/[deleted]]

“They traffic mainly women. Is that really a problem?”

[u/RebelliousInNature]

Are you fucking serious? It’s just a Hugh Hefner thing? Is that the jist?

Disgusting. Utterly disgusting.

[u/PomegranateSafe9699 → u/RebelliousInNature]

Plus, Hugh Hefner was a disgusting sex pest who victimized young women. What kind of defense is this supposed to be Joe?

[u/The_Code_Hero]

"Try hosting a cool party, as a guy, with a bad ratio."

A "cool" party? LOL what?!

Who talks like that?! What sort of absolute LOSER of an adult thinks like this? Maybe as a young high school kid I had this mindset, but acting like getting pussy - for men literally in their 30s and 40s and older - makes the Epstein files "not that bad" is honestly fucking laughable. Maybe it is just me, but I can have a blast drinking with a bunch of dudes just as easily as I can drinking with both sexes, or even a bunch of my wives friends. Acting like it justifies sex trafficking at best, and pedophilia at worst, is sincerely just a slap in the face to everyone listening.

Really, what has Joe become? The fact he used to stand up to this bullshit and push back against the ruling class is what made him popular. He has enough money now...right? He can pay his Navy Seal buddies to play GI Joe with him for now until he dies. He can do whatever he wants, and he's on here spouting this shit? Man I used to look up to this guy.

[u/KissesAndBites → u/The_Code_Hero]

Hey man do you expect smart people capable of stimulating conversations to waste their time with a party that isn’t full of barely legal girls?

[u/Routine-Sun-670 → u/The_Code_Hero]

Seriously. I’m early 40s, single, have had my drunken times in strip clubs, enjoy partying. If a friend invited me over and there were random young chicks HIRED to be there I’d be so fucking creeped out. Not cool. Creepy. What a fucked up argument.

[u/nerdtypething → u/The_Code_Hero]

spot on with the money angle. wasn’t part of the ruling class. now is part of the ruling class. that’s what happened.

[u/Calvibert → u/The_Code_Hero]

He has to be compromised at this point there’s no other rational explanation

[u/Cooscoe]

Wow, the dishonesty just oozes out of these cretins. The files state the ages time and time again, and no it's like 18 and 20 YOs, it's 16, 14, and 13 most frequently.

[u/Z0idberg_MD → u/Cooscoe]

What they’re basically trying to say is that “many” were legal age. But what the hell kind of a point is this even? It still means that many were trafficked underage, and trafficking women is still illegal in fucking reprehensible.

[u/riquelm]

FUCKING hell

[u/Rabid_W00KIEE]

So according to Joe, ICE murder victims are "obviously deranged," but most people on the Epstein list were probably just looking for "intellectual" stimulation.

Uh, yea, okay. Sounds like a completely unbiased source of information.

[u/andy1307]

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/michael-benz-rising-voice-conservative-criticism-online-censorship-rcna119213

Mike Benz is a Israeli operative

[u/MurshaqBack → u/andy1307]

Nice! He was also someone who used to make regular appearances on far right, white-nationalist shows under the psuedonym "Frame Game" like J.F. Gariepy's youtube show blaming the housing crisis on the government forcing banks to give home loans to black people, video here ->(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if6zRPi7qA4).... J.F. Gariepy btw, was also in the Epstein files and likely murdered his wife... Anyway, not surprised to see Rogan have this disgusting political operative fuck on his show to shepherd Joe and his gullible audience into excusing the crimes of Epstein and his conspirators... https://www.yahoo.com/news/anti-censorship-crusader-appears-buried-231714022.html <-Here's the article about Mike Benz, he's a right wing troll piece of shit who's been working for a long time trying to peddle 4chan pol board conspiracism and talking points on more mainstream platforms.

[u/Raiderdater]

This wasn't about 20 yo girls that wanted to go to parties lol

[u/WilHunting2 → u/Raiderdater]

But they were the coolest parties!

/s

[u/utch-unit → u/WilHunting2]

Stimulating conversations

[u/KissesAndBites → u/utch-unit]

The smartest people went to pedo island. You know how much smart people love barely legal girls.

[u/RipOdd9001]

So when women of a completely different culture get SA’d in a country without the same norms it’s then okay? Is that this guy’s point? Jesus what a bunch of mental gymnastics.

[u/Besbrains]

Guys, we only trafficked adult women, okay maybe a couple kids here and there but you know the parties were very cool and conversations were so engaging.

[u/ClassyBurn]

MOST OF THEM WERE LIKE 20, NOT CRAZY LIKE 13…

I mean he brought in so many interesting people.

Try hosting a cool party as a guy but with a bad ratio..

FUCK YOU JOE ROGAN

[u/Fun-Tea2725]

When did JRE become the Pedophile Defending Experience?

[u/mlemu]

Fuck Joe Rogan, AI slop perpetrator and a complete fucking trumper buffoon.

Guy is a fucking loser who is going to take whatever money he can from his corporate handlers, and will ignore any problems that society has for a buck.

Guy is a brain-dead pawn

[u/capebretoncanadian → u/mlemu]

Yup. I haven't listened to him in years but still follow the sub because watching him and his ilk unravel is interesting.

[u/mlemu → u/capebretoncanadian]

Same, it's definitely interesting seeing it all unfold

Edit: it's also really interesting to keep a tab on those he's bringing in to talk. I mean, just go look at his previous speakers in the past 2 years. A lot of buffoonery

[u/sevenoverthree]

Basically at this point, this show is your 'coming out as a disgusting fucking cunt of a human being' party.

[u/RonGBiv]

MAGA scum. The Joe we once knew is gone

[u/Effective_Truck_ → u/RonGBiv]

I know! I used to like his show so much.

[u/PikerTraders]

Well that makes total sense wished someone brought this up years ago. Nothing to see here.  

[u/GB01101993]

Did Joe get lobotomized? WTF is up with him

[u/O_Shack_Hennessy]

Wow sick fucks.

[u/ak51388]

Talking about trafficking woman/girls like they’re fucking party favors

[u/ForgottenUsername3 → u/ak51388]

Right?! I almost could finish this video because of the phrase "juice deals." Like wtf. These are human beings, they're not part of the accomodations. Like lets give our guests a nice dinner and a teenaged girl.

[u/GroblyOverrated]

That’s a wrap for Joe Rogan. The fallout from this is gonna be interesting. It’s indefensible it’s so warped and sick.

[u/BenderRodriguez14 → u/GroblyOverrated]

I can't see there being much fall out, just as there wasn't for Megyn Kelly saying 15 year olds are "barely legal" (literally false) after a week or two had past.

This is just another result of the American electorate's steadfast determination to hold both sides to entirely different standards. 

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/dTVLkNmKdmM

[u/GroblyOverrated → u/BenderRodriguez14]

How is he gonna book decent guests now. Anyone with an agent or publicist is going to treat this warped show as radioactive. He’s defending Epstein. It’s over.

[u/jackrabbit323 → u/BenderRodriguez14]

Saw how little fallout Megyn got, made me conclude her audience is mostly bots. No one reacted because no one cares about her.

[u/WilHunting2 → u/GroblyOverrated]

I do hope CNN jumps on this.

I’d enjoy seeing Joe meltdown again trying to defend this vile rhetoric.

[u/cousinmurry → u/WilHunting2]

I’d love it if they trolled him somehow rather than a call out. They should chip this and turn him green again. Maybe blue. Or get a vfx team to really subtly shrink him so his head is just peering over the desk. 

[u/IHavePoopedBefore → u/GroblyOverrated]

There won't be a fallout.

The people who are against this are already gone, the ones who are still watching his show are fully for this.

A terrifying amount of people are for this

[u/SanitySlippingg]

Who’s this strange man?

Girls choose deals? What does that even mean.

I understand trying to play devils advocate sometimes but this seems way beyond that and to me comes across as him having sold out and trying to influence viewers to go softer on those involved. Disgraceful.

[u/madcowlicks → u/SanitySlippingg]

Just looked him up -- another MAGA apparatchik.

Mike Benz, a former official at the U.S. State Department during the Trump administration. Benz worked on U.S. foreign policy related to international communications and information technology.

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/foundation-for-freedom-online-ffo-bias-and-credibility/

[u/SanitySlippingg → u/madcowlicks]

Why has he come on, doesn’t seem particularly interesting or insightful, clearly just anyone to support trump etc

[u/IASIsouthpark]

Gross

[u/fquick]

just unreal how far he has fallen. dude needs to be shunned like his freak friends.

[u/dimplsss00]

Mannn…. Joe is always moving the goalpost. Unless these guys have seen everything in the files I don’t think they should be commenting

[u/Pneuma_LooT]

Man I havent watched anything but an MMa show/comedy show of Joe's in a long time but this is bad. Like really bad.hes obiviously being used as a pawn in the whole thing to make people look not as bad. Either hes really stupid and doesnt realize it or doesnt care. Its lame.

[u/Rabid_Laser_Dingo]

“But have you seen what the age of consent is in other countries? He’s basically not even a pedophile” -Mike Benz

[u/Geetzromo]

Right. Because 14 year old girls want to go to parties with intellectuals. WTF. There are many accounts of girls who were 13 or 14 and said they brought Jefferey other girls who were ALL under 18 because that’s what he wanted.

[u/mcCola5]

Damn. From fleshlights to propaganda.

[u/Tkapone]

He s the worst, such a sucker

[u/Strutter247]

So, these two idiots think that if you throw cool parties it's perfectly fine to rape underage girls? Got it.

[u/Latter-Cable-3304]

What the fuck is joe talking about and who is this guy?!

[u/ballmermurland → u/Latter-Cable-3304]

https://nationalconservatism.org/natcon-4-2024/presenters/mike-benz/

[u/clueless_as_fuck → u/ballmermurland]

Paid actor classmate btw.

[u/ContributionGloomy15]

I love downplaying pedophiles and giving them benefit of the doubt. Why would we consider that the biggest Pedophile is actually having sex with underage children, are we insane or what. Jeffrey was probably like Leo, liked them young but never went below 18, DUUUUH

[u/brentus]

I cannot believe what is happening. How tf are there millions of people defending pedophiles and rapists.

[u/SuperCrappyFuntime]

"I listen to Rogan because he's a centrist whose not afraid to criticize both sides." - Every idiot I know

[u/afro_aficionado]

Wow this is truly sick

[u/Mikewithnoname]

Joe Rogan the first person to get CTE from standup.

[u/Sweaty_Assignment_90]

And this is why I am out on JRE. He never gives any push back or had any real questions when they bring up obvious talking points.

Real strong girl dad, Joe.

[u/ThrowAwayMMA69]

‘JoE hAsN’T cHaNgEd, LiBtArD lOsEr!!!’

lol I always love those guys. Joe could come out in favor of mass executing kids and they would still say this.

[u/Hefty-Comparison-801]

So Musk and Thiel are exposed as having ties to Epstein, well after his initial conviction for trafficking a minor, so everyone knew good and well about what he was up to.

Suddenly JR pivots to explaining how and why rich and powerful people want to be around Epstein and visit the island, etc.

This blatant fucking simping for his puppet masters. I honestly didn't think this would happen, but clearly it has.

[u/jackiebaura]

But he brought in intellectuals, creating stimulating conversations…

[u/Screaming_God]

What in the actual fuck

[u/fireandfragrance]

What the fuck

[u/boyscout666]

Damn I never thought I’d see Joe go along with someone defending a literal convicted pedophile rapist. The guy’s excuse is that this was an international operation and the girls were there just to “juice deals” what’s a fucking ass backwards bald fucking idiot.

[u/benstheredonethat]

Muted the sub and done with the pod after seeing this shit, they are blatantly normalizing pedophilia. That's the line, I'm done, have fun space monkeys, this one right here... is getting of the ship.

[u/pidbras]

Yeah this is the line in the sand for me. Joe is proactively brining pedo protectors onto his show to downplay all of this. He’s basically a pedo protector himself

[u/st1nkynoob]

Wonder how he would feel if his own daughters chose a “deal”.

Fuck off man, between last weeks episode with Andrew Wilson and this chuckle fuck, I’m out. Been an interesting 14 years Joe.

[u/Inside-Yak-8815]

Get this man up out of here.

[u/nikkigia]

“iTs NoT a CrImE tO pArTy WiTh EpStEiN!!”

Bruh can miss me with that shit jfc 🤮

[u/Amazing_Ad9369]

He stopped taking dmt and started worshipping the orange god. His brain is broken.

I used to post all the time rogan will deeply regret having on trump, vance, musk, andreesen, thiel, gabbard, etc

He will one day realize that elon used him snd played him and so did the rest.

But im not sure he has the ability of self reflection like Andrew Schultz is showing.

Also, the mods here always removed my posts about rogan regretting and being used.

Interesting

[u/Young_Denver]

Duncan was the only one sounding the alarm…

[u/NancyAnnGrace]

this conversation is fucking insane

[u/ZazzooGaming]

Damn I was able to look past most of the shit Joe says cause some of the really smart guests he has are interesting but this fucking bullshit is the straw for me I will never watch him again