Comedian and podcast host Adam Carolla used a recent episode of his podcast to criticize Zohran Mamdani, members of “the Squad,” and other progressive political figures, arguing that controversies surrounding them consistently reinforce accusations of anti-American and antisemitic views rather than contradict them.
During the discussion, Carolla said that when new information surfaces about politicians he associates with what he described as a newer generation of left-wing leaders, it rarely changes public perceptions in a positive way. Instead, he argued, each new revelation tends to involve old social media posts, controversial associations, or statements that critics view as further evidence of their political beliefs.
“Whenever these people, Zoran or anyone in the squad, anyone in that sort of Islamic youthy kind of new wave politician, all that group who gets accused, and their wives and their friends and everyone they they point to be housing ambassador and economic collator and blah blah blah. It only goes one direction,” Carolla said.
He argued that the pattern, in his view, is one in which additional information only adds to existing criticism.
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“It’s more and more. Oh, we found a tweet from six years ago where you’re praising Hitler and saying, ‘I wish there were more Jews taken out.’ Like it’s no, there’s never a correction.”
According to Carolla, the response from those facing criticism is often to object to the accusations themselves rather than address the substance behind them. He compared that reaction to former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci’s appearances before Congress.
“It’s just like Fauci was when he’d get hauled in front of Jim Jordan. Oh, how dare you! This is insulting. You’ve insulted my honor and my integrity. It’s always this is an insult calling you anti-Semitic or anti-American,” Carolla said.
Carolla argued that he has not seen examples that contradict those accusations. Instead, he said the public record continues to move in the same direction.
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“But every single piece of information we find out about you says that, and there’s never a corrective one,” he said.
As an example, Carolla said he has never seen social media activity distancing those politicians from slogans or statements that have drawn criticism.
“It’s just Hassan Piker, all you assholes. It’s just like somebody goes Israel to the river to the sea, and then you like this tweet. That’s all we got,” he said, adding that he has never found examples of those figures publicly rejecting such rhetoric. “We’ll never find a tweet of somebody saying, ‘Hey, river to the sea, that’s too much. I disagree with it.'”
Carolla summed up his position by saying, “So you are not this person, except for that’s all you ever are.”
Co-host Rudy Pavich pointed to the 2020 unrest in Minneapolis following the death of George Floyd as another example of what he described as a disconnect between public statements and actions.
Pavich recalled Rep. Ilhan Omar speaking about her family’s patriotism during that period.
“During the a lot of the George Floyd, the riots in Minneapolis, Ilhan Omar was talking about how patriotic she is, and to this country, and that her family is one that has been, you know, USA since day one,” Pavich said.
He then referenced a social media post he attributed to Omar’s daughter during the unrest.
“And then immediately after that, while the city is burning, her daughter puts out a tweet saying, ‘Hey, this is what we need to continue the riots down here. So we need some milk for the tear gas. We need some plywood. We need Molotov cocktails.'”
Pavich added, “I don’t know. Maybe the apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree.”
Carolla closed the discussion by arguing that, in his opinion, the actions, associations, hiring decisions, social media activity, and public affiliations of the politicians he discussed consistently point toward the same conclusion.
“They hate this country and they hate Jews, but they can’t say out loud, ‘I hate Jews and I hate America,'” Carolla said. “It’s just every action they engage in suggests that, and every tweet they like, and everybody they associate with, and everyone they hire, and every church they go to. That’s all it is.”
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