Right-wing radio host attacks self-proclaimed three-time Trump voter for criticizing ICE tactics

CALLER: I’m a big Trump supporter. I’ve been to three of his rallies, voted for him three times, and lifelong Republican. But I have to disagree. I think there’s some hypocrisy here, you know, with the Trump administration and yourself. And, you know, just with the masks, you know, every day, prosecutors and judges are not masked. Giuliani wasn’t masked when the mafia was going after him because he was prosecuting them. Curtis Sliwa was shot by the mafia. He doesn’t wear a mask.

MIKE GALLAGHER (HOST): Those are all — now come on. Those are all public figures, and you know that. You’re comparing — 

CALLER: No, no, they are. They are. 

GALLAGHER: They are public figures. 

CALLER: But these guys, I think — OK. And I hear you. And I think that there is a lot of brainwashing going on coming from the governor Minnesota, the mayor of Minneapolis, you know, telling these crowds that they’re dealing with Nazis and all this. But then on the other side, I can see the other side that the Trump administration and Noem and Patel and everybody that they’re emboldening these ICE agents with the masks too to think that they can be above the law —  lawless thugs — and there’s no accountability. You probably remember back to the early 90s. I used to listen to, of course, Rush Limbaugh and G. Gordon Liddy on the radio. Right. You know, we had Bill Clinton and Janet Reno, and we were all far right radicals if we thought they shouldn’t be shooting a guy at Ruby Ridge who was off the grid or, you know, the Waco thing, all that. And it’s completely a flipped script now. Kyle Rittenhouse, I think he was fine walking around with his AR-15.

GALLAGHER: So let’s go back because I’m trying to figure out where you’re coming from. So if you — so if they didn’t wear masks, you’d be OK with their legal enforcement operations?

CALLER: I want every illegal alien removed from this country as soon as possible, whether they’re committing other crimes or not.

GALLAGHER: Right, so that’s not what I asked. If they removed their masks, would you then be OK with what they’re doing?

CALLER: I would be OK with them doing their job. Yes. Of course, the two murders in Minneapolis, the woman in the car that was clearly turning her wheel to the right and trying to leave, and the guy that was just filming Saturday that was shot for no reason while laying on the ground.

GALLAGHER: See, I mean, this is where we lose you. And, you know, this is kind of where you go off the rails. And I have to tell you, you sound like a nice guy, but I have to tell you every single caller who starts out, I voted for Trump. I’m a Trump supporter. I listened to Rush Limbaugh. Now let me tell you how the guy was just standing on the corners filming, and they murdered him. Or let me tell you how Renee Good, she was just dropping her child off. She was just in her car, driving down the street admiring the scenery. It makes us wonder, Ken, if you’re not somebody — when you’ve got to say I voted for Trump three times, Chris Stigall says this beautifully all the time on his show, it’s like an alarm ought to go off. ‘I’m a Trumpster’ — because you know what? You’re probably not.