Theo Von isn’t going to let anybody dip into his aardvark meat and warlock-defense funds, OK?
On Tuesday, the comic and MAGA-friendly podcaster took to X to name out the Division of Homeland Safety for prominently utilizing footage of him in a pro-deportation propaganda video.
The video, which has since been deleted by DHS, opens with a clip of Von in January shaking his head disapprovingly and saying, “I heard you got deported, dude. Bye!”
The video then goes on to brag in regards to the division’s deportation numbers backed by photographs of individuals being arrested to upbeat music. It ends with a clip of a airplane and overlaying textual content that reads: “Leave now.”
The caption for the video was merely, “Bye!”
“Yooo DHS i didnt approve to be used in this,” Von wrote Tuesday whereas re-tweeting the now-deleted DHS video celebrating deportations. “I know you know my address so send a check. And please take this down and please keep me out of your ‘banger’ deportation videos.”
He added: “When it comes to immigration my thoughts and heart are alot more nuanced than this video allows. Bye!”
HuffPost has reached out to DHS for remark, however didn’t obtain a right away response.
Von’s criticism is important contemplating that he’s certainly one of a number of influential podcasters who’ve been largely sympathetic to President Donald Trump and the MAGA motion — serving to to raise Trump’s voice to youthful male voters.
He attended Trump’s inauguration in January, and interviewed him on his podcast through the 2024 presidential marketing campaign. Von additionally interviewed Vice President JD Vance in June, and mentioned Elon Musk’s feud with Trump.
In June, nonetheless, Von took a tough stance in opposition to potential U.S. involvement within the Israel-Iran battle, telling his podcast visitor Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna (Calif.) on the time that it was “a horrible idea.”
Regardless of that, many left-leaning X customers weren’t precisely shopping for that Von was criticizing DHS for moral causes.
