Dave Rubin dropped a direct-message clip that exposed what every decent American already suspected: the Trump White House is drawing a hard line on foreign nationals who publicly cheer for our enemies. In the clip, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt makes plain that having a U.S. visa is a privilege, not a right, and that anyone openly wishing “death to America” or siding with Hamas will not be welcomed here.
Good. It’s about time we stopped pretending that moral equivalence between America and organizations that murder innocents is acceptable. The administration’s message — zero tolerance for siding with terrorist groups and the authority to revoke visas when behavior threatens U.S. foreign policy and security — is a sober, common-sense use of existing law to protect citizens.
Of course the usual suspects are already howling about censorship and free speech, and left-wing unions have even filed suit claiming the government is surveilling visa holders’ social media. That lawsuit only underscores the point: national security sometimes requires scrutiny, especially when support for violence is not mere speech but a potential threat to Americans and our allies.
This isn’t hypothetical. Federal cases have shown that bad actors have abused our immigration system to support terror, and investigators have tied visa fraud to people who aided Hamas-linked activities. We owe it to the victims and to every family in this country to stop treating visas like entitlement and start treating them like the conditional privileges they are.
Meanwhile, the State Department has already demonstrated it will act — revoking visas in cases where foreign nationals used their platforms to celebrate violence or target Americans. If the left thinks that opens Pandora’s box, they’re forgetting that the first duty of government is to protect its citizens, not to shelter foreign agitators who traffic in hatred.
Patriots should celebrate a White House that finally matches words with deeds instead of appeasing mobs and foreign terrorists in the name of misplaced tolerance. Enforcing visa standards based on threats and support for violent ideology isn’t anti-free-speech; it’s pro-security and pro-citizen, the very essence of responsible governance.
Dave Rubin did the country a service by amplifying this moment — it forces the conversation out of sanctimonious campus chatter and into the realm of law and order. Let the left keep whining; hardworking Americans want safety, sovereignty, and a government that prioritizes protecting our children over defending the indefensible.
