‘CHICKEN’: Gavin Newsom Fires Back After Joe Rogan Called Him A ‘F**king Con Man’ | EUROtoday

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) dared podcaster Joe Rogan on Thursday to have him on his present, arguing within the all-caps fashion of President Donald Trump that the “Joe Rogan Experience” host is “TOO CHICKEN” to take action.

Newsom reacted on his press workplace account to a resurfaced clip from an August 2023 episode through which Rogan slammed the governor’s COVID-19 insurance policies and known as the California Democrat a “fucking con man” and “a cardboard cutout of a person.”

“JOE ‘LITTLE GUY’ ROGAN IS TOO CHICKEN TO HAVE ME ON HIS FAILING PODCAST BECAUSE HE KNOW I’D CRUSH HIM, SO HE TAKES CHEAP SHOTS FROM THE PEANUT GALLERY AS HE GETS RELEGATED TO IRRELEVANCY,” Newsom wrote on Thursday. “ALL TALK, NO ACTION.”

He continued, “I’M READY WHEN YOU ARE, ‘LITTLE GUY.’ OR KEEP HIDING!!!!”

The governor is rumored to be planning a run for president in 2028 however has but to formally launch his marketing campaign. Rogan has lengthy been a vocal critic of Newsom and famously left California for Texas in 2020 amid what he known as “draconian” vaccine mandates.

“Nobody wants President Newsom, either,” he mentioned within the resurfaced 2023 clip. “Nobody believes in that guy.”

Rogan continued, “That guy’s a fucking con man. I mean, everything he did in California, from trying to mandate vaccines for kids when it was totally unnecessary to being caught out in public without a mask and lying about the fact that he was outdoors. All of it.”

Newsom attended a buddy’s birthday dinner in San Francisco throughout a spike in COVID-19 circumstances in late 2020. He apologized on the time, however described the dinner as having been outdoor earlier than images confirmed him sitting maskless at a crowded indoor desk.

“He’s just a politician, just a stone-cold, narrative-driven politician, you know,” mentioned Rogan within the clip. “And nobody thinks he’s a real human. Whether you like Trump or not, whether you think he’s corrupt or not, that’s a human being. You know what that guy is.”

Rogan continued, “Same thing with [Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.]. Whether you believe that he’s correct about vaccines or whether you believe his policies would be effective, you know that’s a human being.”

“With Newsom, you get, like, this construct,” mentioned Rogan. “This cardboard cutout of a person.”

Rogan got here beneath fireplace for his remarks concerning the COVID-19 vaccine in 2022 and was accused of selling misinformation concerning the pandemic on his podcast, prompting Spotify so as to add content material advisories on his episodes that mentioned the virus, which has killed 7 million individuals.

Rogan endorsed Trump within the 2024 election and not too long ago joined him within the Oval Office as Trump signed an government order for the FDA to expedite the evaluation of sure psychedelics. He has additionally criticized Trump over some points, together with the Iran battle.

Newsom mentioned in 2025 throughout an look on the “Higher Learning” podcast about Rogan, “He’s been attacking me for years and years and years and won’t have me on the show.”

The governor regarded into the digital camera earlier than persevering with.

“Joe, why won’t you have me on the show?” Newsom requested. “He won’t have me on the show. It’s one way. And he has guests coming and attacking and bashing, but he will not have me on the show.”