Newsom press office attacks Joe Rogan over resurfaced clip

5 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 1

In an all-caps X post, the California governor's team called Rogan "too chicken" to host him and said the podcast host was "failing" and "irrelevant."
The response followed a resurfaced 2023 clip in which Rogan, speaking with Patrick Bet-David about the 2024 election, called Newsom a "f---ing con man" and criticised his California record.
The clash extends a public feud: Newsom challenged Rogan to host him in October 2025, and Rogan later attacked the governor's press office over a mocked daycare-fraud investigation post.

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