Overview
- Newsom answered Rogan’s attack with an all-caps post on X that mocked him as “LITTLE GUY” and dared him to host the governor.
- Rogan had called Newsom “a cardboard cutout of a person,” a “con man,” and said “nobody wants President Newsom” during his podcast.
- Rogan also cited California COVID rules and a high-profile mask incident to argue that Newsom is a “stone-cold, narrative-driven politician.”
- Newsom signed the post “— Governor GCN,” a flourish that mirrored President Donald Trump’s online sign-off style.
- The clash comes as Newsom nears a 2026 term limit in California and has said he will decide on a possible 2028 bid after the midterms, while Rogan’s show draws a large audience and no interview is set.