Overview
- The governor’s press office, which posted an all-caps taunt Thursday night, accused Rogan of being “too chicken” to book him and signed the message “— Governor GCN.”
- Newsom doubled down Friday with a second post that mocked Rogan as a “little guy,” joked about a “booster seat,” and labeled him “TOFU.”
- The posts answered a resurfaced 2023 Rogan clip with Patrick Bet-David where he called Newsom a “con man” and a “cardboard cutout,” a detail Fox News emphasized.
- Rogan has criticized Newsom for years and moved from California to Austin in 2020 over COVID rules, while his show still draws a massive audience on Spotify and YouTube.
- The exchange aligns with Newsom’s Trump-style online strategy and comes amid talk of a 2028 bid, with no new on-air reply from Rogan to these latest taunts.