Joe Rogan Confronts Gavin Newsom With 'tough' Questions On Pandemic Record

California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom was pressed to take sides his COVID-19 grounds by podcast elephantine Joe Rogan connected Monday.

The Democratic leader, and apt 2028 statesmanlike candidate, appeared connected erstwhile U.S. Navy SEAL Shawn Ryan’s podcast for a wide-ranging question and reply astir problems facing California arsenic good arsenic Newsom’s individual life and governmental career. 

During nan interview, Ryan asked Newsom to respond to a mobility sent successful to him by his friend and chap podcaster.

"Motherf-----r," Newsom exclaimed earlier saying he was a instrumentality of Rogan, who has been critical of nan Democrat.

Ryan warned Newsom it was a "tough" mobility earlier reference it aloud: "Who will beryllium held accountable for mandating COVID-19 vaccines for children, which were unnecessary and ineffective, and who will return work for nan unprecedented increases successful myocarditis and crab cases among them?"

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Comedian Joe Rogan sent a mobility to California Gov. Gavin Newsom pressing him connected his pandemic record. (Getty Images)

"Second to that, do you consciousness immoderate remorse for that draconian determination that was evidently heavy influenced by nan pharmaceutical companies’ desire for maximum profit?" 

Newsom denied that he caved to nan pharmaceutical industry, saying he’s passed "some of nan astir progressive laws" against Big Pharma successful nan nation. 

He besides defended his grounds connected nan pandemic, arguing California worked intimately pinch nan Trump management and moved aggressively to mitigate harm from nan virus, "like galore states, reddish states included."

"I mean, Florida unopen down their bars and restaurants earlier California. The mobility was, erstwhile did we commencement to unwind immoderate of those restrictions? California was much restrictive and we were surely fierce astatine scale," he said.

The politician claimed his squad was compiling an "objective review" of nan bully and bad outcomes of these policies and comparing them to what different states did.

Regarding vaccines, Newsom declared they "save lives" but that he respected Rogan's question. He explained that he received "a batch of feedback" from independent advisors regarding their safety.

"I took their advice, not arsenic a doctor, but arsenic a governor. So, pinch humility —seriously —humility and grace, I've asked them to person that study done. It's going to beryllium done adjacent month. And it'll beryllium nan only authorities that I cognize of that is putting retired a genuinely nonsubjective reappraisal of what went correct and what went wrong," he added.

SOUTH CAROLINA DEMOCRAT SAYS NEWSOM MUST EXPLAIN 'MANY FAILURES IN CALIFORNIA' BEFORE PRESIDENTIAL RUN

Hundreds stitchery astatine nan pier and Pacific Coast Highway to protestation a state-mandated curfew of 10 p.m. successful November 2020. ((Robert Gauthier/ Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

"I cognize everyone’s a Godd--- brilliant now successful hindsight," Newsom declared. "But astatine nan time, nary of america knew what we were up against, including nan President of nan United States, who I worked very intimately with."

Newsom appeared to displacement immoderate of nan scrutiny of his activity onto President Donald Trump, claiming he worked person pinch Trump than immoderate different Democratic politician during nan pandemic.

"And I opportunity that pinch nan benignant of humility he deserves arsenic good —grace that he deserves successful position of nan decisions he made early on. We were each up against thing nary of america had immoderate acquisition on," he said.

When asked if he had made immoderate mistakes during nan pandemic, Newsom named nan closures of outdoor spaces for illustration beaches arsenic thing he would've done differently.

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he worked intimately pinch nan Trump management successful handling nan COVID pandemic. (Getty Images)

The politician went connected to reason that California had unfairly go a awesome of grounded pandemic policies erstwhile states for illustration Florida had taken akin actions during nan pandemic early on.

"We weren't nan only authorities doing it, but nan authorities of mind of nan 'California Derangement Syndrome.' There's a ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome,’ nary question. But there's besides ‘California Derangement Syndrome.’ As if California stands unsocial successful immoderate of these interventions and respects. It's existent successful immoderate but not all," he said.

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