[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  The Vigilant Fox 🦊 [@VigilantFox](/creator/twitter/VigilantFox) on x 1.9M followers Created: 2025-07-15 20:11:02 UTC But things really unraveled when the topic turned to Covid. Newsom fell back on the lines he’d used for years, praising the vaccine rollout and claiming it kept hospitals from being overrun. “I think it prevented the acuity of the symptoms and disease, and kept people out of the emergency rooms,” he said. “And I think that's universally accepted by XX% of objective, of....uh....experts.” But Ryan wasn’t some media anchor nodding along. He fired back with his own experience—blunt and undeniable. “Man, I don't know—I wound up getting the vaccine. It's one of the only f*cking things I regret,” he said. “And then I got f*cking Covid like a couple weeks later.” The exchange was devastating for Newsom. He had no comeback, just the same stale claim that "experts agree." The governor looked and sounded exactly like the politician who forced mandates on millions while ignoring anyone who pushed back....even when their own experience told them the promises didn’t hold up. It was the moment Newsom’s polished veneer cracked. Watching him try to explain why people should trust the same messaging that had failed so many times was downright painful.  XXXXXXX engagements  [Post Link](https://x.com/VigilantFox/status/1945214546777452606)
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The Vigilant Fox 🦊 @VigilantFox on x 1.9M followers
Created: 2025-07-15 20:11:02 UTC
But things really unraveled when the topic turned to Covid.
Newsom fell back on the lines he’d used for years, praising the vaccine rollout and claiming it kept hospitals from being overrun.
“I think it prevented the acuity of the symptoms and disease, and kept people out of the emergency rooms,” he said. “And I think that's universally accepted by XX% of objective, of....uh....experts.”
But Ryan wasn’t some media anchor nodding along. He fired back with his own experience—blunt and undeniable.
“Man, I don't know—I wound up getting the vaccine. It's one of the only f*cking things I regret,” he said.
“And then I got f*cking Covid like a couple weeks later.”
The exchange was devastating for Newsom.
He had no comeback, just the same stale claim that "experts agree."
The governor looked and sounded exactly like the politician who forced mandates on millions while ignoring anyone who pushed back....even when their own experience told them the promises didn’t hold up.
It was the moment Newsom’s polished veneer cracked.
Watching him try to explain why people should trust the same messaging that had failed so many times was downright painful.
XXXXXXX engagements
