Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) attacked House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) for pursuing an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden while ignoring problems within his district.
Newsom described McCarthy's district as the "murder capital of California" and claimed it had a higher murder rate than former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA) district, which is San Francisco, while speaking at a Politico event in Sacramento on Tuesday.
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"It's an interesting fact. The murder capital of California is Kevin McCarthy's district. It's the murder capital of California consistently, year in and year out," Newsom said. "I just think that's interesting. Two and a half times the murder rate of Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco."
"They have a 63% higher uninsured rate than the city of San Francisco, to the extent you care about families and their health, and 51% higher child poverty rates," Newsom claimed.
McCarthy's home district, California's 20th Congressional District, is made up of parts of Fresno, Kern, Kings, and Tulare counties. Data compiled and averaged by the Congressional District Health Dashboard show McCarthy's home district has a 6.6% uninsured rate and a 14.7% child poverty rate, while Pelosi's home district has a 3.9% uninsured rate and an 8.4% child poverty rate.
"You would think Kevin McCarthy would be focused on those issues as a guy who cares deeply about life. That he would care to address those issues," Newsom said.
The California governor also mockingly referred to McCarthy as "my Kevin," a nickname former President Donald Trump uses for the House speaker, and criticized him for going back on his vow to put opening an impeachment inquiry to a vote.
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McCarthy announced the impeachment inquiry on Tuesday without a House vote, just as House Democrats did in 2019 when opening an impeachment inquiry into Trump. The House speaker said the inquiry was the "logical next step" in the House GOP's investigation into the alleged corruption by the Biden family.
"House Republicans have uncovered serious and credible allegations into President Biden's actions," McCarthy said on Tuesday. "Taken together, these allegations paint a picture of corruption."