Last weekend, NASCAR driver Bobby East was stabbed to death while standing outside a gas station in Orange County, California. The fatal incident put another spotlight on the recall effort against Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon, who has joined a long list of progressive district attorneys who have implemented equity policies in recent years. San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin was successfully recalled last month, and several members of his office have been dismissed by new DA Brooke Jenkins.

But when the East stabbing occurred, California’s Gov. Gavin Newsom was spending the weekend getting a guided tour of the White House by chief of staff Ron Klain. Newsom also held court with Vice President Kamala Harris, while President Joe Biden was out of the country fist-bumping Mohammed bin Salman. Newsom also collected an education award and further criticized Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.