"Newsom Takes on Gun Control Critics with Proposed Constitutional Amendment"

California Governor Gavin Newsom and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy engaged in a Twitter feud over Newsom's proposal for a constitutional 28th Amendment to address gun violence. McCarthy criticized Newsom's proposal, and Newsom fired back by calling out McCarthy for doing nothing to address the high murder rate in his hometown of Bakersfield, California. Gun violence has claimed 18,649 lives in 2023 so far, and Newsom has previously criticized McCarthy's support of guns amid mounting violence.