President Trump blasted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a tweet on Thursday for allowing the homeless crisis in her San Francisco district to become the “worst anywhere in the US.”
“Nancy Pelosi’s District in California has rapidly become one of the worst anywhere in the U.S. when it come [sic] to the homeless & crime. It has gotten so bad, so fast – she has lost total control and, along with her equally incompetent governor, Gavin Newsom, it is a very sad sight!,” Trump posted on his Twitter account.
In another tweet about Pelosi, suggested she could face a primary opponent if she doesn’t clean up the homeless problem.
“Crazy Nancy should clean up her filthy dirty District & help the homeless there. A primary for N?,” he wrote.
Wednesday evening, Trump demanded that Newsom resolve the homeless problem and suggested that he would direct the federal government to “get involved.”
“Governor Gavin N has done a really bad job on taking care of the homeless population in California. If he can’t fix the problem, the Federal Govt. will get involved!,” the president wrote on Twitter late Wednesday.
Newsom responded on Thursday, comparing Trump the title character in the 2000 movie, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.”
“I imagine Trump’s Christmas to be like that scene when the Grinch yells ‘I’m an idiot!’ and his echo yells back ‘you’re an idiot!!,'” Newsom tweeted.
The president’s Thursday tweet about Pelosi linked to another he sent late Wednesday questioning how the California Democrat was able to push impeachment through the House.
“Why should Crazy Nancy Pelosi, just because she has a slight majority in the House, be allowed to Impeach the President of the United States?,” Trump said. “Got ZERO Republican votes, there was no crime, the call with Ukraine was perfect, with ‘no pressure.'”
The House approved two articles of impeachment last Wednesday on a nearly strict party-line vote for holding up military aid to Ukraine in exchange for the Ukrainian president announcing an investigation into Joe Biden, Trump’s 2020 political rival.
California leads the nation with its homeless population, which the US Interagency Council on Homelessness estimated to total 129,972 as of January 2018.
Of that amount, 6,702 involved families, 10,836 were veterans and 12,396 were unaccompanied young adults between the ages of 18 and 24.
The report also said 34,332 experienced chronic homelessness.
In Pelosi’s congressional district, which includes San Francisco, the San Francisco Department of Homelessness estimated that 9,784 people were homeless in 2019.
Los Angeles, in contrast, has a homeless population of about 36,600 in 2019, according to figures from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority.
Earlier this month, Newsom announced a new initiative that would financially reward local governments with coming up with solutions to get homeless people off the streets.
Called the “100-day challenge,” the state is making $35 million housing funds available to cities and counties across California that set goals on reducing the homeless population in their communities.
“We want to inspire community action at the local, county and regional level,” Newsom said about the plan. “If you don’t meet your goals, we’re not going to reward you.”