Newsom says he supports impeachment but 'not my focus right now'

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he supports fellow Democrats' effort in Congress to impeach President Trump, but that's not his primary concern amid a deadly surge in coronavirus cases in his state.

"I appreciate that focus, and I support it, but that's not my focus right now," said Newsom, according to Politico.

California now has over 30,000 virus-related deaths.

Meanwhile, the state's Democrat-controlled General Assembly on Monday passed a measure calling for the immediate removal of the president.

The measure was brought by Assembly member Chad Mayes, an independent and former Assembly Republican leader.

The measure passed 51-6, with most of the Assembly's 19 Republicans declining to cast a vote.