Posted on 10/02/2023 8:28:24 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
Not only does she check all the progressive boxes needed to keep the various subsets of coalitions together, black, lesbian, abortion specialist etc; but Laphonza Butler also comes from the ideological stable and network of Barack Obama/Oprah Winfrey and was a former advisor to Kamala Harris. The fact that Butler lives as a registered voter in Maryland was a trifle issue of no consequence, all things considered.
The announcement before Dianne Feinstein is even buried is simply a reflection of how the Obama network views people as disposable once their usefulness is exhausted. The media need to play up the “narrow margin, votes are needed” angle in order to pretend the impropriety is unavoidable.
(VIA POLITICO) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom will appoint EMILY’s List President Laphonza Butler to fill the seat of the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein, elevating the head of a fundraising juggernaut that works to elect Democratic women who support abortion rights, according to a person familiar with the decision.
Newsom is moving swiftly to name the next senator, two days after Feinstein’s death and just as a perilously split Congress narrowly averted a government shutdown. Senate Democrats are in need of every vote in the closely divided chamber.
The announcement was expected to come Monday, and an adviser to the governor, Anthony York, told POLITICO that Newsom is making his appointment without putting limitations or preconditions on his pick running for the seat in 2024. That means Butler could decide to join the sprawling and competitive field of Democratic contenders seeking to succeed Feinstein, with special elections now layered on top of the March primary and November runoff.
Butler is expected to be sworn-in to the U.S. Senate on Wednesday by Vice President Kamala Harris.
Newsom’s selection of Butler comes at a moment of immense change in California’s political establishment, with millions of people still mourning the death of Feinstein, the barrier-breaking Senate lioness. Meanwhile the California governor, who was mentored by Feinstein, has been grappling with his own personal grief and the political ramifications of his choice to succeed her.
The people who spoke with POLITICO ahead of the announcement were granted anonymity to disclose internal deliberations. Butler is registered to vote in Maryland but will switch her registration to California. (read more)
Keep watching closely….
Biden doesn’t stand a chance.
Chicago!
I think Maxine Waters would be a better fit for the job.
We used to call this type carpetbaggers
car·pet·bag·ger
noun DEROGATORY•INFORMAL
a political candidate who seeks election in an area where they have no local connections.
Former president of the SEIU. The illegal alien union crappers.
“..The fact that Butler lives as a registered voter in Maryland was a trifle issue of no consequence, all things considered....”
I wonder how that is going to play out in California?
I would think that career Democratic Party hacks who live in California would be upset, to say nothing of run of the mill voters. How can a woman from Maryland represent California voters? This seems to defy common sense, but so does the Democratic Party.
Message to Kalifornians: You simply don’t matter.
Who would have known that “Fonzi” was a black lesbian?
To be fair, Newsom did say he wanted to name an interim Senator who was not running in 2024 to replace Feinstein. This misfit is apparently just there to take up space and cast regular votes the way Chuck Schumer tells her to vote.
no longer anyone left in California qualified to be in the senate
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Maybe he is trying to save taxpayers money for the change. You know, the relocation to DC money.
Since everybody is moving out of California, that relocation is very expensive.
Newsom shows his true colors. He doesn’t give a rats ass about California. Its all about the Image and the power. Things got to change, and change now. As a real American said once “Lets Roll!”
Newsom didn’t pick her.
He can hardly pick his own nose.
One thing that can always be counted on by a democrat hack never expect high standards on any thing.
not just a resident, a registered Maryland voter till yesterday.
All’s fair.
You think Liz Cheney ever lived in Wyoming?
what is romney’s deal. I know he had a home in La Jolla CA and maybe still does.
Look at it this way, this carpetbagger can live at home and drive to DC to work.
I guess Markle turned him down.
Cal is only 5% black so hard to find.
PS: so now we are reserving a senate seat for black females which would be under 3% of the population.
Romney was a resident of Massachuesetts while running for the Senate in Utah.
Yep, we can whine all we want about it, but it’s fait accompli, just the same.
Does California not have enough black lesbians? He has to import one from the east coast?
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