Barbara Lee Announces Run for Mayor of Oakland As It Hasn’t Suffered Nearly Enough Lately

Red State ^ | 01/28/2025 | Jerry Wilson

[DFG]

Former Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA), who recently retired from the House of Representatives after 27 years on the Hill, has announced she is running for the freshly vacated Mayor of Oakland, California position. This comes on the heels of Oakland’s most recent mayor, Sheng Thao, who voters recalled in November 2024, facing an indictment filed on January 17, 2025, on federal bribery and fraud charges.

Lee strongly denounced Thao, albeit not by name, after the indictment’s announcement.

The allegations contained in the criminal indictment are devastating. There should be no tolerance whatsoever for secret pay to play schemes that erode the public trust. Oaklanders expect and deserve leaders who have only one agenda—honest, accountable leadership that serves the people of Oakland. Every individual is entitled to constitutional protections and a presumption of innocence, but City Hall must never be for sale. We need a fresh start in Oakland. Our local governance and political system must be beyond reproach. Every Oaklander deserves no less.

Exactly how electing someone who represented Oakland for 27 years constitutes a fresh start remains unexplained.

[laplata]

She’ll probably win.

[Retain Mike]

Voting for this person should be considered a mental disorder equivalent to bulimia or cutting yourself, but I guess we have to let those people vote.

[Mariner]

That office is a money machine.

[PeterPrinciple]

Lee strongly denounced Thao, albeit not by name, after the indictment’s announcement.

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not by name, wonder why that is.

[laplata]

You nailed it. I’ll say it again: She’ll probably win.

[Husker24]

Ohh she’ll clear 80% of the vote.

[simpson96]

Headline made me think it was from the Bee. lol

[GSWarrior]

She is not going to win. Oakland doesn’t want another recycled politician with no managerial experience.

[laplata]

You’re right.

[RetiredTexasVet]

Why not KJP. She may not get that fence post job in rural Kansas ... Don Lemon might beat her out. She is black, lesbian and probably the dimmest bulb on the string .... she may be over qualified in California terms.

[Political Junkie Too]

At 78 years old, she's not exactly "fresh" either.

-PJ

[Bonemaker]

American blacks listen up! FOR GOD’S SAKE QUIT ELECTING THESE FILTHY, CORRUPT, CAREER POLITICIAN, WORTHLESS, OBNOXIOUS, IGNORANT, REPULSIVE BLACK HAGS! There are plenty of perfectly capable, respectable, intelligent, decent other black men or women to choose. Do yourselves and the rest of us a favor already!

[PubliusMM]

Oakland gets the government they elect...

[faithhopecharity]

perfect article title

but the D party machine revels in inflicting pain and suffering on Americans

[DIRTYSECRET]

Garvey should have dropped out of the senate race and supported her. She’d be one term had she beat pencil-neck. That would allow unto regroup.

[dragnet2]

Barbara Lee seen here describing how she'd like to get her hand's around Trump's neck. Looks like the warden standing to her right.

And get a load of that spook to the left of Lee. Holy smoke!

[econjack]

OK, people of CA. Here's your chance to prove you still have at least one neuron still firing when you go into the voting booth. Remember, only you can prevent forest fires idiots from being elected.

[bobbo666]

And, in a couple of years Bass and the other Lezzies will be elected to other jobs. That is how CaCaLand works.

amazing that rabid dogs can live this long.

[faithhopecharity]

They’re both so bad I couldn’t choose