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Rep. Barbara Lee Joins Race for California US Senate Seat
KSBW ^ | Feb 21, 2023

Posted on 02/21/2023 12:33:08 PM PST by nickcarraway

U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee on Tuesday formally launched her campaign for the Senate seat held by the retiring Dianne Feinstein, joining two fellow House Democrats in the race in the nation's most populous state.

--Video from previous coverage.

In a video posted on Twitter, Lee ran through a list of the personal and professional battles she has taken on in her life, including fighting to be her school's first Black cheerleader, championing protections for survivors of domestic violence and being the only member of Congress to vote against the authorization for the use of military force after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

“Today I am proud to announce my candidacy for U.S. Senate. I’ve never backed down from doing what’s right. And I never will," Lee said in the video. “Californians deserve a strong, progressive leader who has delivered real change.”

(Excerpt) Read more at ksbw.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: barbaralee; california; senate

1 posted on 02/21/2023 12:33:08 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Yay, more commies in DC? Just shoot me now.


2 posted on 02/21/2023 12:36:05 PM PST by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: NohSpinZone

Hope she gets it. Imagine Pencil Neck looking for a job. Voted against the Iraq war. A Profile in Courage. We ain’t got nothing. No need to criticize. What does it buy us?


3 posted on 02/21/2023 12:39:49 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: nickcarraway

Communist.


4 posted on 02/21/2023 12:40:40 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money)
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To: nickcarraway

So we have Barbara Lee , Schiff, and Katie Porter, all currently members of the House of Representatives from California, as declared candidates for this seat.

Who will get it that’s the question.

Since California has a jungle primary, it’s quite possible two of these will face off in the general election.


5 posted on 02/21/2023 12:41:00 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: nickcarraway

All these “progressive leaders” delivering change, is how they got in the trouble they’re in. If they’d have left California alone, when it was thriving, things would be pretty good out there.
She’s right about one thing...Californians “deserve” whatever they vote for.


6 posted on 02/21/2023 12:49:35 PM PST by Fireone (The only reason our elections are complicated is because the cheaters want it that way.)
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To: nickcarraway

Porter will have to drop out because she is not black, and Schiff will have to back out because he is not black or a woman. Now, if a black transwoman runs, Lee will have to back out. That’s the state of the Democrat party these days.


7 posted on 02/21/2023 12:53:35 PM PST by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: nickcarraway

Feinswine ain’t gonna make it another 2 years

Gov Hairgel will be installing his preferred candidate , who will never lose


8 posted on 02/21/2023 1:07:46 PM PST by digger48
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To: Repealthe17thAmendment

But Schiff could either be a plausible closeted gay at present, or, despite being married, could announce that he was coming out gay. And that could put him back in the hunt.

No matter how the circus plays out in CA it will not be good for the nation. Think of the absolute parade of trash they have sent to the Senate in the last 30 years...


9 posted on 02/21/2023 1:09:03 PM PST by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Just wait until the PRI (Mexico’s equivalent of the Democrats) decide they want one of their own in California.


10 posted on 02/21/2023 1:14:59 PM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: nickcarraway

Good! The more of those snakes hissing and spitting their venom at each other the better.


11 posted on 02/21/2023 1:18:44 PM PST by crz
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To: Vigilanteman

Or the CCP.


12 posted on 02/21/2023 1:18:58 PM PST by Texas resident (Who is running our country?)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Lee voted against the Patriot Act.


13 posted on 02/21/2023 2:16:41 PM PST by cowboyusa (There is no co- existence with Pinks and Reds)
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To: nickcarraway
Does anyone believe that these three decided to run spontaneously on their own without consulting the DNC? And why would the DNC say yes if the seat is realistically going to be given to Lee?

Somebody explain this to me.

14 posted on 02/21/2023 2:17:49 PM PST by Lizavetta
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To: Lizavetta

I think this race could get nasty.


15 posted on 02/21/2023 2:21:41 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Another RAT Politician named after a Confederate General whose statues have all been torn down and destroyed by the Black Looter’s Movement and freeloading “refugees” partying in the U.S.


16 posted on 02/21/2023 3:03:54 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Remember what FJB Brandon said, "...more than half of the women in my administration are women.")
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To: nickcarraway

She might be a radical progressive but she seems principled unlike Adam Schiff. I am in the (almost) anyone but Schiff camp.


17 posted on 02/21/2023 3:20:47 PM PST by newzjunkey (Trump cannot win in 2024)
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To: Repealthe17thAmendment
Schiff will have to back out because he is not black or a woman

Schiffty could go "trans" and walk away with it.

18 posted on 02/21/2023 3:24:14 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: NorthMountain

He saves that for his “special Saturdays” when he visits Ed Buck in prison


19 posted on 02/21/2023 3:37:06 PM PST by jpp113
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To: nickcarraway

Rob Reiner


20 posted on 02/22/2023 1:26:10 PM PST by coalminersson
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