Posted on 10/01/2023 7:48:51 PM PDT by Alter Kaker
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.
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.
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SHE LIVES IN MARYLAND?????
HOW CAN SHE LEGALLY REPRESENT CALIF????
A Mystery to me why Lesbians are so strong for abortion.
IF their sexual partners are the same sex-—WHAT pregnancy can occur???
“Are there no rich black communist lesbians in California?”
I guess Angela Davis was not available at this time.
;-)
Yeah, they represent what California has become.
California’s other senator is a Hispanic Male - also appointed by Newsom - so he’s got both bases covered.
“Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Padilla to the United States Senate after then-Senator Kamala Harris was elected Vice President of the United States.”
“Senator Alex Padilla is the proud son of Mexican immigrants, his father a short-order cook and his mother a housekeeper.”
I’m a Californian and said the same thing -repeated constantly that SCHIFF WAS NOT GOING TO BE NEWSON’S PICK FOR SENATOR. I caught hell for it too.
The other senator Newsom picked was Alex Padilla - to appease his Latino base, the next pick HAD to be black, female and LGBTQ - preferably all three, which she is.
Newsom promised to pick a black woman in 2021 to Feinstein’s seat - and kept his promise.
Angela is in her 80s, and too old for a replacement to wreck havoc long enough, for the Commies.
C’mon man—Angela is a youthful 79!
;-)
I'm glad that my comment was of interest to you. Knowing that kind of info, helps to understand what goes on today.
I’m sorry that others went after you, too, for posting facts/the truth instead of speculation. Sadly, a lot of posters like to post about things that they know nothing at all about and understand even less. And then they attack others who actually KNOW what they are talking about.
LOL...okay, you got me on her age, but I was only off my a few months, since I didn’t know when her birthday is, before I just looked it up.
97% of eligible people were ignored so that he could make the primary characteristics of his selection a black woman.
“millions of people still mourning the death of Feinstein,”
Yup. The daisies in the dell are giving off a different smell.
“Meanwhile the California governor, who was mentored by Feinstein,”
The passive voice, which was used by this author once too many times, is heartbroken, too.
“has been grappling with his own personal grief”
Mothers don’t let your babies grow up to be politicians...
Politicians ain’t easy to love
And they’re harder to hold
They’d rather give you a song
And take diamonds or gold
Kickbacks and stock tips and jobs for relatives
And each night begins a new day
If you don’t understand him and he don’t stay young
He’ll probably just ride for free
[Chorus: Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson]
Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be politicians
Don’t let ‘em pick judges or act like big shmucks
Because they’re big doctors and lawyers and such
Mamas don’t let your babies grow up to be politicians
‘Cause they’ll never stay home and they’re always alone
Even assuming they love
[Verse 2: Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, & Both]
Politicians like smoke-filled meeting rooms
Getting cleared of wrongdoings
Little warm puppets and children
And girls of the night
Them that don’t know him
Won’t like him and them that do
Sometimes won’t know how to take him
He ain’t wrong, he’s just crooked
But his spin masters always
Do things to make you think he’s right
Why do you all think Boogie Barbara Lee was so butthurt over Gruesome saying he would nominate a black woman? Because she knew it would be LeQueesha, and now Boobie Barbara vs. LeQueesha in California's jungle primary hands the win to Shifty Schiff on a silver platter.
Gee, what a name. Wonder what he/she/it looks like. /sarc
She checked the most boxes.
Pathetic how this country operates now.
Lollapalooza Bultler.
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