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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It’s a safe pick for Newsome and done in with the expediency one would expect.
That's good for Biden's reelection in 2024 because he'll need the abortion issue to help him win the election again.
Hey California...the Laphonza you.
Good choice. Rewarding a solid source of support.
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“I am proud to celebrate the ground-breaking LGBTQ+ candidates that EMILY’s List has endorsed. They will ensure that everyone is both treated and represented fairly in government.” ~~ Laphonza Butler
And a lesbian. She checks so many boxes.
Good point. Hispanics are now 40% in California. Blacks are just 6%. But they can call Gavin Newsom a racist so they get a token seat.
He said he was going to pick a black woman. And he did.
And now Schiff-for-brains has to run against her. 🤣
Schiff had $30 million on hand... in June. Watching the Dems tear each other apart is gonna be fun.
Schiff is ready to run for the seat w/ Pelosi’s help.
Two daughters of satan in the same room together. Why am I not surprised?!
Schiff is the wrong color.
Yes, “she” certainly looks way too masculine to be a woman, just like Big Mike.
But she’s not transgender. Yet.
Sounds like the character in Napoleon Dynamite.
Get real! Hundreds, maybe thousands, not milions. The Democrat left didn't love her. Neither did whatever Democrat right is left. Republicans and Conservatives certainly didn't. And most Americans just don't care.
How is this democracy?
She is not even a Californian.
Her whole career has been spent operating in a very narrow slice of the grievance industry. She has accomplished absolutely nothing.
To Americans out there across the country, this is symbolic of way Gavin Newsom practices democracy.
Answered by the name Laphonza
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