Pelosi: if you don't endorse Feinstein (who's unable to recognize long time colleagues & forgets conversations & fundamentals of the job) continuing to stand in the way of Democratic judicial appointments indefinitely, it's obviously because you're sexist.
Meanwhile, 2/3 of the candidates for Feinstein's open Senate seat in 2024 are women - and Pelosi tripped over her own feet to endorse the only man in the race.
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Barbara Lee “not clearly in a safe district”? She’s in the safest district in America. It’s 90% Democratic. You might want to rethink the reliability of whoever is spreading that talking point around.
Nancy Pelosi is playing 1-D chess with her position on Feinstein. It sacrifices all us women’s basic rights to defend one woman’s ego. You clearly did not read the SF Chronicle’s pieces in 2022 or Jane Mayer’s piece, sourced from Feinstein’s Senate colleagues and staffers.
Barbara Lee announced she was running for the seat the day after Porter did - two weeks before Schiff did.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/11/barbara-lee-california-senate-00077482
She announced that she was going to time her official launch to coincide with Black History month (February). Pelosi rushed to trample over her announcement with her Schiff endorsement on Feb 2. Very disrespectful to the highest ranking Black woman in the House.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/10/barbara-lee-senate-california-2024/
I'm in Lee's district and once presented a constituent issue to them. One guy came out to meet me in heavily secured conference room. He sat down and opened a folder that was ostensibly the file for the issue I was there to discuss. One piece of paper was in it. My letter to their office. It was clear he hadn't even read it. They made no follow up afterward. Zilch.
It's a data point of one, but my sense of her office is they're not very effective or proactive. She's merely been an entrenched congressperson who's accomplished little on behalf of her district.
I think Schiff is a more effective legislator and would do a better job with Feinstein's seat.
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