I don’t understand why not retire. She held on to that seat till the bitter end, for what?

She could have had time with her family and we could have had a seamless replacement. Instead, she got to die at work (basically) and there is a hole in representation right as the government is about to shut down.

I wonder how this will impact the gov shutdown results

Nancy Pelosi wants someone to replace her, Gavin Newsom wants someone else.

It’s all just a game to these kinds of people.

Pelosi wants Adam Schiff. Newsom stated he wants a black woman (bc ofc he cares about identity politics) in the interim.

The temporary choice will have a massive leg up as an incumbent in the next election.

Race and gender should be irrelevant in politics. The only thing that should matter in the end are policies, since that is what affects the constituency.

Race and gender now are used as distractions to make people think that someone is more progressive than they really are.