Not only does she check all the progressive boxes needed to keep the various subsets of coalitions together, black, lesbian, abortion specialist etc; but Laphonza Butler also comes from the ideological stable and network of Barack Obama/Oprah Winfrey and was a former advisor to Kamala Harris. The fact that Butler lives as a registered voter in Maryland was a trifle issue of no consequence, all things considered.
The announcement before Dianne Feinstein is even buried is simply a reflection of how the Obama network views people as disposable once their usefulness is exhausted. The media need to play up the “narrow margin, votes are needed” angle in order to pretend the impropriety is unavoidable.
(VIA POLITICO) – 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.
Butler is expected to be sworn-in to the U.S. Senate on Wednesday by Vice President Kamala Harris.
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.
The people who spoke with POLITICO ahead of the announcement were granted anonymity to disclose internal deliberations. Butler is registered to vote in Maryland but will switch her registration to California. (read more)
Keep watching closely….
Biden doesn’t stand a chance.
Chicago!
They play by a different set of rules.
Let’s stop pretending that our own set of rules are triumphant over others.
Yes, they lie cheat and steal to get what they want. So what.
Yes it creates destruction, inequality, and oppression of large groups of people. And does so in spite of the fact that the people who lie, cheat and steal claim they want equality and prosperity for all. They are liars, so what.
If the desired outcome is power and control, externally, it seems the liars and cheaters are using the best tools currently available in order to secure their goal.
The real journey, IME, is that of the internal.
Where awareness goes, energy flows.
“Before we start, we need to agree on the rules.”
“Rules? In a KNIFE fight?
There are NO RULES in a knife fight!”
“Good, so we agree!” Says Butch, as he kicks his opponent in the fork.
The internal journey consists of recognising we are NOT in a debate, we are in a fight, and its NOT a schoolyard fight, or a boxing match, with”rules” it is an existential battle for our survival, an the only rule is to SURVIVE.
In addition, mourning over the Death of our Constitutional Republic, is like crying over the death of old yeller; mourning the “loss” of something that only ever existed in our own mind, and never existed in our lifetime.
Continueing to cling to that myth, means clinging to the false notion that the devices of that fantasy system, that purported to maintain justice, equality of opportunity, etc. can be used to restore something which, again never existed in the first place.
Distraction, deflection, disunity, division. The Uniparty game plan.
Congress needs some serious guidelines against carpetbagging. There should be unambiguous rules regarding minimum residence time, and you must reside in your district, no matter how shabby and crime-ridden. Skin in the game, so to speak.
“Rules?! We don’t need no steenking rules!! Bwahahahaha!!!”
– The G-D Commies, since always
They ignore the fact that that she doesn’t live in the State she represents because she clicks several boxes? This is how we ended up with the lame Cabinet we have: Burttigeig (who seems to be missing in action- maybe he is out rehabilitating “racist Roads”?); KJP- the absolute WORST Press Secretary in my lifetime; Cackling Kamala (the less said about her, the better- the less seen she is , the better; Janet Yellin- a Treasury secretary who denied we were in a recession after two consecutive quarters of negative GDP- which is THE DEFINITION of “recession.”.. and Mayorkus, who despite what we see with our own eyes, keeps insisting that the Border is “Secure” .Can Californians sue Newsom for choosing someone who lives on the opposite coast to represent us??????
Hard to believe that in all of California they couldn’t come up with a black, lesbian, Marxist, abortion-at-will, Obama acolyte to select. Making no pretense about selecting a Californian to represent Californians.
The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party — cast of characters. 🎩☕
Since we no longer have local representation, what’s the difference? All candidates that are not self-funded get their money mostly from national organizations, so it is the same whether she lives in Maryland, California, or Maine.
She won’t be giving California representation in Washington. She will be giving Washington representation in California. Same as Romney in Utah, Rockefeller in West Virginia, Schatz in Hawaii, etc.
This woman is a disgrace! Unfortunately, she is no different than most Democrats! She doesn’t even live in California? Now I know I can run for office in another state while living in an altogether different state. Never knew this was possible before now.
I really don’t give a dam about the dirt clod that made the choice or the dirt clod that was put in the position. It’s California doing it so it doesn’t mean shit because this is what they are
“Not only does she check all the progressive boxes needed to keep the various subsets of coalitions together, black, lesbian, abortion specialist etc; but Laphonza Butler also comes from the ideological stable and network of Barack Obama/Oprah Winfrey and was a former advisor to Kamala Harris.”
It should concern us all that the rats are still jumping on the sinking ship. Is there still grift to be had?
What are they all up to now????
Will Kamala high-five her once she’s sworn in?
I don’t think they’re jumping ship,they are continuing their misguided policies in their old CA testing ground where they amassed power and money via Willie Brown and Oprah/Lebron/Currry money (probably Geffen, too) and will take their policies national (UBI, non-resident political appointees, Antifa violence, etc.) Their are two notables for having Chicago & CA ties-Oprah & the Pritzker family. SF now has a Dem AA mayor, DA, chief of police, and now senator. This group seems to be the least inclined to enforce the law and allow police to do their jobs, so don’t expect crime stats to change anytime soon here. The message to conferences should be to stay away until there is better leadership. Let’s hope some brave Californian starts a petition to ensure no further political appointments are gifted to outsiders. This isn’t an amabassadorship to reward donors.
The Gov of California appointing a non-resident who lives thousands of miles away to represent the state of California is furtherance of the Democrats’ plan to eliminate any semblance of “states” being a thing
I guess there must be a shortage of black communist lesbians who actually live in California?
Cal. Gov. Code §§ 272 – 274
271 Allegiance is the obligation of fidelity and obedience which every citizen owes to the State.
272 Allegiance may be renounced by a change of residence.
273 A citizen of the United States who is not a citizen of the State, has the same rights and duties as a citizen of the State not an elector.
274 An elector has no rights or duties beyond those of a citizen not an elector, except the right and duty of holding office and voting.
Barrack Obama is not only the real POTUS, he is also the Governor of California. Proof that California voters and their State issues mean nothing . This is Soviet Communist Party Politburo style control.
She isn’t a legal resident and registering to vote doesn’t establish residency. Democrats don’t care about the law.
18 months till the war starts!
Obama’s looking a lot older than that picture. No need to watch these scum, at these point ‘do not care what they do’. Looks to me like destroy America before the moron citizens figure what they are doing and have any chance of stopping them. And these blacks attacking Trump in court, that is not a good look for a segment of the American society, since war is one of the ultimate goals. Just think 1917 Russian communist revolution!
Someone should ask her if she has ever participated in an abortion or helped to piece the fetus on the light plate to make sure everything was out.
When all the pro-death commies were saying we took away a right that was there for 50 years, we should have responded by plonking down tons of Human Embyrology Textbooks that have been written since 1973 to show just how remarkable our pre-born bodies are from the get-go. Heck, most of these ghouls have no idea that we CAN do in utero surgery to correct certain maladies and those pre-born kids are referred to by the surgeon as “PATIENTS”.