Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) spoke out after California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) ruled out appointing her if Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) leaves office before her term ends.
Amid questions about the health of Sen. Dianne Feinstein , California Gov. Gavin Newsom outlined a— a notion that one of the candidates running to succeed Feinstein promptly blasted as “insulting to countless Black women.”The assessment from Rep. Barbara Lee , the only prominent Black candidate in the 2024 Senate race, came hours after Newsom appeared Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” where he renewed a pledge to fill any Senate vacancy with a Black woman — but said it wouldn’t be Lee.
Newsom emphasized that it’s up to Feinstein, 90, to decide whether to vacate the Senate seat before the end of her term in early 2025. Newsom said he knows that Feinstein’s staff is “still extraordinarily active” and that the office can still fulfill its duties, but he appeared to agree with host Chuck Todd, who said the situationFeinstein has struggled with a number of health issues in recent years, including shingles, and is facing scrutiny over her mental acuity.
Appointing Lee to Feinstein’s seat could give Lee a boost in the Senate race, in which polls have shown her trailing Reps. Adam B. Schiff and Katie Porter, two Democrats also representing California in the U.S. House. But Newsom made clear that’s not in the cards.“I don’t want to get involved in the primary,” Newsom said. “It would be completely unfair to the Democrats [who] have worked their tail off. That primary is just a matter of months away. I don’t want to tip the balance of that.
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