Derec
Contributor
That has been an idiotic promise. I do not see why black women, comprising mere 3.3% of California population, should have a subscription to one of only two senate seats from California.The race to succeed DiFi started when she was still alive. In 2021, Kamala Harris quit her Senate seat to become Vice President, and Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Alex Padilla, a Hispanic man. That pissed off a lot of black and female Democratic activists, and GN promised to appoint a black woman to succeed DiFi. Barbara Lee was an often-mentioned candidate.
And appointing a black nationalist like Barbara Lee would have been not only divisive, but would have also distorted the primary battle that was already well underway. Appointing a caretaker senator was the right way to go. Too bad he reversed himself on that again - it shows lack of principles on his part. He is too reactive to criticism.