{"id":2027721,"date":"2023-09-11T08:26:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T12:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/barbara-lee-slams-newsom-on-possible-feinstein-replacement-insulting-to-countless-black-women\/"},"modified":"2023-09-11T08:26:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T12:26:57","slug":"barbara-lee-slams-newsom-on-possible-feinstein-replacement-insulting-to-countless-black-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/barbara-lee-slams-newsom-on-possible-feinstein-replacement-insulting-to-countless-black-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbara Lee criticizes Newsom over potential Feinstein replacement: &#8216;Disrespectful to numerous black women&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbarbara-lee-slams-newsom-on-possible-feinstein-replacement-insulting-to-countless-black-women%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2027721&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Rep. Barbara Lee Responds to Gov. \u200cNewsom&#8217;s Remarks\u200b on Potential Replacement for Sen. Feinstein<\/h2>\n<p>Rep. \u200bBarbara Lee (D-CA) has expressed her concerns \u2062over Gov. Gavin Newsom&#8217;s (D-CA) recent remarks about a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-am-i-losing-in-polls-to-a-mental-retard-new-book-claims-trump-lost-it-when-biden-polled-well\/\" title=\"\u2018How Am I Losing In Polls To A Mental Retard?\u2019: New Book Claims Trump Lost It When Biden Polled Well\">potential replacement<\/a> for \u2062Sen. Dianne\u2062 Feinstein (D-CA). In a statement, \u2062Lee \u200cstated \u200cthat she found the\u2063 idea of appointing a \u2064Black woman as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/barbara-lee-slams-newsom-on-possible-feinstein-replacement-insulting-to-countless-black-women\/\" title=\"Barbara Lee criticizes Newsom over potential Feinstein replacement: 'Disrespectful to numerous black women'\">mere\u200c caretaker<\/a> to be insulting and \u200bdismissive of the countless Black women who \u200chave played a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-thought-he-was-trying-to-sleep-with-me-says-gov-cuomos-sexual-harassment-accuser\/\" title=\"\u2018I thought he was trying to sleep with me,\u201d says Gov. Cuomo\u2019s sexual harassment accuser\">crucial role<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/these-eight-states-will-likely-decide-who-wins-the-2024-presidential-election\/\" title=\"These states hold the key to the 2024 presidential election.\">securing victories<\/a> for the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<h3>Lee\u200d Campaigns for \u200bthe Party&#8217;s Nomination<\/h3>\n<p>Lee, who is currently campaigning against two other prominent California\u2062 Democrats \u2062for the party&#8217;s\u2064 nomination for Feinstein&#8217;s Senate seat in 2024, emphasized\u200b the need for \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seven-house-republicans-list-demands-for-next-speaker-as-mccarthy-battles-for-every-vote\/\" title=\"Seven House Republicans List Demands For Next Speaker As McCarthy Battles For Every Vote\">greater representation<\/a> of Black women in the Senate. She highlighted the fact that since 1789, only two Black\u200c women have served as Senators, with a combined tenure \u2063of just 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>Referring \u2062to\u2062 Gov. Newsom&#8217;s pledge to appoint a Black \u2062woman to \u2062Feinstein&#8217;s seat\u2064 if\u2064 she \u200bwere\u2064 to resign, Lee urged the governor to\u200c fulfill his promise\u200c by selecting the most\u2062 qualified candidate for the job, rather than making a token appointment. She emphasized that Black women\u2062 deserve more than a\u2062 participation trophy and should have a genuine\u200d seat at\u200d the\u2063 table.<\/p>\n<h3>Newsom Declines to Get\u2062 Involved in Messy Democratic Primary<\/h3>\n<p>During an\u2064 appearance on NBC&#8217;s \u2064Meet the Press, Gov.\u200c Newsom stated that he did not want to interfere in the upcoming\u2063 Democratic primary for the\u2062 Senate\u2063 seat. He expressed concern about tipping the balance of the primary, as it would be unfair to the hardworking Democrats who have \u2062dedicated their efforts to the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>In a \u200brecent poll, Lee trailed behind Reps. \u2064Adam\u2063 Schiff \u200c(D-CA) and Katie\u2062 Porter (D-CA), with Schiff leading\u2062 at\u2062 20% and Porter at 17%. Lee garnered just 7% support. The Democratic primary in California\u200c is scheduled \u200dto take \u200cplace in early March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) expressed concern over Gov. Gavin Newsom&#8217;s (D-CA) comments on a potential replacement for Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA). Lee stated, &#8220;I am troubled by the Governor&#8217;s remarks,&#8221; emphasizing her disagreement with the notion that a Black woman should only serve as a temporary caretaker, merely fulfilling a checkbox role.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2027722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2027721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2027721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2027722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2027721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2027721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2027721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}