{"id":2053618,"date":"2023-10-03T11:24:12","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T15:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bad-news-for-newsom-as-his-pick-to-replace-feinstein-is-immediately-hit-with-scandal\/"},"modified":"2023-10-03T11:26:33","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T15:26:33","slug":"bad-news-for-newsom-as-his-pick-to-replace-feinstein-is-immediately-hit-with-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bad-news-for-newsom-as-his-pick-to-replace-feinstein-is-immediately-hit-with-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsom&#8217;s choice to replace Feinstein faces immediate scandal."},"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\">16<\/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%2Fbad-news-for-newsom-as-his-pick-to-replace-feinstein-is-immediately-hit-with-scandal%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=2053618&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>Newsom&#8217;s\u2063 Pick to Replace Feinstein Faces Scandal<\/h2>\n<p>The appointee to replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democrat-senator-dianne-feinstein-dies-90\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">died<\/a> last week, seems to \u2064check \u200dall the boxes that California Gov. Gavin Newsom promised when he talked about who would fill Feinstein\u2019s seat were she to pass.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2063 promised that the replacement would be\u200b a black woman, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/newsom-poised-appoint-black-woman-fill-feinsteins-seat\/story?id=103597076\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC News<\/a>. Lo and behold,\u200b Laphonza Butler is.<\/p>\n<p>He also promised that\u2064 she would\u2064 be none of the three top contenders for the seat in 2024 \u2014 California Reps. Barbara Lee, Katie \u2062Porter and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/adam-schiff-will-jail-1000-years-trump-convicted-georgia-gop-senator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adam Schiff<\/a>. Obviously, she\u2019s none of them.<\/p>\n<p>Butler also carries far-left bona fides, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-california-governor-name-laphonza-butler-former-kamala-harris-adviser-feinstein-senate-seat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">having been the president<\/a> of Emily\u2019s List, a political action committee that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bad-news-for-newsom-as-his-pick-to-replace-feinstein-is-immediately-hit-with-scandal\/\" title=\"Newsom's choice to replace Feinstein faces immediate scandal.\">backs pro-abortion\u200c candidates<\/a> \u200bfor higher office.<\/p>\n<p>If only she\u200d were, you know, actually a Californian.<\/p>\n<p>Yes,\u2063 it seems that Newsom\u2019s appointment \u2014 while indeed a great pick for the left-leaning faction of the California Democratic Party \u2014 has\u200d hit \u200ca bit of a snag given that Butler is a resident of Maryland, \u200daccording to her bios \u2064on social media and the Emily\u2019s List website.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It appears \u200dEMILY\u2019s list has removed the \u2062final line \u2064in Laphonza Butler\u2019s bio that\u200d states\u2064 she lives in Maryland. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6wYYYJEqoE\">pic.twitter.com\/6wYYYJEqoE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ashley Zavala (@ZavalaA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZavalaA\/status\/1708687266351349988?\">October \u20632, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This, meanwhile, was her social media profile before and after:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Oh hey, look who remembered \u2064to remove the Location data from her bio overnight! It\u2019s California\u2019s newest\u200c Senator! \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x90OxXoSd6\">pic.twitter.com\/x90OxXoSd6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Enguerrand VII de Coucy (@ingelramdecoucy)\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ingelramdecoucy\/status\/1708801259107438647?\">October 2, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While both have been <a href=\"https:\/\/emilyslist.org\/our-leadership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">changed<\/a> to scrub any mention of her Maryland ties, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/gop-lawmaker-issa-demands-answers-newsom-senate-leaders-laphonza-butlers-maryland-residency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a> noted that Butler \u200bwould \u200bhave to re-register to vote\u2063 in California, where she owns property, \u2064if she wishes to \u200brun for the\u2063 seat in the general election \u2014\u2064 indicating her voter registration is not in the Golden State.<\/p>\n<p>A filing with the Federal Election Commission on Aug. 31 listed her address as being in Silver Spring, Maryland, a suburb \u2062of Washington.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNewsom\u2019s office told \u200bFox News Digital that\u2064 Butler moved to the suburbs near Washington, D.C., when she became EMILY\u2019s List president \u2062in 2021, and that she has a house in California,\u201d the \u200coutlet reported. \u201cThe governor\u2019s \u200coffice added that Butler will re-register to vote\u2062 in California before she is sworn in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, California GOP Rep.\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/two-prominent-gop-congressman-good-news-impeaching-joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Darrell Issa<\/a> is questioning whether the interim office is permissible under California law.<\/p>\n<p>He told \u2064Fox News he \u200bplanned to send a letter to \u2064Newsom, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and California\u2019s other member of \u200cthe upper chamber, Democrat Sen. Alex \u2063Padilla, expressing his concern over the appointment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not talking about the question of \u200cmajority, we\u2019re talking about \u200d38 million Californians who have an absolute right to have somebody who puts California first \u2014 not who puts\u2064 the District of Columbia first or Maryland, where she\u2019s a \u200bresident, first,\u201d Issa said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s\u2062 not that he couldn\u2019t find somebody,\u201d\u2062 he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead, [Newsom] chose the most progressive African-American\u200c woman he could find, seemingly for political purposes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe quid \u2064pro quo of agreeing to pay \u200byour California taxes in return for\u200b becoming a senator is not an acceptable bargain,\u201d Issa continued. \u201cThat\u2019s a privilege the rest of us don\u2019t get.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Butler \u200chasn\u2019t pledged to stay away from the 2024 primary\u200c for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/senator-meghan-celebrity-royal-reportedly-running-feinsteins-seat-crazier-things-happened\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Feinstein\u2019<\/a>s\u2062 seat, nor has Newsom\u2064 requested that of her.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Was this a merit-based appointment?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p>\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\tCompleting this poll entitles you\u200c to The Western Journal news updates free of charge. You may opt out at anytime. You also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of \u200bUse<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 8%\">\n<p>\t\t\tYes: 8% (5 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 92%\">\n<p>\t\t\tNo: 92% \u200d(58 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\tfunction ffp_getCookie(cname) \u2062{<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar name=cname \u2063+ &#8220;=&#8221;;<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar decodedCookie=decodeURIComponent(document.cookie);<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar ca=decodedCookie.split(&#8216;;&#8217;);<br \/>\n\t\t\tfor(var i=0; i <ca.length i var c=\"ca[i];\" while if return c.substring c.length function ffp_setcookie cvalue exdays d=\"new\" date d.settime expires=\"expires=\" d.toutcstring document.cookie=\"cname\" window.ff_poll_voted=\"false;\" voted_cookie_name=\"firefly_voted_3487231\" ff_poll_submit event event.preventdefault fireflypoll=\"jQuery(\" fireflypollcontainer=\"jQuery('#firefly-poll-container');\" pollformbox=\"jQuery('#pollFormBox');\" ffp_getcookie fireflypollcontainer.addclass to assign url here as it was defined only in firefly. firefly_ajax_url=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" posting=\"jQuery.post(\" jquery event.target the datalayer window.datalayer=\"window.dataLayer\" window.datalayer.push poll vote posting.done response response.success yes_el=\"document.getElementById(\" no_el=\"document.getElementById(\" yes_el.style.width=\"response.data.percents.yes\" yes_el.innerhtml=\"Yes: \" response.data.percents.yes response.data.votes.yes votes no_el.style.width=\"response.data.percents.no\" no_el.innerhtml=\"No: \" response.data.percents.no response.data.votes.no fireflypoll.remove pollformbox.hide document.getelementbyid fireflypollcontainer.removeclass else emailfield=\"document.querySelector(\" input emailfield.required=\"false;\" emailfield.style.display=\"none\" border: solid padding: margin-left: margin-right: margin-bottom: width: float: left background: border-radius: margin-top: padding-top: padding-bottom: padding-left: background-color: border-color: cursor: pointer lightgrey white-space: nowrap .firefly-poll-question font-weight: bold font-size: .firefly-poll-disclaimer max-width:><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2062 have an\u2064 incredible appointee and she\u2019ll make a decision with\u2064 no constraints, no \u200dexpectations,\u201d he \u2062said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/10\/02\/us\/laphonza-butler-senate-california.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, instead of keeping his pledge that he didn\u2019t \u201cwant to get involved in the primary\u201d and wouldn\u2019t pick Lee \u2014 a black woman \u2014 because of the\u200c fact she\u2019s running, he\u2019s already picked a black woman who has a leg up by dint of already being a sitting senator, albeit one who hasn\u2019t won an election. And he\u2019s picked\u200b a Maryland resident to\u2064 fill the role, to boot.<\/p>\n<p>Lee had \u2063already said she was \u201ctroubled\u201d by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/throwback-angry-gavin-newsom-interview-losing-governor-race-warning-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsom\u2019s<\/a> pledge before he picked Butler, saying, \u201cThe idea \u2062that a black woman should be appointed only as \u2062a caretaker to simply check a box is insulting to countless black women \u2063across this country who have carried the\u200d Democratic Party to victory election after\u2064 election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Well, just\u2063 imagine how \u2062she feels now that the governor has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mere-hours-announcement-wapo-scrambles-claim-harris-didnt-actually-call-biden-racist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">picked a \u200dblack woman<\/a> from, quite\u200c literally, across the\u2063 country to\u200b fill \u200ba seat she \u2063wants.<\/p>\n<p>Aside\u200b from throwing \u200ba sop to the rabid \u2063pro-abortion contingent among the California Democrats, it\u2019s\u200c hard to imagine anyone in Golden State politics \u2014 Republican or Democrat \u2014 who\u2019s going \u200cto be thrilled with \u2064going so far\u2063 out-of-state to find Feinstein\u2019s replacement.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"author_subscription_pitch\">.author_subscription_pitch p{margin:5px;}<\/p>\n<p><em><b>An Urgent Note\u2064 from Our Staff:<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Western Journal has been labeled \u201cdangerous\u201d simply because we \u2064have a biblical worldview and speak \u2064the truth about what is happening in America.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We refuse to let Big Tech and woke advertisers dictate the content\u2063 we share with our community. 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Your support means we can continue to expose false narratives and defend traditional American values.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please \u200dstand with us \u2064by donating today<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Thank you\u200c for your \u200csupport!<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bad-news-newsom-pick-replace-feinstein-immediately-hit-scandal\/\">Bad News for Newsom as\u200d His Pick to Replace Feinstein Is Immediately Hit with Scandal<\/a> appeared first\u2062 on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How\u2064 are\u200b Rep. Darrell \u2062Issa and other lawmakers raising concerns about the legality of Butler&#8217;s appointment and prioritizing California&#8217;s interests<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Newsom&#8217;s Pick \u200cto Replace Feinstein Faces Scandal<\/p>\n<p>The recent\u2062 appointment of Laphonza\u2064 Butler to replace the\u200d late Sen. Dianne Feinstein by California Gov.\u2062 Gavin Newsom\u2064 has faced a significant scandal.\u200d While Newsom had promised to appoint a black woman as Feinstein&#8217;s replacement, and\u2063 Butler fits that criteria, there\u200b are concerns about her eligibility for the position.<\/p>\n<p>One of\u2064 the promises made by Newsom was that the replacement would not be any of the top contenders for the \u2062seat in 2024, \u2064including\u2062 California Reps. Barbara \u200dLee, Katie Porter, and Adam \u2064Schiff. Butler, however,\u200c is not one of them, meeting another one of Newsom&#8217;s criteria.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Butler has a history of supporting far-left causes, having been the \u2064president of Emily&#8217;s List, \u200da political action committee that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/roe-referendum-pro-life-democrat-appears-poised-to-defeat-squad-backed-candidate-in-texas-runoff\/\" title=\"Roe Referendum? Pro-Life Democrat Appears Poised To Defeat \u2018Squad\u2019-Backed Candidate in Texas Runoff\">backs pro-abortion candidates<\/a> for higher office. This aligns with the \u200dleft-leaning faction of\u2063 the California Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p>However,\u2064 the \u200cmajor issue\u2062 with Butler&#8217;s appointment is that she is not a resident of California. According to her bios on social media and the Emily&#8217;s\u2064 List \u2062website, Butler is a resident of \u200dMaryland. This discrepancy was \u2063highlighted when her social\u2064 media profile was changed to remove any mention of her location after the scandal emerged.<\/p>\n<p>Fox\u200d News reported\u200b that Butler would \u200bhave to re-register to vote \u2062in California, where she owns property, if she intends to run for the seat\u200b in the general election, indicating that\u2064 her \u2062voter registration \u2064is not currently in California. A filing with the Federal Election Commission listed her address\u200b as being in Silver \u2063Spring,\u200c Maryland.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom&#8217;s\u2064 office claims that\u200b Butler moved to the suburbs\u2062 near Washington, D.C., when she became the president of Emily&#8217;s List in 2021\u2063 and that\u2062 she does have a house in California. They stated that Butler will re-register to vote in\u2063 California before being \u200bsworn \u2064in. However, Rep. Darrell Issa has\u2064 raised concerns about the legality of Butler&#8217;s appointment under California law.<\/p>\n<p>Issa has announced his plan\u2064 to send a letter expressing his concern to Newsom, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader Mitch \u2062McConnell, and California&#8217;s other senator, Democrat Sen. Alex Padilla. He argues\u200c that the appointment\u200b should\u2063 prioritize someone who puts California first, rather than the District of Columbia or Maryland, where \u2063Butler currently resides.<\/p>\n<p>This scandal \u2064surrounding Butler&#8217;s \u200bresidency has cast a shadow over Newsom&#8217;s choice to replace Feinstein. It remains to\u2063 be seen how the situation will be resolved \u2064and if Butler&#8217;s appointment will ultimately be deemed valid under California law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new appointee to replace the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein fulfills California Gov. 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