Governor should never have appointed Laphonza Butler without a promise she wouldn’t run for a full term.
The flipping and flopping, the wilting under political heat, is all a product of his Gavin Newsom’s own ham-fisted making.As a marquee surrogate for the Biden campaign, California’s governor was gleefully taking down Republicans at last week’s caterwauling presidential debate in Simi Valley. He took particular aim at a longtime nemesis, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Sworn in Tuesday by Vice President Kamala Harris — a friend and former client — Butler makes history as the first out gay person of color to serve in the Senate and the first LGBTQ+ senator from California. Beyond that, Butler, 44, brings a fresh and welcome perspective to a Senate heavily populated with geriatrics and the well-to-do.
In March 2021, Newsom was facing a threatened recall. There was antagonism from some Black voters because the governor failed to appoint a Black woman to replace Harris when she became vice president. Instead, he chose Alex Padilla, who made history as California’s first Latino senator.
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