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She worked so hard to be a Black Lesbian,
Can't be worse than Feinstein - could be as bad though.
"Laphonza", haha - at least it's not Shaniqua.
can you imagine a bunch of black women sitting around trying to help the pregnant friend come up with a name for her new baby and they come up with LAPHONZA? LOL was she named after Fonzie?
We knew it was going to happen, but shit, not even a resident? She will post her printing press equity diplomas proudly on her walls. She IS a rolling humiliation to the people of California.
This is what you sign up for when you sell out all morality and all self direction to a larger group. She was literally worked to death, and that's what Laphonza Butler just did, although I doubt she knows it.
We've needed age limits on politicians on the top end for quite some time now. OR term limits that cap out at what would be a typical police officer or teachers career. Roughly 55-60. Basically you can't do the job for 40+ years for obvious reasons. Who and what do you owe?

More importantly, and probably not coincidentally, Laphonza adds a lot to a potential Newsom presidential run. She runs a massive fundraising operation (Emily’s List), which also cements Newsom’s pro-abort bona fides. As a former president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and a longtime “labor organizer” in Maryland and California, Laphonza can deliver the unions. She has existing connections to Newsom as a former partner at consulting firm Bearstar Strategies where she worked alongside Newsom’s top political advisors. She can help deliver the LGBTQ+ vote. And she has been one of Kamala Harris’s closest political allies since 2010, and most recently served on Kamala’s VP election committee.
If Newsom were running — why would anyone think that? — Laphonza is a pretty great political selection. She’s totally unqualified for the Senate, of course, but it didn’t take much to improve on the seat’s previous occupant.
So California gets a carpetbagger senator? Is that even allowed?

So California gets a carpetbagger senator? Is that even allowed?
So California gets a carpetbagger senator? Is that even allowed?
As we mourn the enormous loss of Sen. Feinstein, the very freedoms she fought for -- reproductive freedom, equal protection, and safety from gun violence -- have never been under greater assault.
Laphonza has spent her entire career fighting for women and girls and has been a fierce advocate for working people.
She will make history -- becoming the first Black lesbian to openly serve in the U.S. Senate.
From her time as President of EMILY's List to leading the state's largest labor union, she has always stood up for what is right and has led with her heart and her values.
I have no doubt she will carry the baton left by Senator Feinstein, continue to break glass ceilings, and fight for all Californians in Washington.
https://x.com/GavinNewsom/status/1708699205206933871?s=20
She worked so hard to be a Black Lesbian, what an achievement.