California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s pick to fill the Senate seat left open after Dianne Feinstein’s death last week is a radical pro-abortion activist who supports abortion throughout all nine months of pregnancy.
Newsom claims to have slated Laphonza Butler to fill the Golden State’s vacant Senate seat because of her two-year track record as the head of EMILY’s List, a radical pro-abortion PAC dedicated specifically to electing anti-life Democrat women. Prior to advancing the left’s radical abortion goals and candidates, Butler was a senior adviser to Vice President Kamala Harris during her short-lived 2020 presidential campaign and the head of California’s largest union.
“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,” Newsom wrote in his official announcement.
I’m proud to announce California’s new United States Senator — Laphonza Butler.
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.… pic.twitter.com/SOnbfVPmXj
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) October 2, 2023
Several prominent Democrats in the state including Reps. Katie Porter, Adam Schiff, and Barbare Lee started gunning for Feinstein’s seat, which she occupied for more than three decades, months before her death.
Newsom, however, chose
