Scott Wiener launches 2028 bid for Pelosi's seat in Congress
Note: this is Scott Weiner, not Anthony Weiner.
Anthony Weiner resigned from Congress in June 2011 after it was revealed that he had sent sexually suggestive photos of himself to different women, including a minor.
https://sfstandard.com/2025/06/27/nancy-pelosi-scott-wiener-congress-election-san-francisco/Open linkView original on lemmy.world163
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Well, that's disappointing. The Democratic Party doesn't need any more spineless cowards waiting their turn. If you don't have the balls to tell an 85-year-old to retire, you don't have the balls to stand up to fascism.
B-but, if we stop rewarding seniority and nothing else even if we run terrible losing campaigns... Multiple times in a row... Th-then it'll never be MY turn...
Dear God, before you know it, the DNC will be some kind of meritocracy, where the most charismatic candidates with the most popular ideals win! The horror!
Saikat Chakrabarti, AOC’s former campaign manager, is actually running against Pelosi and not just launching an exploratory bid. https://www.saikat.us/en
Sweet, was mad that there was no serious candidate challenging Pelosi from the left this last election. SF deserves better.
Damn I hadn’t heard about this. Thanks for spreading the word!
I did get jumpscared by the Weiner name. He was such a disappointment.
Electile Dysfunction
Carlos Danger
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Wiener
Please no.
Hard to say where he really sits without knowing more about him, but voice wise it seems he was calling for people to protest Israel's actions while not performing them specifically at Jewish events. Which I get. Bringing the protests to specifically Jewish events in the U.S. isn't protesting Israel, it draws the idea that if you are Jewish you are Israel, which is false. His comments that Palestinians should be able to live without fear I haven't seen anyone mentioning and the fact that they are quoting him from 2021 saying Israel should be more surgical, 2 years before things escalated from the Oct 7th attack and prior to any ground invasion.
A U.S. Senator speaking about Israel overreach in 2021 is actually surprising.
"Who's that?"
"He's Scott Wiener"
"I know he's got wiener but what's his name?"
Thanks for the clarification on Tony vs Scott. With so many weiners out there I sometimes get confused about which is which.
Too many dicks on the dance floor.
I'm willing to bet a loaf of bread was < 20¢ the last time something similar aimed at her seat.
Idk man.. if he wins it'll put pelosi out of work.. and it'll put the devs at autopilot,the Nancy pelosi stock trading app all out of work.
https://www.joinautopilot.com/
/s obviously because fuck her and her insider trading
I’m legit curious what the ROI on those are
Supposedly pelosi is up 50% over the actual market.
Didn't Pelosi say she wasn't going to run for reelection this time around? Or am I mistaking her for one of the other Do-Nothing Democrat Fossils?
googles JFC she is 85.
Man there so needs to be an upperbound on age of elected officials.
Like how does this woman who has been in office since 1987 have any idea what's going on in the common person's living room?
All of these fossils both R and D need to be gone. Wow.
*I thought this reply was going to go a different direction... But I was so put off by her ages and time in office.
Just wow.
Minimum age to run, no reason not to have a maximum.
And involved in the California DNC since the '70s
Introducing new faces, fresh ideas!
At a minimum this guy won't have the same level of intuitional clout Pelosi used many many times to hinder progressive policies and engage in political horse trading. So even if this guy is literally a 1-for-1 Pelosi clone he'll be a much weaker hurdle to overcome than she was.
Come on, does this really need the /s to catch the sarcasm?
They can't beat our weiner!
Pepsi's daughter? Com'on girl, no dynasties please.