Democrats have officially anointed the successor to former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s coveted seat in Congress.
And it is not who Pelosi wanted.
Radical woke leftist State Sen. Scott Wiener dominated Tuesday’s Democratic primary for California’s 11th Congressional District, capturing roughly 40% of the vote and making himself the clear frontrunner to succeed Pelosi in November.
Pelosi’s hand selected successor, center-left San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan, limped into second place with just 26% support
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’ former chief of staff, socialist Saikat Chakrabarti, finished a distant third and was eliminated.
Both Wiener and Chan advance to the November general election under California’s top-two primary rules, but Tuesday’s result is essentially the end.
In Pelosi’s carefully gerrymandered district, Democrats outnumber Republicans by more than three to one. With such strong support, Wiener is expected to be San Francisco’s a new congressman.
The fact that Wiener dominated Pelosi’s handpicked candidate in Pelosi’s own district speaks volumes about the 86-year-old’s declining grip on the Democratic Party, where she has held supreme power since 1987.
“I know and love this district,” Pelosi had said in endorsing Chan. “I’m proud to endorse Democrat Connie Chan and ask you to join me in electing her to Congress.”
Voters couldn’t care less.
Wiener, a 56-year-old state senator, has spent his career accumulating a staggering radical leftist record that sane people find dizzying – and it’s what Democrats love.
In response to a 2022 Texas bill banning drag shows for minors, Wiener demanded California schools be mandated to teach “Drag Queen 101 as part of the K-12 curriculum” and said he would make children’s attendance at “Drag Queen Story Time” a requirement for all students.
He has been the key figure in California’s legislation that legalized transgender sex changes of children, encourages out-of-state minors to seek sex change surgery and sterilization in California, and punishes parents who refuse to “affirm” their child’s sex change by removing them to state custody.
He once called ICE “a paramilitary police force” and “a modern-day gestapo,” and attacked the California National Guard as “Trump’s private army” and told the president directly to “stay the hell out of San Francisco.”
According to Breitbart —
Wiener is responsible for some of the most radical — and, arguably, the worst — legislation to come out of Sacramento. His “greatest hits” include a mask ban that attempts, unconstitutionally, to make it easier to “dox” ICE agents; SB 79, which overrides local zoning laws to allow high-rise developments near transit centers; a law decriminalizing loitering, which led to an explosion of child prostitution (and was repealed); the transgender “sanctuary state” law encouraging minors to seek surgery and drug treatments in the state; a law reducing penalties for same-sex statutory rape of an underage victim where the perpetrator was close in age; and many more.
Wiener also has billionaire backers, and has raised more than any other candidate in the race.
The November general election will be a formality in all but name. No Republican candidate qualified for the top-two runoff.
And the radical woke leftist Wiener is exactly what the modern Democratic Party wants.
Take a look —
As more & more states ban books & drag queens, we’re celebrating both at San Francisco Public Library’s #NightOfIdeas. pic.twitter.com/i4pk9Qxdix
— Senator Scott Wiener (@Scott_Wiener) March 5, 2023