Massachusetts Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley called on California Gov. Gavin Newsom in a tweet Tuesday to appoint a Black woman to replace Vice President-elect Kamala Harris in the Senate. "We absolutely cannot go backwards," Pressley tweeted Tuesday. "With the election of@KamalaHarris to VP-elect, @CAgovernor must prioritize this leadership, perspective & representation in the vacated U.S.
Senate seat & appoint a Black woman." Pressley recommended California Reps. Karen Bass and Barbara Lee for the job, calling them "seasoned policymakers." The call for a Black woman like Bass or Lee to fill the seat has been echoed by California's biggest political donors, Black Lives Matter, Latino and Black leaders and even Bass herself.
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