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RandySF

(86,657 posts) Thu May 28, 2026, 06:36 AM Thursday

CA-11: Pelosi Finally Says What She Thinks About Chakrabarti and Wiener In Race to Succeed Her

Pelosi tells Shafer that she's never met Chakrabarti, and that basically he's a carpetbagger........

"I’ve never seen him at a homeless shelter, or a food bank, or an an immigration center. I've never seen him in the community," Pelosi adds.

When Shafer turns to Wiener, who is leading in the polls to succeed Pelosi, she sounds clearly pissed off that this is the case.

"Are you part of their campaign?" she snipes at Shafer after he offers some praise of Wiener's legislative record. And, she adds, regarding the Chronicle's endorsement of him, "You sound like the SF Chronicle, which is totally irrelevant, along with the Examiner. Nobody cares about endorsements from the newspapers."

https://sfist.com/2026/05/27/pelosi-finally-says-what-she-thinks-about-chakrabarti-and-wiener-in-race-to-succeed-her/

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CA-11: Pelosi Finally Says What She Thinks About Chakrabarti and Wiener In Race to Succeed Her (Original Post) RandySF Thursday OP

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I voted for her. RandySF Thursday #2

Thank you for your service WA-03 Democrat Thursday #3

It sounds like she's pissed a woman might not succeed her Sympthsical Thursday #4

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RandySF

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2. I voted for her.

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Thu May 28, 2026, 06:56 AM

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But the other two have been on television and I wonder how many union members actually live in the city.

WA-03 Democrat

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3. Thank you for your service

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Thu May 28, 2026, 10:21 AM

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Enjoy your next chapter

Sympthsical

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4. It sounds like she's pissed a woman might not succeed her

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Thu May 28, 2026, 11:48 AM

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At least, that's been my read on things. They were teeing up Christine for a while, but there was too much blowback both internally and externally. And then Wiener committed lèse-majesté with his announcement before Pelosi begrudgingly admitted she wasn't running again.

I think the idea was to slot Chan in there if it couldn't be Christina, but they wanted more time for that transition and get all the political and financial ducks in a row. Then Wiener blew it up by saying fuck it and not waiting to run.

I'm fine with either Chan or Wiener. But honestly, I cannot wait to see the backside of this political machine. I do not think it has served us well in a long time. Enjoy retirement already.

"Being a mom is very important to voters, because it says that we have a shared experience. So I want someone there who faced the challenges I faced, being a working mom."

What an odd thing to say, particularly when the main opponent is a gay man.

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