{"slug": "pelosi-wages-war-over-her-succession", "title": "Pelosi Wages War Over Her Succession", "summary": "Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is using her political machine to block California State Senator Scott Wiener from succeeding her in Congress, escalating a feud within San Francisco's Democratic establishment. Pelosi and her allies criticized Wiener's campaign for an AI-powered chatbot that imitates her preferred successor, Supervisor Connie Chan, calling it 'sexist' and a source of 'harmful racial tropes that echo Trump birtherism.'", "body_md": "“Nancy Pelosi is unleashing her political machine to block one of California’s most prominent state lawmakers from replacing her in Congress, bringing an increasingly bitter feud to a head inside San Francisco’s Democratic establishment,” [Politico](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/10/pelosi-wages-war-over-her-succession-01030149) reports.\n\n”The latest clash erupted after Pelosi and her allies publicly blasted Scott Wiener’s campaign last week over an AI-powered chatbot imitating her preferred successor, San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan, calling the bot ‘sexist’ and a source of ‘harmful racial tropes that echo Trump birtherism..'”\n\n[Save to Favorites](?wpfpaction=add&postid=2007936)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/pelosi-wages-war-over-her-succession", "canonical_source": "https://politicalwire.com/2026/08/10/pelosi-wages-war-over-her-succession/", "published_at": "2026-08-10 10:25:39+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-10 10:52:33.665351+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["generative-ai", "ai-ethics", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Nancy Pelosi", "Scott Wiener", "Connie Chan", "Politico"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/pelosi-wages-war-over-her-succession", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/pelosi-wages-war-over-her-succession.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/pelosi-wages-war-over-her-succession.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/pelosi-wages-war-over-her-succession.jsonld"}}