# Pelosi Wages War Over Her Succession > Source: > Published: 2026-08-10 10:25:39+00:00 “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. ”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..'” [Save to Favorites](?wpfpaction=add&postid=2007936)