Pelosi Wages War Over Her Succession

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.'

“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