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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.'

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Pelosi Wages War Over Her Succession
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“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 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..'”

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