CA Gov’s Pick For Kamala Harris’ Seat Will Be The State’s First Latino Senator | Talking Points Memo

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Padilla’s Senate seat will be up for grabs in the 2022 election.

In 2022, Padilla will be 49, so he might be running for a full term.

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If I was around that fucking maniac, I would lie too.

But, see, I wouldn’t willingly be around him in the first place and if the proximity was accidental I would haul ass.

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So Bob Menendez is chopped liver?

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As long as it’s not a white man, we’re moving in the right direction.

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First from California is what was meant.

(Which is not to be taken as an endorsement of Menendez.)

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Meant but was not stated.
I wonder if Menendez and Cruz fight over whose parent(s) were better Cuban imigrants?

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How is this not tokenism? We mocked imPotus for his gender-bound replacement of supreme court judges. Regardless, Padilla cab be unseated; he will have to run for that seat in 2022.

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Not a fan of chopped liver, sorry.

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Pat Roberts is 84. Jim “Snowball” Inhofe is 85. Richard Shelby and Chuck Grassley are 86 (87?)

Yeah, I’ve got a little list. Yes, yes, they’re on the list.

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Me either.

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It’s good that it’s a first, but it’s sad that it’s a first in 2021. I long for the day when these sorts of firsts are no longer newsworthy.

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Was stated in the article, so I took it as implied in the comment. No big deal regardless.

 

Menendez is not a graduate of a major Ivy, thus not worth engaging.

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OT–

DoJ sues Walmart over its role in ratcheting up the opioid crisis.

Walmart “violated important provisions of the Controlled Substances Act that were meant to prevent such controlled substances, including prescription opioids, from being diverted for misuse and abuse.”
https://tulsaworld.com/news/national/justice-department-sues-walmart-over-alleged-role-in-fueling-opioid-crisis/article_4d1d084e-4c56-5d34-a3de-dcab423636fe.html

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Except Pence was a damn liar long before he teamed up with Trump.

There will definitely be a performance for the ages at the joint session.

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Is Canada still on Cruz’s approved list for emigres?

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Pence isn’t wrong. Trump the magnificent could pull a Grover Cleveland in 2024. :crazy_face: :rofl:

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Wait till Texas politicians find out that the majority of Tesla and Oracle employees moving in vote for Democrats.

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This is Roberts’ last session–he’s retiring.

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Ironic, coming from a Cubanadian…

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