Former Kamala Harris Adviser Who Doesn’t Appear to Live in California Picked to Fill Late Dianne Feinstein’s Seat

So eager were Democrats to find a replacement for the late Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat that they apparently didn’t even bother to pick someone living in California.


 

According to the Washington Examiner: 

The appointment of Laphonza Butler to become California's newest senator is already raising some eyebrows as she appears to be registered to vote in Maryland with an address in that state.

Registration records indicate that Butler lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, with her mailing address the same as her residential. She registered as a Democrat as of Sept. 12, 2022.

Butler is the president of EMILYs List, the self-described "nation's largest resource dedicated to electing Democratic pro-choice women to office," and a longtime leader in California before her move to Maryland.

On Sunday night, the newest California senator's biography on the EMILYs List website listed that "Laphonza grew up in Magnolia, MS, and attended one of the country's premier HBCUs, Jackson State University. She lives in Maryland with her partner Neneki Lee and their daughter Nylah."

As of 7 a.m. Monday, the organization has removed the line that she lives in Maryland.

Butler was formally Kamala Harris' 2020 campaign adviser. 

As radio host Dan O’Donnell noticed in real-time, Butler removed part of her biography on her Twitter account that listed Maryland as her location.

California's new Senator just removed the part of her bio indicating that she lives in Maryland pic.twitter.com/BsFeIG4KaE

— Dan O'Donnell (@DanODonnellShow) October 2, 2023

Similarly, The Spectator’s Matt Foldi found that Butler’s LinkedIn page also listed her location as Maryland.

On LinkedIn, the next #CASEN Laphonza Butler lists her location as Silver Spring, Maryland

Did #CAGOV @GavinNewsom really mess this up so badly?? https://t.co/Kcsx0yJCa0 pic.twitter.com/19ODhtmkYG

— Matthew Foldi (@MatthewFoldi) October 2, 2023

Yet, merely hours after Foldi’s post, Butler’s location according to LinkedIn changed to the “Los Angeles Metropolitan Area.”

This is actually legal, as a Senate candidate only needs to live in a state at the time of the election, and Butler is being appointed to the position. Regardless, it's not a good look - and she knowss it. 

Matt Palumbo is the author of Fact-Checking the Fact-Checkers: How the Left Hijacked and Weaponized the Fact-Checking Industry and The Man Behind the Curtain: Inside the Secret Network of George Soros

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