Barbara Lee Makes It Official: She’s Running for Senate
Lee also addressed her age in the interview. “Bernie Sanders is older than myself, and he won California,” Lee said of the now-81-year-old Vermont senator’s success in the 2020 presidential primary. “It’s about speaking to the voters. If Bernie Sanders can win a primary in California, then Barbara Lee certainly can win to be the next United States senator. Come on.”
Before Lee’s official announcement, the biggest wrench thrown into the Democratic primary was Rep. Nancy Pelosi almost immediately endorsing Schiff, a longtime member of the House Intelligence Committee and a lead prosecutor during Trump’s impeachment hearings. Pelosi’s endorsement carries massive weight among Democrats and massive California fundraisers.Lee doesn’t seem scared. “Speaker Pelosi has a right to make her own decisions about who she endorses,” Lee told the.
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