California State Senator Scott Wiener, known for authoring numerous state bills promoting transgenderism, prostitution, and drug use, has announced that he will be running for Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s seat in Congress next year.
Wiener, who previously served as a San Francisco city supervisor, is known largely for his advocacy of building taller new housing, which puts him at odds with the city’s historically anti-development Left. More importantly for national purposes, though, he is also the proponent of just about every horrible cultural leftist idea known to man.
He was responsible for a bill de facto legalizing prostitution in California, banning cops from effectively profiling suspects. He authored a bill that would have legalized “safe consumption” sites in the state, a euphemism for shoot-up sites where addicts can feed their addiction. The bill was vetoed by Governor Gavin Newsom.
Wiener also authored a bill that made California a “state of refuge” for minors seeking “gender-affirming” care, the Left’s preferred phrasing for sex-change operations. Most recently, he authored a bill banning ICE from wearing facemasks, though because they are under federal jurisdiction, it has no effect.
While many of these ideas have widespread support in the radicalized Democratic Party, Wiener is unique in how fanatically, and often successfully, he has pushed for them to be enacted into California law. Absent a political sea change, it will be impossible for him have the same level of success in Congress, despite his level of zeal.
In his campaign announcement, Wiener predictably targeted the Trump administration, claiming America was descending into fascism and saying that he would fight for San Francisco values on a national stage. He also mentioned that his family had escaped fascism in Europe, though he did not comment on their views regarding child transgenderism.
For the time being, Rep. Pelosi has not made a decision on whether she will be running for reelection in 2026. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s former chief of staff Saikat Chakrabarti is also running, making the race a leftier-than-thou competition, in typical San Francisco fashion.
