CA Progressives want Bass, Lee or (Nina)Turner as VP [View all]

[jorgevlorgan]

Bass is reasonable and on the shortlist, Lee is less likely but amazing, and Turner is just an insane proposition.

Rep. Karen Bass, D-Los Angeles, is one of progressives’ picks to be Joe Biden’s running mate in the Democratic presidential campaign.
2of3Rep. Karen Bass, D-Los Angeles, is one of progressives’ picks to be Joe Biden’s running mate in the Democratic presidential campaign.Photo: Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images
Former Ohio state Sen. Nina Turner (left), shown with former presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders and activist Jim Hightower in 2018, is one of progressives’ picks to be Joe Biden’s running mate in the Democratic presidential campaign.


California Sen. Kamala Harris is widely believed to be on Joe Biden’s short list for vice president, but a group of Bernie Sanders supporters in the California Democratic Party wants the nominee-to-be to pick either Oakland Rep. Barbara Lee or one of two other Black women instead.

Lee, Los Angeles Rep. Karen Bass and Nina Turner, a former Ohio state senator, would make excellent running mates, Sanders delegates to the Democratic National Convention wrote in a letter to Biden that was obtained by The Chronicle.

“In order to meet this historic moment, Democrats must select an exceptional progressive vice presidential candidate who will both inspire the 90 million Americans who did not vote in 2016 to cast a ballot this November and lead America into a new era of equality, compassion, and economic justice,” the Sanders backers wrote.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/California-progressives-want-Barbara-Lee-Karen-15419043.php