On the day that California Gov. Gavin Newsom named Kamala Harris’ replacement in the U.S. Senate, Molly Watson jumped on a call with other organizers and the two Black women in Congress that they had urged Newsom to appoint to the seat instead.
It was an emotional conversation, in which Watson said she struggled to hold back tears.
“It cut pretty deep knowing that we were going to be fully erased from the Senate,” Watson, of the progressive group Courage California, said.
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