OPINION: Barbara Lee’s greatest motivation to run for Senate may be her determination to have someone in the field who understands what it feels like to be excluded for being poor, Black or a woman.
Even Capitol Hill veterans are asking that question after the 76-year-old East Bay congresswoman announced she is running to replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
To get there she needs to outpace at least two Democratic colleagues who have already announced their candidacies — Rep. Adam Schiff of Los Angeles, who gained nationwide attention leading the first Trump impeachment committee, and Rep. Katie Porter, whose interrogation of Trump administration officials earned her adulation from the left, and face time on cable TV.
That committee is now chaired by Kay Granger, a conservative Texan. Lee can voice her dissent, but the committee is stacked to make certain Republicans prevail. Few know Lee’s story. In high school, she was denied a chance to tryout as a cheerleader because she didn’t have blond hair, blue eyes and most importantly, white skin. So, she enlisted the NAACP’s help and pressured the school into letting students vote for cheerleaders, which earned her a spot on the squad.
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