Emboldened by recent wins, elected officials gathered in San Francisco to share strategy for a midterm ‘reckoning’
Fury at Donald Trump was the coin of the realm, as thousands of California delegates, activists and elected officials gathered in San Francisco this weekend, emboldened by a string of victories and confident the Golden State would help deliver a power check on the president in the upcoming midterm elections.
On Saturday, Democrats streamed through the Moscone Center convention complex, sporting lanyards emblazoned with Gavin Newsom’s name and tote bags adorned with one of Nancy Pelosi’s favorite aphorisms: “We don’t Agonize, we organize” – symbols of a party in transition as the former speaker approaches retirement and the term-limited governor eyes a presidential campaign.
“Trump’s reign of terror must end,” declared Pelosi in her remarks, whose long legacy Democrats honored throughout the weekend with tributes and speeches to their “forever speaker”.
Adam Schiff, the California senator and a longtime Trump antagonist, invoked the grizzly bear on the state flag as a warning to the current administration: “When you poke the bear, the bear rips your fucking head off.”
