I saw him standing on the corner of 4th and Main streets in downtown Chico on January 20th during this year’s Women’s March for Women’s Rights, Human Rights and Unity. His sign and the sneering smile on his face told me what he thinks of women.
Particularly offensive is the sign’s reference to a speculum, a medical instrument used for examinations that saves women’s lives, but here he was using it and the humiliating “C” word to abuse, denigrate, insult and express his hatred of women. And contrary to the sign’s assertion, women don’t want “extra rights.” We want — no, we demand — that the laws of human rights that already exist be enforced: namely, the right to govern our own bodies and the right to not be sexually harassed, raped and/or physically abused by men.read more
Campaigning in Chico, de León says opponent Feinstein should have stopped Kavanaugh
By Leslie Layton | Posted September 28, 2018
photo by Karen Laslo
California Sen. Kevin de León at CSUC’s Trinity Commons.
California Sen. Kevin de León, running an uphill battle to win a U.S. Senate seat, campaigned Thursday in Butte County, calling for debt-free higher education, immigration reform and Medicare-for-all.
De León also criticized his opponent, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, for not acting sooner to stop Judge Brett Kavanaugh from becoming a U.S. Supreme Court justice nominee on the brink of confirmation. De León said Feinstein could have helped block the 2006 floor vote that confirmed Kavanaugh to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
De León, who has served as president pro tempore of the California Senate, indicated he believes Democrats in Congress must use more combative tactics – not unlike strategies in use by Republicans – in the face of Republican Party extremism. He said his position isn’t partisan, but rather a reaction to a presidency that is an “abnormal electoral aberration.”read more
