× Newsom: I’d appoint a black woman to the Senate — if Feinstein gets out of the way; UPDATE: Newsom walks it back Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Newsom: I’d appoint a black woman to the Senate — if Feinstein gets out of the way; UPDATE: Newsom walks it back Ed MorrisseyPosted at 5:01 pm on March 16, 2021 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Stay classy, Gavin. With a recall challenge ahead of him and his prospects for a second term dimming otherwise as well, California’s governor needs all of the progressive credibility he can muster. What better way does Gavin Newsom have to accomplish that than by, er, pushing his fellow Democrat Dianne Feinstein into resigning?