Gavin Newsom’s pick to fill the U.S. Senate seat of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is "a real blow to the African-American community." Newsom on Tuesday tapped Calif. Secretary of State Alex Padilla, who would become the first Latino to hold a U.S. Senate seat from the state. Harris, the daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants, was the only Black woman in the Senate. "When Sen. Harris is sworn in as the vice president, there will be one African American Democrat, one African American Republican, no African American women." Those who wanted to see a Black woman in the Senate were pushing the governor to appoint Bass or Rep. Barbara Lee.

Source: Fox News December 23, 2020 00:33 UTC