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Residency in a State Matters . . . Unless It’s Your Preferred Candidate

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California governor Gavin Newsom speaks during an appearance ahead of facing a Republican-led recall election in San Leandro, Calif., September 8, 2021.

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California governor Gavin Newsom is appointing Laphonza Butler, the head of EMILY’s List, a pro-abortion fundraising outfit, to serve out the remainder of the late Senator Dianne Feinstein’s term. Below, John McCormack points out all the evidence that Butler lives in the state of Maryland, which you would think would make her a less than ideal choice to represent the state of California. Notice the careful wording in Butler’s tweet from today:

“A state I have made my home” . . . in the distant, distant past.

Jim Geraghty

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Jim Geraghty

Jim Geraghty is the senior political correspondent of National Review.

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