On Tuesday night, San Francisco congressional hopefuls Connie Chan and Scott Wiener squared off for the final time at the Sydney Goldstein Theater, in a debate before hundreds of people moderated by Mission Local and the New York Times.
The two candidates fought over their visions for AI regulation, discussed what would make San Francisco affordable again, and waded into foreign policy, including Iran, Israel and Palestine.
In the more lighthearted portion of the evening, they talked favorite Muni lines, best Bay Area sports team (both picked the Valkyries), and their ideal night on the town.
By the end, asking each other a question apiece, the candidates admitted they actually get along just fine — off the campaign trail, at least.
Watch the debate in full below.
Wiener continues to post ads on Youtube smearing Connie essentially as pro-crime and anti-housing.
Valkyries?
Expect Wiener to buy in big time with ad space using the recently acquired millions (billions?) . He showing up everywhere and relentlessly on streaming media.
I’ve lived here a long time and have never seen a race with so much full time propaganda crap being churned out by an excessively overfunded candidate.
The sheer volume of pro-Wiener/anti-Chan propaganda mailers coming in every day is overwhelming.
He’s shoving himself down our throats at an ever increasing rate and, tragically, it will probably work.
No problem.
This unrelenting political climber will eying the next open Senate seat.
Ugh.
And look on the bright side – he’ll be in Washington as a rookie backbencher no one will listen to and away from causing mayhem in California.
I voted for Connie Chan! Wiener is the ultimate play to pay politician swimming in dark money super PACs from AI, crypto and surveillance billionaires. We don’t need another Schumer!
After viewing the video, I was most struck by how “reasonable” and affable the entire event was.
Why shouldn’t it have been?
The differences between the candidates are minor and exist mainly to corral San Francisco voters into the capitalist Democratic Party’s big tent.
With dictatorship, economic meltdown, and world war looming, the party needs us to believe that it will listen to us, provide for us, and defend us.
I’m proud of Chan,
Most of us here are transplants drawn by the promise of freedom to be ourselves and to maximize same and few have flourished and grown more than Connie Chan.
And, she has always worked for the people from interpreting for our monolingual neighbors to combing through tens of billions in City budget gold to tease out as much as possible for those who struggle and the organizations that minister to them.
Scott has always been the top Corporate Real Estate lawyer when it comes to advising his clients how to get around the law and as a legislator he has concentrated on overturning laws that cost Developers profit and writing new laws that always favored the rich.
I am amazed that no one has mentioned the Wiener/Chiu destruction of some 2,000 Rent Controlled units at Park Merced.
Or, picked at any of Wiener’s legislation aimed at keeping everyone in the dark as to what’s happening on their blocks or even next door development wise and did you know that Scott passed a law that says that developers no longer have to post little things like they’re going to tear down the house next door to you tomorrow ?
This guy is a menace to both homeowners and tenants alike along with being a staunch supporter of the genocidal purge of the Palestinian people.
Chan just puts her head down and pushes forward working for you.
Wiener puts his head down and thinks of how to further empower his gods who are Daddy Warbucks and Benjamin Netanyahu.
And, you know, Campers … it might not be so bad with the world stage as it is to send a fluent in Chinese legislator to DC to represent a City of immigrants like you.
go Niners !!
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Scott Wiener is the choice for billionaire-backed PACs, AI companies, real estate developers, fossil fuel companies, z!0-ists, and a couple build trade unions. Connie has the backing of nearly everyone else. The choice is pretty clear people!
Albert, if ” Connie has the backing of nearly everyone else” then why does every poll have her losing? That can surely only be because a lot of ordinary working people find her too negative on the issues.
The Chronicle’s political analyst said the race was a virtual tie. Connie is backed by labor and wiener is basked by billionaires. I hope she wins.
Wiener is willing if not eager to lie for max bucks. Period.