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Meghan Markle<\/strong>‘s name has reportedly been getting kicked around to fill Dianne Feinstein<\/strong>‘s Senate seat — which makes sense … based on what the governor has said about who’s next.<\/p>\n This speculation comes courtesy of the Daily Mail<\/strong>, so take it with a grain of salt … albeit, admittedly, an intriguing one. The UK outlet reports that “phones lit up” this weekend with chatter over the possibility of the Duchess being tapped to fill the now-vacant seat.<\/p>\n They also quoted one anonymous bigwig Dem donor as saying that Meg was a long shot, but that her being chosen wasn’t outside the realm of possibility in these crazy times.<\/p>\n DM also reports MM’s made it known, privately, that she has lofty political ambitions — saying she’s apparently eyeing a White House run one day … and that she’s already met with Gavin Newsom<\/strong> about a U.S. Senate appointment — however, that was supposedly back in 2020, when Kamala Harris<\/strong>‘ seat was left vacant, and GN obviously didn’t pick Meg to fill it.<\/p>\n While that was then … the situation is quite different now, and actually appears to favor Meghan being appointed as an interim Senator — and it’s because of Newsom’s own words.<\/p>\n A couple years ago — when concerns over Feinstein’s health first bubbled up — Newsom told MSNBC’s Joy Reid<\/strong> that he would appoint a Black woman to fill Feinstein’s seat in the case that she retired, or other circumstances (like her sudden death). He made no bones about it.<\/p>\n He doubled down on that pledge just a few weeks during an interview on “Meet the Press” — but hedged this time … saying it would be a Black woman who hasn’t already publicly announced they’ll be running for the seat in the next election cycle (November 2024).<\/p>\n The rationale here … at least 3 high-profile Dem politicians have already said they’re vying for the seat in November — when it’s up for grabs during the election — and Newsom says he doesn’t wanna appear to favor any one of them by appointing them to fill in right now.<\/p>\n In other words, he basically needs someone (a Black woman, specifically) to just fill in for the time being as a figurehead — while the real candidates take center stage next year. As Chuck Todd<\/strong> put it (and to which Newsom seemingly agreed) … a “caretaker” appointment.<\/p>\n Rep. Barbara Lee<\/strong> — who’s one of the 3 leading Dem candidates who’ll run for the seat, alongside Adam Schiff<\/strong> and Katie Porter<\/strong> — called out Newsom’s thinking as patronizing.<\/p>\n However, that type of situation is kinda exactly what Meg would need to launch herself into politics — about 13 or so months on the job, in the national spotlight, to get a little juice for more moves down the road … assuming she’s seriously considering a life in politics.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/fd\/4by3\/2023\/10\/01\/fdba405935c943589d02826a07ae4116_md.jpg\")
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