Longtime California congresswoman representing the San Francisco Bay Area who became the mayor of Oakland in 2025. She is known for being the only member of Congress to vote against the authorisation for use of military force in the wake of September 11th. She is considered a figure of the isolationist wing of the Democratic Party, which argues for a more restrained American role abroad.
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