Meghan Markle has been slammed for “considering run for office” as she is claimed to be looking to fill Californian Senator Dianne Feinstein’s seat.
The 41-year-old has been told to focus on work as a duchess by enraged royal commentator PDina.
She told Us Weekly’s Royally US: “It is not a logical next step. If anything, I think it reveals so much more about her initial intentions before marrying Harry. Why would you even want to do that after marrying into the Royal Family?
“Your duty is to your work as a duchess, to be alongside your husband doing charity work. Why are you trying to get into government? That doesn’t make sense as a duchess.
“It just tells you that her political ambition was always there. You don’t just one day say, ‘I’m going to be a senator’.”
A major Democratic donor said it would be a “long shot” for Meghan to take on the position.
They told the Mail on Sunday: “Meghan is definitely a long shot, but in the craziness that is US politics these days it’s not an impossibility. Crazier things have happened.”
It comes as California Gov. Gavin Newsom had promised to appoint a Black woman in 2021 as concerns grew about Feinstein’s declining health.
He also has said he would avoid the field of candidates already campaigning for the post, which will be on the ballot next year and includes Rep. Barbara Lee, one of the state’s most prominent Black women currently serving in elected office.
In the hours after Feinstein’s death, Newsom quickly faced calls to honor his commitment, with some leaders calling on him specifically to name Lee to the post, a reminder of the fraught dynamic Newsom faces with a key Democratic constituency.
Aimee Allison, who founded She the People, a political advocacy network for women of color, said in a statement that “there is no clearer choice for this appointment than Rep. Lee.”
Newsom’s political allies and advisers were largely quiet Friday about the governor’s thinking, and Newsom avoided any public appearances that would surely result in questions about his impending choice.
It’s not his first time selecting a US senator, after being tasked with choosing a replacement for Kamala Harris when she was elected vice president. It was one of a string of appointments Newsom made in late 2020 and early 2021, a power that gave him kingmaker status among the state’s ambitious Democrats.
But finding a replacement for Feinstein is a less desirable task and one Newsom has openly said he did not want.
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