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Kamala Harris’s Radical Protege Rep. Lateefah Simon May Be the Future of the Democratic Party – Twitchy

September 6, 2025

The Democratic Party is wanting for a leader. Every major Democrat, from AOC to Gavin Newsom, does not pass the giggle test, and this writer believes none of the current big names on the Left will be the nominee for president in 2028.

So the search is on for a new leader around whom the party can coalesce, and it’s possible that Rep. Lateefah Simon, the radical protege of Kamala Harris, could be just the woman they’re looking for.

California’s Lateefah Simon made history as the first legally blind Muslim congresswoman.

She’s already been called a ‘rising star’ by some in the media and was mentored by Kamala Harris.

Could she be the future of the Democrat Party? 👇 pic.twitter.com/6NOr9snyM4

— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) September 3, 2025

This writer thinks being mentored by Kamala Harris is something more akin to a punishment, but, she digresses.

Just how radical is Simon? Well …

Kamala’s Long-Time Protégé Wants To Defund The Police And Empty Jails https://t.co/kPswUIHag6

— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) September 6, 2025

Here’s more from the Daily Caller:

Lateefah Simon, who is running for Congress in California, has known Harris for roughly two decades, with the now-vice president officiating her wedding, mentoring her, giving her a government job and campaigning on her behalf in 2016 when she ran to join the board of directors for the Bay Area’s public train system, according to multiple media reports. Simon ultimately succeeded in her 2016 run for office, providing a major boost to her long career working to weaken law enforcement.

Following the death of George Floyd in 2020, Simon pushed to cut funding for law enforcement on public transit in the Bay Area by $2 million and shift the resources to “unarmed ambassadors,” The San Francisco Chronicle reported. Nearly half of people who ride public trains in the Bay Area said they had witnessed a crime, and roughly 85% of riders reported they would use the system more often if it were cleaner or safer, according to a 2023 poll.

“This call for defunding and abolishing — it really means defund and abolish the way we did things before,” Simon said about her push to reduce the number of transit police in the Bay Area, according to the Chronicle. Simon brags on her campaign website about implementing “progressive policing policies” during her time as a public transit official.