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Senator Scott Wiener

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6’7” CA State Senator 🏳️‍🌈 ✡️ Policy nerd & chronic legislative overachiever 🤓 Running for Congress to protect our democracy 💙 Vote Nov. 3, 2026 🗳️

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1Aug 28, '23Forcing a teacher to out a trans kid to their parents — even if the kid isn’t ready & even if it puts them at risk of harm — is dangerous & frankly, despicable. Each of us 147×5.6M5.4k361146
2Sep 29, '24Going all Senatorial at Folsom127×4.8M16k5441.7k
3May 24, '23Target is removing LGBTQ Pride products because of terrorist behavior like this. Yes, this is absolutely terrorism & Target should be ashamed for caving in. Just like Anheuser 86×3.3M2.5k478153
4Aug 25, '25Florida banning the Diary of Anne Frank tells you everything you need to know about the MAGA movement.84.8×3.2M48k7.1k981
5Mar 4, '23“Transgenderism must be eradicated from public life entirely.” These words were in a speech by a major right wing figure at a national conservative conference. It’s a straight up c77.3×3M5.7k1.1k219
6Dec 31, '22Tonight at midnight, SB 107 goes into effect & California officially becomes a state of refuge for trans kids & their families. As red states pursue 100s of laws criminaliz73.5×2.8M1.5k29137
7Oct 7, '23The Governor has vetoed our bill to cap insulin co-pays at $35/month (SB 90). People are choosing between paying for insulin & buying food. This veto is a missed opportunity to66.3×2.5M3.5k378114
8Mar 1, '23Mississippi just banned gender-affirming care for trans youth. MDs will have their licenses revoked & be subject to lawsuits for 30 years after providing the care. It’s hard to56.5×2.2M7.6k1.1k129
9Sep 15, '25Charlie Kirk did not deserve to die. Also Charlie Kirk was a vile bigot who did immeasurable harm to so many people by normalizing dehumanization. Yes, having debates on college ca54.2×2.1M12k1.1k689
10Oct 23, '25I wrote California's law banning ICE agents from wearing masks (SB 627) because no one should have to live in fear of secret police tactics. If someone you know gets detained by IC49.7×1.9M4k1.3k228
11Aug 14, '25I’m authoring legislation to shut this ski mask shit down.49.4×1.9M45k4.2k568
12Mar 28, '23“The greatest evil our country faces” Not climate change. Not gun violence. Not preventable diseases. Trans people And they wonder why we think they’re advocating for genocide.42.8×1.6M1.6k24033
13Oct 11, '23This DSA SF statement is horrifying & even worse than the national DSA statement. It unqualifiedly endorses Hamas’s “resistance,” consisting of the massacre of 1,200 Israelis, 41.2×1.6M2k317175
14Mar 20, '24Ted, remember when we went to law school together & everyone hated you?37×1.4M14k639284
15Oct 22, '25It’s official: I’m running for Congress to represent San Francisco! I’ll fight Trump’s takeover, for our values, & for real progress. I’ve delivered on housing, healthcare, cle36.8×1.4M2k222225
16Sep 23, '25Can’t wait to break Sinclair up. Corporate media consolidation doesn’t jibe with democracy. And although Sinclair isn’t a fan of democracy, most people are.36.7×1.4M9k1.2k317
17Jul 16, '24Elon Musk is a textbook example of why kids shouldn’t be forced to come out to their parents.34.7×1.3M19k1.4k344
18Oct 14, '25You are a truly vile person33.6×1.3M17k685228
19Jun 16, '25We’re announcing new legislation — the No Secret Police Act (SB 627) — to ban local/state/federal law enforcement, w/ some exceptions, from covering their faces when interacting w/32.2×1.2M4.2k761193
20Dec 14, '17FCC just repealed net neutrality. When CA Legislature reconvenes in January, I‘ll introduce a bill to adopt net neutrality as a requirement in CA. If FCC won’t protect free/open in29.4×032k13k2
21Oct 10, '25MAJOR NEWS: @GavinNewsom signed SB 79, my bill allowing more housing near public transit — rail, subway, rapid bus. It’s a huge step for housing in California. It’ll create more ho27×1M4.6k500128
22Dec 9, '24Elon has long hated public transit, which he thinks carries a bunch of “serial killers.” He instead wants everyone to drive a car (preferably a Tesla). Now he has government power 26.3×1M2.7k244229
23Nov 5, '24If only22×839k11k240242
24Nov 25, '23High speed rail isn’t rocket science. It exists in many places. Yet, the U.S. simply refuses to invest adequately in rail & even when it does invest, makes it hard to actually 18.6×712k2k15936
25Dec 21, '22New data: California has 12% of the US population but 30% of its homeless & 50% of unsheltered homeless. Why? CA doesn’t have more mental health issues than other states. Rathe18.5×706k4.5k449120
26Jun 7, '25We’re now seeing paramilitary ICE raids in LA — full on military garb, military tanks, flash bang grenades & the arrest of a major labor leader. This is a core manifestation of17.6×673k5.4k1.9k239
27Mar 12, '23For just a single SF payroll processing co. that banked w/ SVB: Tens of 1000s of employees’ paychecks next wk are being held by FDIC; avg salary=$48K Among impacted SF customers (i15.9×608k1.6k21271
28Jun 25, '25Bondi saying she doesn’t know ICE is wearing masks is like Trump saying he’s not aware that his bill guts Medicaid. These people are pathological liars.14.4×550k28k7k365
29Jun 8, '25Vance calls the LA protests an “invasion.” 4 min later, Miller calls it an “insurrection.” 29 min later, Hegseth threatens to send in Marines. It’s like clockwork. They’ve chomped 14.1×539k16k4.5k636
30Nov 29, '23Oakland City Council passed a reso calling for Gaza ceasefire. When a council member asked to add language condemning Hamas, a stream of public comment praising & supporting Ha13.5×516k1.6k235132
31Nov 20, '22The word “groomer” is categorically an anti-LGBTQ hate word. It’s super homophobic/transphobic. It plays into the slander that LGBTQ people are pedophiles. It’s no different than c13.4×04.6k636179
32Oct 12, '23BIG HOUSING NEWS: @GavinNewsom has signed our 3 housing bills: ✅ Dramatically expanding housing streamlining — no discretion, no CEQA; takes effect in SF early 2024 (SB 423) ✅ Allo13.3×508k2k16580
33Sep 28, '25Stephen Miller is, in fact, a fascist & it’s not a “call for violence” to say so. But it’s quite fascist, Shaun, to say it’s a crime to call someone a fascist. The truth hurts,12.5×477k9.7k969183
34Mar 9, '18The #NRA - perhaps the most toxic force in U.S. politics - just sued Florida based on the astounding argument that 18 year olds have a constitutional right to buy assault rifles. T11.5×015k3.7k7
35Jun 19, '25Just some creepy armed Mad Max guys trying to get into Dodgers Stadium. ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says it’s Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permiss10.3×392k9.8k2.9k328
36Aug 16, '24It used to be pretty lonely to be a YIMBY elected official. That era is over. Kamala: “There’s a serious housing shortage. It’s too difficult to build & it’s driving prices up.10.1×386k2.3k24275
37Oct 24, '25State law most certainly does apply to federal agents. You’re committing malpractice by repeatedly advising federal agents to ignore state law. They ignore state law at their legal9.9×380k6.1k1.1k135
38Jun 28, '24It’s hard to overstate the harm we’ll see from the Supreme Court’s radical decision to overrule the Chevron doctrine. It means fewer protections for the environment, health, worker9.6×366k1.6k24574
39Aug 28, '2595% of mass shooters are cis men. .1% are trans. Yet I haven’t seen a tweet from Kristi Noem demonizing cis men. Because, of course, their goal has nothing to do with mass shooting8.9×338k4.2k776112
40Jul 24, '23🧵Bringing back downtown San Francisco isn’t rocket science. We need the will to: ✅ Transform the financial district into a mixed use neighborhood. It never made sense for it to be7.9×300k1.4k9592
41Oct 7, '23What’s happening in Israel is not a “both sides” situation. I’m a vocal critic of the current Israeli government, including its settlement policy. But nothing — nothing — justifies7.8×297k2.6k28066
42Nov 8, '25The normalization of anti-Muslim rhetoric is reaching new levels. Yes, Loomer is nuts, but her extremist views at times become mainstream GOP thinking. Muslims are part of our nati7.7×295k1.6k28281
43Nov 12, '24In the rush to blame trans people for the Dem loss, @AndyBeshearKY powerfully reminds us that Dems can win by helping people thrive while also treating trans people like full human7.7×294k5.8k692372
44Oct 27, '23San Francisco’s high rate of car break-ins is unacceptable, & current law adds senseless barriers to holding auto burglars accountable. Yesterday, I announced new legislation t7.6×291k1.5k7948
45Jan 3, '23The Southwest Airlines meltdown reiterates the critical need for California to create a statewide high speed rail system. We’ve over-relied on airlines for too long. We need a stat7.5×287k3.7k28014
46Oct 3, '25You’re a vile fascist organization. You’re tormenting people who live here, work here, raise their kids here. You’re tormenting children & seniors. You’re tormenting U.S. citiz7.0×266k11k1.7k239
47Jul 1, '24Today, San Francisco goes from the slowest in CA to approve new homes to one of the fastest. Why? Because my new expanded housing permit streamlining law, SB 423, takes effect in S6.6×254k2k174148
48Sep 21, '24The same UCSF professor who promoted the “doctors’ plot” — an age old antisemitic conspiracy theory that Jewish doctors are harming patients — is now targeting a 1st year med stude6.5×249k3.6k605212
49Nov 29, '23The public comment praising Hamas & defending the October 7 massacre of 1,200 mostly Jews is despicable & unconscionable. What’s even worse is that the Oakland City Council6.5×246k1.4k16355
50Apr 26, '23GOP: Let’s pass laws banning trans people Trans state rep: No that’s bad GOP: You’re not allowed to talk Trans state rep: But I need to speak GOP: We’re censuring or expelling you 6.2×238k3.3k74539
51Jan 8, '23The obsession with huge vehicles — which are much more dangerous — is now leaking into electric vehicles. Like huge gas vehicles, huge EVs are also more dangerous, less efficient &6.1×234k2.1k24355
52Jul 19, '25I find that tops & bottoms tend to get along well.6.1×233k1.7k61152
53Oct 2, '24Anyone talking about the housing crisis without calling it what it is — a shortage caused in significant part by extreme over-regulation — isn’t serious about actually ending the c6.0×229k2.1k15970
54Feb 16, '24I’m introducing new legislation (SB 1227) to allow expedited approval for physical changes in downtown San Francisco. Downtown is struggling. We need to rethink its future. Other s5.8×222k1.4k8350
55Jul 28, '22Lots of sex shaming of gay men around monkeypox. The same shaming we saw in the 1980s re HIV. Lecturing people not to have sex isn’t a public health strategy. It didn’t stop HIV — 5.6×02.8k448123
56Jun 21, '25Certain activists fought market-rate housing in the Mission, arguing it had to be 100% affordable housing. 2 Mission orgs then proposed 100% affordable & the same activists are5.2×199k1.9k182115
57Oct 1, '18NET NEUTRALITY IS NOW THE LAW IN CALIFORNIA! Governor Brown just signed our #SB822, which contains the strongest #NetNeutrality protections in the nation. Huge win for an open inte5.1×05.9k1.9k12
58Mar 24, '23The narrative CA — now the world’s 4th largest economy — is imploding has never been true. They said everyone here was moving to FL. Turns out for every 6 Californians moving to FL5.0×192k1.5k328132
59Jun 9, '25It’s hard to overstate what a cancer Stephen Miller is on the United States of America. He’s the driving force behind the creation of a massive police state to target not just immi5.0×191k5.9k99489
60Jun 7, '25This is what fascism looks like. Secret police raids. Injuring protesters. Arresting labor leaders.4.7×181k4.5k1.4k169
61Sep 20, '25California is putting a stop to secret police. We’re making them take off the damn ski masks.4.3×166k2.8k41646
62Mar 17, '22🧵 We’re announcing legislation to protect & grant refuge to trans kids & their parents who flee to CA from Texas, etc., in the event states try to separate these kids from4.1×04.6k86474
63Nov 26, '22🧵Let’s talk about “groomer,” a word totally co-opted by the homo/transphobic MAGA right to slander LGBTQ people & their allies. Ex A: The reply below to an @HRC tweet about a 3.6×01.4k334119
64Jan 18, '24Beverly Hills is refusing to comply with state housing law - refusing to plan for enough new homes. A judge has now banned Beverly Hills from issuing other permits until it comes i3.2×124k1.9k13672
65Jan 15, '17Kicking off Trump inauguration week w a message: you're not gonna throw tens of millions of Americans off healthcare w/o a hell of a fight3.0×02.8k1.5k0
66Aug 24, '25Hey @realDonaldTrump, this is the beauty & diversity of San Francisco. Your lies don’t change that. Back the hell off.2.9×112k6.1k1.3k54
67Oct 22, '25No, in the actual United States of America, everything doesn’t have to “go through the White House.” I know you want to be a corrupt authoritarian who controls which cronies & 2.9×111k3.2k58574
68Jun 20, '25It’s increasingly unclear who exactly is grabbing people, including citizens: ICE? Bounty hunters acting for ICE? Straight-up vigilante militias? All of the above are illegal. Some2.9×109k6.4k2k118
69Sep 16, '24This is one of the most despicable tweets I’ve seen on this platform. And believe me, I’ve seen many despicable tweets.2.5×97k1.6k10330
70Dec 11, '17Today @SenatorTimScott said his state, South Carolina, is “subsidizing” states w income tax, since ppl can deduct state income tax. Let’s be clear: Ranking states 1-50 for dependen2.5×02.4k1.2k0
72Aug 16, '20.@realDonaldTrump & Ben Carson published a racist op-ed in WSJ that attacks me for fighting to legalize affordable housing in single-family-zoned neighborhoods. “Protecting Ame2.3×02.5k57251
73Sep 18, '25CBS canceled Colbert. ABC canceled Kimmel. Both outlets did so after they bribed Trump with settlements of bogus lawsuits & after the hosts criticized Trump/MAGA. This is peak 2.2×83k3k79681
74Jul 14Right now, it’s borderline impossible to sue ICE agents (or other federal agents) for murdering folks like Joan Sebastian Guerrero. We need to make it possible. It’s why we’re adva2.0×77k4708319
75Aug 25, '17My statement on extremists' decision to cancel permitted rally at Crissy Field and to hold an illegal, volatile rally at Alamo Square.2.0×01.5k1k0
76Apr 12, '19In the early 1960s, CA’s population was 15 million & we built 250K-300K homes/year. Today, CA’s population is 40 million & we build 80K homes/year. So our population nearly2.0×02.3k63930
77Nov 4, '21Today, I announced my support for the recall of three members of the San Francisco Board of Education: Alison Collins, Gabriela Lopez, & Faauuga Moliga. These commissioners hav1.9×02.5k26656
78Nov 12, '18Trump says California wildfires result from the state’s “gross mismanagement of the forests.” Fact check: 1. The federal government owns 57% of California forest land, while the st1.9×02.4k7075
79Sep 14, '191/2 A few minutes ago, the anti-vaxxer stalkers - who’ve engaged in a harassment campaign all week - dropped a red substance onto the Senate floor from the elevated public gallery,1.9×02.1k53134
80Mar 12, '19The death penalty is immoral & ineffective, with huge racial disparities & innocent people sentenced to death. We need to put an end to capital punishment in California.1.8×01.8k33512
81Jan 8, '21BIG NEWS: Gov Newsom just announced, as part of his proposed budget, a new unit whose only job is to enforce state housing laws & hold cities accountable on housing. This is a 1.7×02.6k26419
82Jun 4, '18Supreme Court did NOT rule that the Colorado baker had a constitutional right to refuse to serve the gay couple. Rather, it ruled Colorado’s complaint process was flawed. Larger co1.6×01.6k7193
83Mar 7, '18Dear Jeff Sessions & Donald Trump: I look forward to California beating you in court. Sue all you want. California has every right to refuse to be part of your deportation mach1.6×01.7k3740
84Jun 1, '21🚨🚨BREAKING: The CA Senate just passed our legislation to decriminalize psychedelics! 🎉 To everyone who made calls, shared, posted, told their stores: You did this! Let’s keep up1.6×01.4k35525
85Feb 7, '21Pre-COVID, this scene was illegal in CA: serving a meal + alcohol on the street. It’s now temporarily legal & we see the power of activating public space. That’s why I introduc1.5×02.6k15615
86Aug 3, '22Our transgender state of refuge bill (SB 107) — ensuring families with trans kids can seek refuge in CA if other states criminalize them for allowing their kids to get healthcare —1.5×02.1k21235
87Dec 9, '22The amount of time Elon spends interacting with extremist right-wing, anti-LGBTQ accounts is breathtaking. Libs of TikTok absolutely incites violence against LGBTQ people & the1.5×01.4k24119
88Sep 25, '22Happy Folsom Street Fair!1.5×02k6467
89Jan 4, '18I’m introducing an aggressive housing legislative package: 1) require denser/taller zoning near public transit, 2) require cities’ housing goals be based on actual future growth &a1.4×01.6k4411
90Jan 17, '20In a field of extraordinary Democrats running for President, Elizabeth Warren stands out in a major way & I’m proud to endorse her. @ewarren is a great ally to the #LGBT commun1.2×01.9k2406
91Oct 1, '22BREAKING: @GavinNewsom signed into law our bill expediting approval of light rail, rapid bus, bike & pedestrian safety projects. SB 922 allows communities to get these sustaina1.2×01.9k16741
92Nov 4, '20Wow. Thank you for re-electing me with ~60% of the vote. I’m so honored to continue representing you in the Senate. Nearly $1.5M was spent by or on behalf of my opponent & we p1.1×01.9k693
93Feb 15, '22NIMBYism, in many ways, is about screwing over young people: ❌ No homes for you b/c we don’t like new housing ❌ No jobs for you b/c “we have too many jobs” so we want them gone ❌ N1.1×01.6k26928
94Feb 15, '22Due to a NIMBY CEQA lawsuit to stop UC Berkeley from expanding to meet growing student need, the University is now forced to rescind 1000s of admission offers Let’s be clear: This 1.1×01.4k24547
95Jun 25, '22San Francisco does Pride for real1.1×01.8k14321
96Sep 29, '19Perhaps the biggest blind spot in the climate movement is ignoring housing patterns. No climate plan is complete w/o sustainable housing/land use: ending sprawl Yes, this means hou1.1×01.4k27618
97Nov 9, '22Fun fact: The reason opponents of car-free JFK went to the ballot (democracy) instead of a CEQA lawsuit (opposite of democracy) is a law I authored — SB 288 — which exempts project1.1×01.8k11426
98Feb 9, '21NIMBYs looking for ways to claim they’re progressive while opposing affordable housing and apartments in their neighborhoods1.0×01.5k19210
99Aug 31, '21Did it hurt? When we passed SB 9 and SB 10?0.9×01.5k638
100Aug 16, '22Even in San Francisco we don’t call it crudité.0.8×01.5k785
101Apr 27, '22The Board of Supervisors just approved car-free JFK! The Board was able to move quickly b/c car-free JFK is exempt from CEQA under a law I authored (SB 288) exempting projects like0.8×01.4k899

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