Today: The U.S. Supreme Court allowed Trump to force trans people to misgender themselves on passports. Also today: The California Supreme Court ruled nursing homes can’t misgender trans residents, upholding a law I passed. CA isn’t down with Trump’s dehumanization campaign against trans folks.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. In 1987, I was a closeted teenager terrified of a world that seemed determined to eliminate gay people. You used your platform in Congress to fight AIDS — to fight for people like me. 1/2

My statement on Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi’s announcement she won’t seek reelection next year:

The housing crisis is squeezing young people and pushing working families out of San Francisco. I’ve dedicated my life to solving our housing crisis, and in Congress I’ll fight to build millions of homes, especially affordable homes, so that San Franciscans can afford to live here.

Calfiornia passed Prop 50 in a landslide & San Francisco led the way with 84.1% support — the highest support of any county. I’m so proud to be a San Franciscan & to represent this great city.

They poked the bear & the bear poked their asses back.

FAFO

Huge Democratic sweep across the country! Turns out people don’t like extreme corruption, kicking people off health care, brutalization of immigrant families & tariff wars that spike inflation. Next up: Congressional Republicans & Mad King Trump

Donald Trump fancies himself an expert on Jews. He loves pronouncing who’s a good Jew, bad Jew, smart Jew or dumb Jew. Maybe he should instead focus on not being an antisemite, e.g., talking about “Shylock bankers,” dining with Nick Fuentes & trying to elect Nazis in Germany.

We need to pass Prop 50 today in CA to counter what Trump & TX are doing to gerrymander & steal the election. It’s a temporary measure & essential counter-balance. We also need to work on a federal law mandating all 50 states use independent redistricting commissions to draw congressional districts.

This is an astonishing act of cruelty, consistent with Trump & the GOP’s ongoing determination to deprive people of food & health care. Trump has every ability to keep full SNAP benefits going. He’s choosing not to do so out of pure spite.

Let’s pass Prop 50 today. Then let’s work toward a federal law mandating independent redistricting in all 50 states. California responded — appropriately — with Prop 50 when Trump & Texas decided to cheat. But independent redistricting is the best approach & should be the law of the land.

In the wake of straight up Nazi-style antisemitism bubbling up in prominent right wing circles — Tucker Carlson, Heritage Foundation, Young Republicans, Trump nominee — we’re seeing condemnation by senior Republicans. Words aren’t enough. Will you let this poison continue in your party & movement?

As he proclaims himself peacemaker, Trump fuels the war in Ukraine, bombs boats in the Caribbean, threatens to invade Venezuela & Nigeria, & doesn’t lift a finger to end the devastation & mass killing unfolding in Sudan. Trump is a warmonger. His empty words don’t change that.

We’re working hard in the Bay Area to invest in transit — to strengthen & modernize it & improve service, safety & cleanliness. We need to take this fight national. The US severely under-invests in transit & Trump is making it worse. The U.S. should lead the world on rail & other transit, not lag.

Trump & MAGA are taking food from the mouths of hungry children. In CA, Dems are filling the gap with state funding for food banks & city funds to backfill missing benefits. If you live in SF & receive CalFresh, look out for a gift card in the mail! Thank you SF-Marin Food Bank for stepping up!

Today health insurance rates double & millions are at risk of losing food benefits — all because of Trump & Republicans in Congress. It’s a huge distinction between Democrats & Republicans.

Just the second largest state authorizing judges — state officials — to refuse to perform legal marriages of LGBTQ & interracial couples. This is their strategy to dismantle civil rights protections: Abuse the First Amendment to legalize discrimination, even by state officials.

Happy Hallowiener!!! 🎃

When you're actually 6'7"... #67

As violence against Jews rises globally, the right in the US is fostering antisemitism. The head of Heritage Foundation just labeled Nick Fuentes’ Nazi rhetoric as legitimate dialogue & attacked anyone who disagrees as part of the “globalist class,” a classic antisemitic trope. 🧵

Trump & the GOP are determined to make people’s lives worse & more expensive. Tomorrow, health insurance premiums double for millions & shortly thereafter many will lose food benefits due to onerous administrative requirements imposed by Trump & the GOP in order to kick people off.

The mainstreaming of Nazi & antisemitic rhetoric on the right is now complete.

We had a huge year in the Legislature advancing a pro-housing agenda, including major new laws allowing more homes near public transit & exempting infill housing from CEQA. Tonight we celebrated. Thank you to our entire amazing coalition!

We packed the house last night at Swedish American Hall for our Campaign Kickoff! Thank you to everyone who came out to support and especially our first group of #TeamWiener volunteers. We’re just getting started. 👊 🧡

Leave it to Trump & Noem to screw up Halloween & torment trick-or-treaters with their masked ICE thugs — & not the good kind of masks.

Huge crowd & great energy at our Congressional campaign kickoff last night at the Swedish American Hall! Thank you to the hundreds who came out to support. This is going to be a deep grassroots campaign & we’re just getting started. Onward!

Exxon Mobile is suing CA because they don't want to comply with a climate law I passed to require large corporations to disclose their carbon emissions. They want to continue to greenwash & this law will make harder. We’re not going to let Big Oil get away with misleading the public.

Crowded rush hour Muni used to make me grumpy. Now it makes me smile. Muni is back. San Francisco is back.

As Trump tries to jack up the cost of health insurance — kicking people off — he also wants medical debt to tank people’s credit. California & other states exclude medical debt from credit scores. Medical debt shouldn’t prevent you from getting a mortgage or car loan. Trump thinks it should.

Trump is cutting off food benefits from tens of millions of Americans on November 1. Even with the government shutdown, there’s a contingency fund that can be tapped to ensure families continue to have food. Trump has decided not to do so. Trump truly doesn’t care about people.

Immigrants & LGBTQ people are under assault & the community needs to rally to keep folks safe. The LGBT Asylum Project saves lives by supporting LGBTQ people fleeing their homelands & trying to find community. I’m so grateful for their work. Thank you to everyone who came out tonight to support.

What could possibly go wrong?

The fact that a reporter can write these paragraphs in such a matter-of-fact way tells you all you need to know about the United States of America in the year 2025.

I’m proud of the thousands of affordable homes that have been built in San Francisco and across the state under my housing laws. Each home we build means more opportunity for people to afford to live here, and fewer people at risk of homelessness. #california #housing #affordablehousing #sf

Re-industrializing the U.S. is good, but Trump & the GOP are screwing this up by destroying U.S. clean energy investment — e.g., revoking $3B in California alone. I hope the tech companies pushing for this will also advocate against Trump’s destructive anti-clean energy policy.

Surprise, surprise — Exxon doesn’t want to disclose its carbon emissions as required by a climate action law I authored, SB 253. Exxon is making an extreme, dangerous free speech argument that would cast doubt on SEC disclosure requirements. They’re scared they won’t be able to greenwash anymore.

Team Wiener’s annual pumpkin carving was a huge success. Thank you to everyone who came out & to our amazing celebrity drag queen judges, D’Arcy Drollinger, Katya Smirnoff Skyy & Ms. Gefilte Fish. Happy early Halloween!

Trump is making trade policy based on whether a TV ad gets under his skin. Meanwhile, the House is indefinitely shut down — Congress incapacitated — & Trump is ordering extrajudicial assassinations in the Caribbean & elsewhere. All to distract from inflation & the Epstein Files.

Wienerdog 🤝 Wiener

I passed a California law capping insulin co-pays at just $35 a month.  I’m running for Congress to deliver wins like this on the national level. Join me and together we’ll keep fighting for affordable healthcare in Congress. #sanfrancisco #sf #california #insulin #democrat #teamwiener

The regime’s corruption & lawlessness continue to escalate. In the past few days, they’ve: Proclaimed (via Bannon) Trump will seek a third term Started investigations of Democrats who oppose ICE Bombed more boats in international waters All while selling his scam meme coins

They’re now explicitly taking the position that state & local elected officials are committing crimes when they attempt to protect their communities from the ICE secret police.

THANK YOU!!! In the first 24 hours, our campaign raised $730,000. I am speechless at this incredible show of support. This campaign is for you, San Francisco!

This thug move by Trump has nothing to do with election integrity & everything to do with election intimidation. They’ll no doubt focus their bullying in Democratic areas. We will pass Prop 50 despite these tactics.

Remember when DHS didn’t post Nazi shit?

I 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 ICE, call San Francisco’s Rapid Response Network at 415-200-1548.

“Insane far-leftist Scott Wiener” here 🙋‍♂️ Thanks for the warm welcome. Can’t wait to get to DC with a Dem majority that, unlike your party, isn’t Trump’s lapdog!

If Trump deploys the military in San Francisco, it’ll have absolutely nothing to do with crime & public safety — crime is down here — & everything to do with control & punishment of perceived enemies.

ICE & Border Patrol & their ski masks aren’t welcome in San Francisco. Full stop.