New Cal­i­for­nia sen­a­tor removes Mary­land con­nec­tions on social media

Laphon­za But­ler, the incom­ing Cal­i­for­nia sen­a­tor select­ed by Gov. Gavin New­som (D‑CA), has scrubbed ref­er­ences to her Mary­land con­nec­tions from her bio on X, the plat­form for­mer­ly known as Twit­ter.
But­ler’s bio on X had said she was locat­ed in Mary­land, but as of Mon­day morn­ing, her loca­tion has been removed.
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But­ler’s appoint­ment to the Cal­i­for­nia Sen­ate seat comes after Demo­c­ra­t­ic Sen. Dianne Fein­stein died at 90 on Fri­day. New­som’s appoint­ment of But­ler comes after he promised the next sen­a­tor he appoint­ed would be a black woman. She is also the first les­bian black woman in Con­gress.
Beyond social media, But­ler’s reg­is­tra­tion records indi­cate she lives in Sil­ver Spring, Mary­land, with her mail­ing address the same as her res­i­den­tial.
But­ler is also the pres­i­dent of EMI­LY’s List, described as the “nation’s largest resource ded­i­cat­ed to elect­ing Demo­c­ra­t­ic pro-choice women to office.” On Sun­day night, the newest Cal­i­for­nia sen­a­tor’s biog­ra­phy on the EMI­LY’s List web­site list­ed that “Laphon­za grew up in Mag­no­lia, MS, and attend­ed one of the coun­try’s pre­mier HBCUs, Jack­son State Uni­ver­si­ty. She lives in Mary­land with her part­ner Nene­ki Lee and their daugh­ter Nylah.” As of 7 a.m. Mon­day, the orga­ni­za­tion has removed the line that she lives in Mary­land.
On social media, But­ler s …