(L-R) Rep. Adam Schiff in Los Angeles on May 26, 2023. (Jerod Harris/Getty Images for Demand Justice); Rep. Katie Porter in Washington on April 18, 2023. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Patriotic Millionaires); Rep. Barbara Lee in Oakland, Calif., on May 21, 2023. (Kimberly White/Getty Images for Demand Justice); Former Dodgers baseball player Steve Garvey in Los Angeles on October 7, 2013. Stephen Dunn/Getty Images
The second debate for U.S. Senator from California should have been a lot better. Moderators Nikki Laurenzo of FOX40 in Sacramento and Frank Buckley of KTLA in Los Angeles asked almost no foreign policy questions of the four candidates: Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff, Katie Porter, and Barbara Lee, and Republican former Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres star Steve Garvey.
John Seiler is a veteran California opinion writer. Mr. Seiler has written editorials for The Orange County Register for almost 30 years. He is a U.S. Army veteran and former press secretary for California state Sen. John Moorlach. He blogs at JohnSeiler.Substack.com and his email is [email protected]
