SF protesters urge Sen. Feinstein to reject all Trump appointees

A group of people gathered outside U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s office at McKesson Plaza in San Francisco Thursday to deliver a petition calling for Democratic leaders to fight President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet appointments. The organizers collected 32,000 signatures from California and 155,000 total nationwide to obstruct “racists, hate mongers, Wall Street shills and corporate lobbyists” from gaining a seat in the Trump administration, said Heidi Hess, the senior campaign manager of CREDO Action. There were seven actions across the country Thursday outside the offices of Democrat members of Congress and one Wednesday outside the office of Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. The action called for Democrats to specifically block the appointment of Jeff Sessions, Trump’s pick for attorney general, and to refuse meeting with Trump as long as Stephen Bannon is Trump’s chief White House strategist and senior counselor.