by a former volunteer media consultant on Shahid Buttar's campaign

However, it was Preston (joined by Jackie Fielder) who led an Islamophobic effort to unravel Buttar’s campaign by signing a now admittedly false and debunked resolution from DSA accusing Buttar of sexual harassment and assault. DSA never apologized nor publicly acknowledged what they all now say in private, that the whole thing was made up to smear Buttar and open the pathway for someone else (like Preston himself or Jane Kim who has been widely rumored to run, and it just so happened that several promising men of color eligible for the seat were all smeared all at the same time by people tied to the former Kim campaign) to run against Pelosi in the future when she finally retired. Pelosi had the last laugh when she decided not to retire at all and remained in office. Jane Kim has her own troubling story of involvement here we can address on another day. It seemed Kim’s plans to follow Bernie to DC never panned out, and she would now have her eyes set on Pelosi’s seat too.