Pat Wiggins

August 20, 2008 - 7:15pm

State GOP makes video of Wiggins/pastor incident

The California Republican Party is seizing on a Democrat state senator's crude dismissal of a pastor recently with a new YouTube video that suggests the party doesn't care about state residents.

The 43-second video shows footage of State Sen. Pat Wiggins (D-Santa Rosa) and her exchange with Robert Jones, a Methodist pastor in Sacramento, during a committee hearing on global warming.

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August 15, 2008 - 12:04pm
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This week's PolitickerCA.com Winners & Losers

Former NBA star Kevin Johnson is a political star this week, while Assembly Republicans made the losers list. Find out why and see who else made this week's Winners & Losers. | CLICK HERE

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  • August 15, 2008
    Winners:
    Kevin Johnson, Michael Beck, Fresno, Proposition 8 opponents, , , , , , , , , , ,
    Losers:
    Assembly Republicans, Laura Richardson, Gray Davis, Pat Wiggins
  • August 11, 2008 - 7:15am

    Senator stuns local pastor by saying that his argument was 'bull----' during hearing

    SACRAMENTO -- That little self-editing device inside our brains that helps us avoid a thousand awkward social moments apparently took a leave of absence last week from the noggin of a North Bay state senator.

    During a hearing last Wednesday that featured the testimony of Sacramento-based Pastor Robert Jones of the Oak Park United Methodist Church state Sen. Pat Wiggins abruptly cut off the pastor, saying "I think your arguments are bull----."

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