SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A prominent San Francisco Democrat announced he is authoring legislation to ban what he calls "extreme masking by law enforcement." State Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) said he will introduce Senate Bill 627 (SB 627) in response to the arrival of masked Border Patrol agents outside a venue for a rally California Gov. Gavin Newsom was holding a rally Thursday.

"I'm authoring legislation to shut this ski mask s**t down," Wiener said in a Reddit post Friday.

The outspoken SF Dem, who is tipped by some as a possible successor to Nancy Pelosi should she not seek reelection, accompanied the post by a picture of masked agents outside the downtown Los Angeles venue where Newsom spoke Thursday. Newsom was holding a rally to unveil what he called the "Election Rigging

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