Scott Wiener is the tech money candidate. Connie Chan is ours.
Congress decides on war, Big Tech and billionaire wealth. On all three, Scott Wiener's record and his donor list point the wrong way. Connie Chan has been clear about where she stands on each. Here's the case, with sources linked below.
An AI-industry super PAC gave $500K to the group electing Wiener. Crypto billionaire Chris Larsen and VC Michael Moritz added $100K each. The industry he'd regulate is paying for his campaign.
Inside Political Money · Mission Local Follow the money → 02 · Gaza AB 715Co-authored the law critics say censors teaching about Palestine in California schools. Still backs sending U.S. weapons to Israel. Connie backs a total arms embargo.
WienerFacts · J. Weekly · Mission Local See his record → 03 · Billionaire tax No on Prop 40Prop 40 taxes wealth over $1 billion. Wiener says “I don't support it.” Billionaires like Larsen and Moritz are funding his race. Connie says yes.
SF Standard · Mission Local Compare them → 04 · His own AI abuse Fake Connie botHis campaign built an AI chatbot that made up answers in Chan's name. Pelosi called it sexist and racist. He pulled it within days. And he wants to write America's AI rules.
SF Standard · SF Chronicle · Axios What happened →At the first candidate forum in January, Wiener was asked yes or no: is Israel committing genocide in Gaza? He kept his sign down while the others raised theirs. He changed his answer days later, in a video posted after the crowd turned on him.
“People getting killed didn't move him, but boos at a forum did.”Chan campaign, via SF Standard, Jan 11, 2026
Even now, he still wants U.S. weapons going to Israel. He backs “defensive” systems like Iron Dome and David's Sling, and only rules out “offensive” arms sales while Israel's current government is in power. He calls BDS, a peaceful Palestinian-led boycott movement, an effort “to destroy Israel.”
Look at who's behind Wiener's super PAC, Abundant Future: Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan. Ripple co-founder and crypto billionaire Chris Larsen. VC Michael Moritz. The wife of a Solana co-founder. And $500,000 from Public First, a PAC funded by the AI industry. Workers at OpenAI and Anthropic have given hundreds of thousands more.
Congress will write the rules for AI in the next two years: jobs, data centers, safety, who's liable. Do we want those rules written by the candidate that AI money is spending to elect?
“AI companies cannot be allowed to write their own rules — or bankroll the politicians responsible for enforcing them.”Connie Chan, via Mission Local
Prop 40 is the cleanest test in the race. It taxes wealth over $1 billion. Connie is for it. Scott, backed by billionaires, is against it.
In August, Wiener's campaign launched ConnieChan.ai, a bot that billed itself as an AI “trained to say no to anything you ask.” It made up answers in Chan's name. Users reported replies that mocked her accent and questioned her citizenship.
Nancy Pelosi called it a sexist and racist tech stunt. Wiener pulled it within days and admitted he “clearly missed the mark.” This is the man asking us to trust him to regulate AI, and he aimed it at the Asian American woman running against him.
Wiener's pitch is housing. That's real work, but it's state and city work. Zoning, permits and density get decided in Sacramento and at City Hall. A member of Congress doesn't vote on any of it.
Here's what a member of Congress does vote on:
We need someone who'll fight on these from day one. On each of them, Connie is already on the record.