Oakland, California has had one of the worst crime and corruption crises in America thanks to progressive governance. To their credit, voters finally rose up and recalled Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao over corruption charges and allowing the crime rate to soar.

The city’s been rated by its own residents “a disaster.”

But who is the leading candidate to replace Thao? None other than Barbara Lee, the local retiring member of Congress. Lee called for a minimum wage of $50 an hour when she ran for U.S. Senate last year – a recipe for urban destruction.

In 2001, in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, Ms. Lee was also the sole member of Congress to vote against authorizing the president to use necessary force against terrorism, and in 2016 praised the late Fidel Castro as “a recognized world leader who was dedicated to the Cuban people.” She had one of the worst National Taxpayer Union rankings in the entire Congress.

How is this woman the answer to any of the city or state’s fiscal, economic or crime problems?