Socialist Supervisor Cries As She Explains Three-Month Mental Health Vacation
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Socialist San Francisco Supervisor Jackie Fielder Cries As She Explains Three-Month Mental Health Leave
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Jackie Fielder [Instagram/Public]
Natalie Sandoval Patriots Writer June 24, 2026 4:55 PM ET June 24, 2026 4:55 PM ET Natalie Sandoval Patriots Writer Font Size:Jackie Fielder, a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), posted a tearful video Tuesday to Instagram explaining her three-month absence from work.
Fielder, 31, announced that she plans to return to work Monday.
“I left the work that I love so much, not because I wanted to, but because my mental health demanded it,” Fielder claimed. “And I say that with no shame.”
Some shame might be in order for a first-term lawmaker who dips out on work for three months.
Fielder reportedly checked herself into a hospital in March, initially telling San Francisco-based outlet Mission Local that she planned to resign from her position. Fielder’s aides then announced that the supervisor “needs time and space to recover before making any major decisions,” and that Fielder would be taking a medical leave of absence.
There are two possible explanations of Fielder’s absence.
- Fielder suffered a mental crisis so debilitating it prevented her from going to work for months on end.
- Fielder is lazy and found an excuse to take what essentially amounted to a paid vacation.
Either way, she’s proven herself unfit for office. Showing up is the bare minimum.
Mission District supervisor Jackie Fielder will be back at City Hall on Monday after a 3-month mental health leave.
She spoke to Mission Local about the rest, struggles on the job & how an initial decision to resign felt like “my emergency escape button.”https://t.co/lz1tDBz5pu
— Mission Local (@MLNow) June 23, 2026
I’m reminded of failed congressional candidate and fellow DSA member, Kat Abughazaleh, who blamed narcolepsy for her failure to appear at a candidate forum in January. Abughazaleh claimed she “ended up sleeping through alarms, calls, and even my campaign manager knocking on my door repeatedly.” (RELATED: Gen Z Progressive Says She Was Too Sleepy To Make It To Key Campaign Event)
“This leave and even my whole adult life has been an entire journey on mental health,” Fielder said in her Instagram video, appearing teary-eyed.
“I just have the immense privilege of having all of you,” Fielder said, gesturing at the camera and wiping away a tear.
Then came the invocation of marginalized identities.
“At the end of the day, I’m a human being and a renter, a working class candidate that is now a supervisor, but … I was going 100 miles an hour since early 2023, when I started the campaign for supervisor, and being a grassroots candidate is a lot of elbow grease.”
If Fielder hoped to be a positive representation for the working class, she has failed miserably. I’m sure many physical laborers — who have suffered genuine medical ailments in their line of work — would love to take paid leave, but cannot.
Moreover, Fielder’s identification with the working class is questionable given she has not been working.
A website calling for the recall of Fielder reportedly popped up mid-June. The website claims Fielder engages in a cryptocurrency “pump-and-dump scheme” and that Fielder “abandoned her district while under investigation.”
An X account connected to the website claims Fielder’s absence has cost taxpayers more than $40,000. (RELATED: Giants Pitchers Who Wrote Bible Verses On Pride Night Hats Won’t Be Disciplined, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred Says)
Fielder continued: “I hope this is a testament to anyone who is thinking about asking for help or thinking about taking a medical leave, or just in general is struggling … I am an example that it is possible to come back and heal.”
Fielder is nothing if not audacious in her attempt to spin her three-month leave as a heroic feat of mental health advocacy.
Badenoch blasts 'moaning' female Labour MPs over Burnham jobs 'quota'
Kemi Badenoch has told Labour women to earn a job in Andy Burnham's Cabinet instead of demanding they are handed jobs because of their gender.
The Tory leader lashed out today amid reports that female MPs are demanding the de-facto new prime minister introduce a 50:50 gender split 'quota' in his government.
Amid reports that former foreign secretary David Miliband is being lined up to return to the role, possibly with his brother Ed as Chancellor, one female minister also complained that Burnham could not have 'more Milibands than women' in the top posts.
But in a scathing article in the Times today Mrs Badenoch told them to 'stop moaning' and get chosen on merit instead of retreating into 'more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country'.
'There are many, many reasons why you shouldn't have any Milibands in the cabinet,' she said.
'But complaining that the boys haven't given them the right jobs or that the boys are taking all the jobs, just shows that Labour's women still don't get it.'
The idea of quotas was also attacked by Baroness Jacqui Smith, Labour's Skills Minister.
Asked by Times Radio if Mr Burnham should reserve jobs for women, she said: 'No, I think what Andy Burnham should be doing is building the very best team around him to change this country.'
A letter written by the Women's Parliamentary Labour Party has called on Mr Burnham to ensure a 50:50 split between men and women in government jobs
Amid reports that former foreign secretary David Miliband (above, right, in 2010) is being lined up to return to the role, possibly with his brother Ed as Chancellor, one female minister complained that Burnham could not have 'more Milibands than women' in the top posts
But Mrs Badenoch told them to pipe down and get chosen on merit instead of retreating into 'more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country'
A letter written by the Women's Parliamentary Labour Party and seen by the BBC has called on Mr Burnham to ensure a 50:50 split between men and women in government jobs after he succeeds Sir Keir Starmer.
'We are asking you to demonstrate this change from day one and address the toxicity and misogyny within our own party and government,' it said.
Labour has never had a female leader, while the Conservatives have had three, and Mrs Badenoch urged the government to follow its meritocratic example.
'If you run a meritocracy, then you do not have to worry about jobs for the boys,' she wrote.
'Every woman who is a Conservative MP, every woman who has ever won the leadership, has had to fight to get where she is.
'By contrast, Labour women are demanding guarantees from Burnham. But the truth is he doesn't have to give any guarantees.
'If none of Labour's women are prepared to get their hands dirty and challenge him for the leadership, their demands are toothless.'
'In fact, it's quite revealing that the women's parliamentary Labour Party has written to Burnham asking him to commit himself to at least 50 per cent female ministers.
'This has nothing to do with meritocracy. It is yet more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country.'
