Original sentence: In an article quoting Chavez's claim that Mikulski was a "San Francisco-style George McGovern liberal", the Washington Post reported that Chavez was directly implying that the never-married Mikulski was a lesbian.In defending her use of the phrase, Chavez suggested the line was a play on Jeane Kirkpatrick's 1984 Republican National Convention "Blame America First" speech.Much of the media following the campaign picked up on the story and investigated what Chavez meant.The use of "San Francisco" as an adjective by conservatives is a widely understood euphemism for "gay," due to the city's reputation as a gay mecca
Edited sentence: " During Chavez's campaign, "San Fransisco Democrats" was a widely used phrase that had everything to do with liberal politics and nothing to do with a homosexual reference.But the Washington Post misunderstood Chavez's reference to Kirkpatrick's phrase, and much of the media following the campaign ran with it.In an article quoting Chavez's claim that Mikulski was a "San Francisco-style George McGovern liberal", the Washington Post incorrectly reported that Chavez was directly implying that the never-married Mikulski was a lesbian.In defending her use of the phrase, Chavez suggested the line was a play on Jeane Kirkpatrick's 1984 Republican National Convention "Blame America First" speech, in which Kirkpatrick made famous the use of the phrase "San Francisco Democrats