Feinstein Seemingly Unaware She Announced Retirement A Few Hours Earlier
California Senator Dianne Feinstein announced her retirement on Tuesday, but an hour later was unaware she’d done so. The episode appears to validate previous reporting of her serious short-term memory failures…and demonstrate that the 89-year-old Democrat has already stayed in Washington far too long.
On Tuesday, her office posted a statement announcing she wouldn’t seek reelection. “I am announcing today I will not run for reelection in 2024 but intend to accomplish as much for California as I can through the end of next year when my term ends,” she was quoted as saying.
However, just a couple hours later, Feinstein was unaware she’d announced her coming retirement. Several reporters say that, when a press gaggle asked her about her it, Feinstein said, “I haven’t made that decision. I haven’t released anything.”
When a staffer told Feinstein that her office had indeed released a statement, Feinstein said, “You put out the statement? I didn’t know they put it out…Okay, well, it is what it is.”
While there’s no video, the National Journal‘s Savannah Behrmann posted an audio recording of the exchange with the oldest member of Congress:
And for transparency, sharing my audio. From another reporters’ angle in the same gaggle, it sounded like “should have”: https://t.co/oh9BMOWlhg
— Savannah Behrmann (@SavBehrmannDC) February 14, 2023
Feinstein’s announcement signals the beginning of the end of an awkward situation for Democrats, who’ve grown increasingly anxious about her mental state. Last year, Democrat-favoring media outlets — including her hometown San Francisco Chronicle — began publishing articles with troubling accounts from Capitol Hill legislators and staffers.
After 107 years in Congress feinstein finally calls it quits ,she will celebrate with a case of wild turkey ,and live out her final hours voting for trump in 2024 .
And OMG yes we MUST have term limits . pic.twitter.com/Yg8Y5EPyUu
— Johnny U (@Johnnypatriot64) February 14, 2023
In May, The New York Times ran an extensive article titled “As Feinstein Declines, Democrats Struggle to Maintain an Open Secret.” Here are two pointed excerpts:
Ms. Feinstein sometimes struggles to recall the names of colleagues, frequently has little recollection of meetings or telephone conversations, and at times walks around in a state of befuddlement.
One Democratic lawmaker who had an extended encounter with Ms. Feinstein in February said…the experience was akin to acting as a caregiver for a person in need of constant assistance. The lawmaker recalled having to reintroduce themself to the senator multiple times, helping her locate her purse repeatedly and answering the same set of basic, small-talk questions over and over again.
While it’s good that Feinstein has announced her retirement, it seems clear she has no business lingering another two years in the Imperial Senate. Were she to leave before the end of her term, California Governor Gavin Newsom would have the power to appoint a replacement until the next election.
Even before she announced her retirement, two ambitious Democrats had apparently tired of waiting for Feinstein to make a graceful exit — or chose to help force the issue: In January, Representatives Katie Porter and Adam Schiff announced campaigns to run for Feinstein’s seat in 2024.
Representatives Katie Porter and Adam Schiff (Getty Images via Fox News)
Over her career, Feinstein racked up three identify-politics trophies: first woman to be mayor of San Francisco, first woman to chair the Senate Judiciary Committee and longest-serving female senator. If she continues stumbling around the Senate until the end of her term, she will have served 32 years after she first won a special 1992 election to fill a seat vacated by Republican Pete Wilson, who resigned to become governor.
While liberty-minded Americans rightly loathe the vast majority of her agenda and especially her relentless pursuit of gun control, there’s at least one bright spot on her record: her drive to expose the Deep State’s lies about its post-9/11 torture program — which included false claims about its effectiveness in extracting useful intelligence.
Tyler Durden
Wed, 02/15/2023 – 12:20
Feinstein Seemingly Unaware She Announced Retirement A Few Hours Earlier
California Senator Dianne Feinstein announced her retirement on Tuesday, but an hour later was unaware she’d done so. The episode appears to validate previous reporting of her serious short-term memory failures…and demonstrate that the 89-year-old Democrat has already stayed in Washington far too long.
On Tuesday, her office posted a statement announcing she wouldn’t seek reelection. “I am announcing today I will not run for reelection in 2024 but intend to accomplish as much for California as I can through the end of next year when my term ends,” she was quoted as saying.
However, just a couple hours later, Feinstein was unaware she’d announced her coming retirement. Several reporters say that, when a press gaggle asked her about her it, Feinstein said, “I haven’t made that decision. I haven’t released anything.”
When a staffer told Feinstein that her office had indeed released a statement, Feinstein said, “You put out the statement? I didn’t know they put it out…Okay, well, it is what it is.”
While there’s no video, the National Journal’s Savannah Behrmann posted an audio recording of the exchange with the oldest member of Congress:
And for transparency, sharing my audio. From another reporters’ angle in the same gaggle, it sounded like “should have”: https://t.co/oh9BMOWlhg
— Savannah Behrmann (@SavBehrmannDC) February 14, 2023
Feinstein’s announcement signals the beginning of the end of an awkward situation for Democrats, who’ve grown increasingly anxious about her mental state. Last year, Democrat-favoring media outlets — including her hometown San Francisco Chronicle — began publishing articles with troubling accounts from Capitol Hill legislators and staffers.
After 107 years in Congress feinstein finally calls it quits ,she will celebrate with a case of wild turkey ,and live out her final hours voting for trump in 2024 .
And OMG yes we MUST have term limits . pic.twitter.com/Yg8Y5EPyUu
— Johnny U (@Johnnypatriot64) February 14, 2023
In May, The New York Times ran an extensive article titled “As Feinstein Declines, Democrats Struggle to Maintain an Open Secret.” Here are two pointed excerpts:
Ms. Feinstein sometimes struggles to recall the names of colleagues, frequently has little recollection of meetings or telephone conversations, and at times walks around in a state of befuddlement.
One Democratic lawmaker who had an extended encounter with Ms. Feinstein in February said…the experience was akin to acting as a caregiver for a person in need of constant assistance. The lawmaker recalled having to reintroduce themself to the senator multiple times, helping her locate her purse repeatedly and answering the same set of basic, small-talk questions over and over again.
While it’s good that Feinstein has announced her retirement, it seems clear she has no business lingering another two years in the Imperial Senate. Were she to leave before the end of her term, California Governor Gavin Newsom would have the power to appoint a replacement until the next election.
Even before she announced her retirement, two ambitious Democrats had apparently tired of waiting for Feinstein to make a graceful exit — or chose to help force the issue: In January, Representatives Katie Porter and Adam Schiff announced campaigns to run for Feinstein’s seat in 2024.
Representatives Katie Porter and Adam Schiff (Getty Images via Fox News)
Over her career, Feinstein racked up three identify-politics trophies: first woman to be mayor of San Francisco, first woman to chair the Senate Judiciary Committee and longest-serving female senator. If she continues stumbling around the Senate until the end of her term, she will have served 32 years after she first won a special 1992 election to fill a seat vacated by Republican Pete Wilson, who resigned to become governor.
While liberty-minded Americans rightly loathe the vast majority of her agenda and especially her relentless pursuit of gun control, there’s at least one bright spot on her record: her drive to expose the Deep State’s lies about its post-9/11 torture program — which included false claims about its effectiveness in extracting useful intelligence.
Tyler Durden
Wed, 02/15/2023 – 12:20
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