Posted on 04/12/2023 8:34:17 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
RedState reported in early March on how Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) was hospitalized with the shingles virus.
At the time, a statement from her office suggested Feinstein was expected “to make a full recovery” and that she “hoped to return to the Senate later this month.”
“I was diagnosed over the February recess with a case of shingles,” the statement read. “I have been hospitalized and am receiving treatment in San Francisco and expect to make a full recovery. I hope to return to the Senate later this month.”
Well, we’re now into the second week in April and Feinstein has not returned, and no one seems to know when she’ll return to Washington, D.C. – or even if she will.
Because of that, frustrated Democrats including those close to some of the candidates for the seat Feinstein holds are openly voicing their frustrations over how among other things her absence is hindering the Democrats’ Senate judicial confirmation process, and are urging Feinstein to resign:
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) joined a chorus of outside progressive voices in calling for Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) to resign amid concerns that her medical absence is keeping Senate Democrats from confirming more judges.
Why it matters: The 89-year-old Feinstein has missed 58 Senate votes since she was diagnosed with shingles in February. Her absence has been most acutely felt on the divided Senate Judiciary Committee, where Democrats are unable to advance judicial nominees who do not have Republican support.
Driving the news: “It’s time for Sen. Feinstein to resign. We need to put the country ahead of personal loyalty,” Khanna said Wednesday, becoming the first Democratic lawmaker to openly call for her to step down.
Feinstein has reportedly been gone for over two months, and though she’s no longer hospitalized, she’s at home in San Francisco and not in the Senate where Democrats need her the most.
And a new report that came out Wednesday on how the shingles have affected Feinstein has no doubt triggered even more panic and alarm in Democrat circles:
But multiple Democrats close to her, as well as top-ranking congressional aides, are growing increasingly concerned that she may never come back to Washington at all.
Three people who have visited with the senator in recent weeks or been briefed on her status say her diagnosis appears to have taken a heavy toll on her. Other confidants, including two who have seen or spoken with the senator, underscored that they are still hopeful she could serve out the nearly two years that remain in her term. But neither of those people, who addressed the sensitive matter on condition of anonymity, indicated they were confident she would be able to do so from Washington.
Anyone who has had the shingles or who has cared for someone who has had it knows they are no joke, and that goes double when it comes to a woman of Feinstein’s age (89) and rumored deteriorating mental and physical health. Back in mid-February, Feinstein sparked concern when she seemingly forgot what she had just voted on, and there have been many other similar instances of such happenings over the course of the last year or so, including when the announcement was made that she would not be seeking another term.
In any event, it’s an uncomfortable situation for Democrats to be in, and while I don’t feel sorry for them, I do feel sorry for Feinstein and her situation, and for her apparently being at the point in her life where she is either unable or unwilling to admit when it might be time to finally step aside – not for her party but for her health.
I'm "only" 74, but I'm right there. Of course I'm "retired".
Turtle?
Anything that Effs Democrats and the Federal government is good!
“It should be 2 Senate Terms and then out.”
Agree. Term limits AND age limits. Mandatory retirement at 74, so you must be 68 or less when elected to Senate. I personally think Congress should be increased to a 4 year term (2yrs is too short - they’re constantly running for re-election) and then they could be re-elected 3 times (serve 12 years) and then out, same age limit as Senators.
Presidents also should have age limits - I think maybe 68 or 69 the year they’re elected with mandatory retirement at 72 or 73. (I lean toward the lower age)
She didn’t take the shingles vaccine?
DiFi has always been for herself. She has never given two cents about uS citizens
Shingles is no joke
I agree. Autocorrect can urine the meaning of a sentence.
Founders never intended senators to be publicly elected…
The states now have zero representation in Washington
It wasn’t the diagnosis that caused her difficulties. It was the disease. I’ve seen this misstatement in many articles lately. Journalism is not what it used to be.
Notice very closely that it was a written “statement “ (from her staff publicist) NOT AN IN-PERSON videotaped interview. Fetterman does the same.
nope 16th
No Judicial nominations getting passed?
Hang in there DiFi. I pulling for you to linger in a long slow spiral to your demise.
Depends...Shingles can have bad neurological effects, especially on the elderly. Feinstein appears to have had issues with memory loss prior to the shingles. Shingles can cause domino effects with other body systems in those with advanced ages 80 years or over. Even in younger people, shingles can affect a person up to 6 weeks with severe symptoms though most will recover. Some folks though have residual symptoms such as numbness tingling, sensory loss that can last the rest of their lives. Some develop repeated “flare up” symptoms though the repeats are mostly short lived and not as severe as the first bout. It’s when shingles gets into the brain that the disease is its most serious and often deadly. Even if such brain affected patients survive it, they are never really fully functional at best after the disease subsides. At worst,they have dementia,are bed ridden,with eventual death occuring in a skilled nurse facility or in hospice.
hang in there difi
dont let those bullies
push you around
it is your seat
you won it
you take as long as you want to get better
even if biden does not get another judge appointed
that is not more important
than your health
take care and best wishes
Shingles doesn’t care 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Feinstein’s released statement before it was sanitized:
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“..that her medical absence is keeping Senate Democrats from confirming more judges...”
The only worthile thing..albeit unintended..the hag ever did for the country.
All of this is such good news!
Now all we need to do is start impeachments of Mayorkas Meritless Garbage and Buttplug.
“Oh but they’ll never get convicted in the Senate,” the whining the Surrender Monkey Caucus will say.
My answer to that is “So what?”
With Senator Tuberville choking the rodents to a stand still over his demand for an individual vote for each of the maybe 180 Defense Department promotions, three impeachments and Shrek and Difi out to lunch the rodent Senate will be “Closed For Renovations” until the end of this Congress.
The damage those scumbags could do will be avoided and maybe there will be something left for us to save in 2024.
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