Posted on 11/24/2020 6:39:50 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) revealed on Monday afternoon that she will step down as Democrats’ highest-ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee. The California Democrat faced an abundance of scrutiny from progressive lawmakers and activists for her civil behavior toward Justice Amy Coney Barrett during her confirmation hearings in October. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and others indicated that Sen. Feinstein is not combative enough to handle the position on the committee.
“After serving as the lead Democrat on the Judiciary Committee for four years, I will not seek the chairmanship or ranking member position in the next Congress,” Sen. Feinstein said in a statement. “I look forward to continuing to serve as a senior Democrat on the Judiciary, Intelligence, Appropriations and Rules committees as we work with the Biden administration.”
After Sen. Feinstein’s announcement, Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin said that he would seek to replace her as Democrats’ highest-ranking member on the judiciary committee.
Dick Durbin, who is next up, will seek the position, his spokeswoman says.
Durbin is also the Democratic Whip, but that does not appear to preclude his taking a top committee post. https://t.co/hc0CSSHjsF— Nicholas Fandos (@npfandos) November 23, 2020
Far-left activist and former Hillary Clinton aide Brian Fallon, who contributed to much of the crazed conspiracy theories that circulated during Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation, was a driving force behind the activist movement supporting Sen. Feinstein’s ousting. He said that the California Democrat clings to a “bygone era of civility and decorum,” after previously accusing Sen. Feinstein of “undercutting” Democrats’ agenda for simply acting civilly toward Republicans.
The next senator to serve as the lead Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee cannot wishfully cling to a bygone era of civility and decorum. It will take someone committed to undoing the damage Trump and McConnell have done to our courts, no matter what it takes.— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) November 23, 2020
Republicans are poised to hold the majority in the Senate, pending Georgia’s pair of runoff elections in January, and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is slated to step back in as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
She isn’t stepping down. She got fired.
It’s a sad testament to the state of affairs with the Dem party that Feinstein isn’t enough of a bitch for the job.
“..It’s a sad testament to the state of affairs with the Dem party that Feinstein isn’t enough of a bitch for the job....”
Ain’t that the truth.
She just wasn’t “commie” enough....LOL
She was too conservative....ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!
The California Democrat faced an abundance of scrutiny from progressive lawmakers and activists for her civil behavior toward Justice Amy Coney Barrett during her confirmation hearings in October.
So the Democrats prefer uncivil behavior during confirmation hearings? They prefer a belligerent antagonistic cross examination of the suspect in such hearings????
The cancel culture will eat their own. And they will go much farther than this, once they solidify their power.
Instead they’re going to have “Turban Durbin,” as his nickname used to be, who is not only pro-Communist but pro-Islamist. Figures.
So what minority will take over
Surprised it isnt the hawaiian
More evidence of just how extreme the left has become.
They’re probably saving her for something even more powerful.
Next in her agenda: Not seek re-election, citing “age” or “health”.
Of course. They lionize their new leader, AOC. Wild-eyed wimmin' is their ideal.
“(After a considerable payoff) Sen. Diane Feinstein Steps Down....”
The only thing they crave more than control is money, 99% chance she didn’t do this willingly.
The purge of the leftard Bolsheviks gegins...
She is being ousted because she, supposedly, is from a bygone era of civility and decorum.
Let that sink in as to what the Democrat party has in store if they take the Senate.
Bygone days of civility. How sad. I miss those days.
This after her comments about the dogma lives within you last time around.
“clings to a “bygone era of civility and decorum,””
I tell you what, the Bolsheviks put it right out there they have no intention of being civil. They want chaos, not law and order.
They should be careful what they wish for.
“The next senator to serve as the lead Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee cannot wishfully cling to a bygone era of civility and decorum. It will take someone committed to undoing the damage Trump and McConnell have done to our courts, no matter what it takes.— “
Republicans, are you listening?
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