Posted on 04/15/2022 5:24:18 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
'It's bad, and it's getting worse'
Four Democratic members of Congress, three of whom are senators, say Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.), who is 88 years old, is too cognitively impaired to serve out her term, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Thursday.
One who has known the senator for 15 years had to reintroduce themself to Feinstein multiple times during a recent policy meeting. Her memory fails, and she has difficulty distinguishing longtime colleagues, the lawmakers said. During last month's Supreme Court confirmation hearings, she often repeated herself. "It's bad, and it's getting worse," a Democratic senator revealed.
Reports of Feinstein's deteriorating cognitive ability have circulated for the past few years. Then-Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) had to tell Feinstein twice to step down as ranking member of the Judiciary Committee because she forgot about their first conversation.
"It was like Groundhog Day," a source told the New Yorker in 2020, "but with the pain fresh each time."
In September, former California Democratic senator Barbara Boxer became the first party figure to suggest Feinstein should retire.
"If Sen. Feinstein were to call me today and asked my advice … I would say only you can decide this," Boxer told the Los Angeles Times. "But from my perspective, I want you to know I've had very productive years away from the Senate doing good things. So put that into the equation."
Feinstein has rebuffed her critics, saying she may forget things but her cognitive abilities have not "diminished."
Lawmakers who spoke anonymously to the San Francisco Chronicle did so before Feinstein's husband, Richard Blum, died of cancer in February.
"I have worked with her for a long time and long enough to know what she was like just a few years ago: always in command, always in charge, on top of the details, basically couldn't resist a conversation where she was driving some bill or some idea," a California House Democrat told the Chronicle. "All of that is gone."
Some lawmakers defended Feinstein's mental acuity, including 82-year-old House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.), who called the lawmakers' claims "ridiculous," and Sen. Tim Kaine (D., Va.), who said Feinstein mailed him a handwritten letter after he was stuck for more than 24 hours in traffic on I-95.
Feinstein has not held a town hall meeting in her state since the beginning of her current term. If she serves until 2024 and Democrats maintain a Senate majority, she could become the upper chamber's president pro tempore, making her third in line for the Oval Office behind Pelosi and Vice President Kamala Harris.
Throw in Nancy Pelosi & Janet Yellen.
Let’s not single out poor DiFi, test them all.
Not just Joe and Diane.
So we have another one crapping their pants in the Capitol?
Some have said,
It is not the 2 but the 81,000,000
So. Did that stop them from stopping her from voting for that USSC nominee? They probably held her up to take her to go vote..
You couldn't come up with a scarier lineup!
It’s a good indicator just how shallow the Democrat party bench is at the national level.
Based on the quote there Vindman is having the same problem.
Does stupid count? If so I’d throw in Dick Durban, Eric Swallwell, Maisie Hirono, Maxine Waters, that idiot Senator from Washington state, and Sheila Jackson Lee, and that’s just for openers.
So why has she been allowed to stay for “the past few years”?
Because the HIVE or collective votes for her and does everything else for her. Same damn thing as Joe. Incoherent but easily utilized in their state. Disgusting human being these dems are.
No better than someone that steals the disability of a family member while abusing them.
Remember pharmacist who serves Capitol Hill once said the American people would be horrified if they had any idea how many of their “representatives” have been prescribed a boatload of strong drugs in an attempt to slow and disguise their cognitive decline.
“… and Sen. Tim Kaine (D., Va.), who said Feinstein mailed him a handwritten letter after he was stuck for more than 24 hours in traffic on I-95.”
Can anyone explain this sentence?
Throw in Nancy Pelosi & Janet Yellen.
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Are there any Democrats, elected or appointed, who are NOT cognitively impaired?
I can’t.
We’re ruled by ancient fossils.
Congressional Term Limits is needed, so badly! Ditto, with each and every level of politician and judge!
This is what passes for English.
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