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Chuck Schumer refuses to defend Feinstein as Dems call for her to be bumped
[NYPOST] Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer ...Senator-for-life from New York, renowned for his love of standing in front of cameras and microphones. Schumer has been a professional politician since 1975, when disco was in flower, which is 44.87750 years. Senate minority leader as of 2017...refused to defend Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein ...Dem Senator-for-Life from Caliphornica. She has been a politician since about the time she was weaned. Feinstein was the author of the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban, and tried it a second time in 2012. Feinstein has chaired the Select Committee on Intelligence since 2009. At age 80, Feinstein is the oldest currently serving United States Senator.... as consensus grows among Democrats against her leading the wildly influential panel.Speaking to news hounds during a presser Tuesday, Schumer (D-NY) would not say if he planned to make changes to the committee’s Democratic leadership. He did say, however, that he had a "serious talk" with Feinstein (D-Calif.). "I had a long and serious talk with Sen. Feinstein. That’s all I’m going to say about it right now," Schumer told news hounds, adding a short "Nope" when asked if he could expand on their conversation. During last week’s committee hearing on the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, Feinstein, 87, repeatedly infuriated Democrats with her conduct. At one point during proceedings, the Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, Democrat asked Barrett to explain her judicial view on the topic of severability — a provision allowing for parts of a law to remain in effect even if other parts are struck down — in relation to the Affordable Care Act. Enlarge ImageDianne Feinstein and Chuck Schumer Dianne Feinstein and Chuck SchumerCQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images After the judge gave her answer, Feinstein praised Barrett, remarking, "That’s quite a definition. I’m really impressed. Thank you." Feinstein also enraged the left with her praise of her Republican counterpart, Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham ...soft-spoken senator from South Carolina, former best buddy of John MaverickMcCain. Since McCain's demise, Graham has become more outspoken, more Republican and more of a supporter of President Trump. The speech he gave in support of Brett Kavanaugh was downright manly and really cheesed off the Dems... (R-SC), whom she hugged on Thursday while neither wore masks. She also told the South Carolina Republican that this confirmation process had been "one of the best set of hearings that I have participated in." Her handling of the hearings came under immediate scrutiny from liberal groups including NARAL and MoveOn, as well as major progressive names like former New York Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Cynthia Nixon. By the end of the week, multiple progressive groups had called on Democrats to remove the senator from her powerful position, in which she would have the ability to confirm or deny judicial appointments and have oversight authority over the Justice Department — if the party regains control of the upper house. Posted by: Fred 2020-10-22 |
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