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Feinstein drops out of Democratic leadership in Senate
2020-11-25
[NYPOST] Democratic Sen. 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....
of Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, on Monday announced that she is dropping out of the Senate Democratic leadership after facing a left-wing furor for her praise of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearings.Feinstein, 87, framed her decision not to seek another term as the "ranking member" or chairman on the Senate Judiciary Committee as a way to better focus on specific policy areas.

"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," she said in a blurb.

The nation’s eldest senator faced Democratic outrage after she concluded Barrett’s confirmation hearing by hugging Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham
...soft-spoken senator from South Carolina, former best buddy of John Maverick McCain. 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) and praised Graham for "one of the best set of hearings that I have participated in."

Democrats generally view Barrett’s confirmation as a hypocritical move by Republicans to replace liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg. In 2016, Senate Republicans would not confirm Merrick Garland to replace conservative Justice Antonin Scalia.



Posted by:Fred

#12  She and her hubby can open a college consulting business helping Chinesers get into Berkeley
Posted by: Glogum Unereng6614   2020-11-25 17:10  

#11  She's 87, and just watched a non-entity promoted up to her level, and then promoted over her head. Now they're gonna promote another idiot up to her level.
I think she's decided to pack it in.
Posted by: ed in texas   2020-11-25 16:49  

#10  Ambo to China ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-11-25 14:11  

#9  Looks like she will be a cabinet appointed something.
Posted by: 49 pan   2020-11-25 13:59  

#8  Dick "Flip Flop" Durbin will most likely take her place. Durbin has been docile, passive and submissive. He has failed to forcefully defend moderation, the middle ground or traditional Democrats. His silence is acquiescence. Durbin is in a position to guide Democrats toward reasonable, moderate and workable public policy, but will he? His record screams No. Recently, while demanding a delay on a Senate vote on Supreme Court nominee Amy Barrett until after the election, he once proposed a hurry-up, mandatory Senate vote on judges within 150 days.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2020-11-25 07:54  

#7  So she IS a moderate!!
Posted by: Clem   2020-11-25 07:33  

#6  More like forced out. She wasn't hard enough on Amy Coney Barrett.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2020-11-25 07:31  

#5  That old bag needs to go. But who knows? Given the state of the Dem Party, she may be one day looked upon as a "moderate"
Posted by: Clem   2020-11-25 07:23  

#4  Watch several old dem warhorses "retire' from blue states so their governors can appoint "squad" approved woke replacements.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-11-25 07:05  

#3  Too Jewish for the current Democratic party?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-11-25 05:43  

#2  More money to be made in stock market 'box store' investment tips from her Chinese chauffeur ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-11-25 05:35  

#1  She is going to star in a re-run of Planet of the Apes.
Posted by: crazyhorse   2020-11-25 00:48  

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