I agree with several congressional Democrats who say Feinstein should resign immediately and let someone else who is able to do the job take over,' Haley added.įeinstein was first elected to the senate in 1992. 'She's missed months of votes and clearly can no longer do her job. She called Feinstein a 'trailblazer who's made an indelible mark in public service,' but also a woman who is 'in significant mental and physical decline.' 'What's incredible is how the Washington establishment continues to cover for those who likely lack the mental acuity to do their job,' she wrote in a Fox News op-ed last week. GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley has also called on Feinstein to resign. 'Dianne Feinstein should no longer be in the Senate,' Lovett said on his 'Pod Save America' podcast last month. Dianne Feinstein to resign due to her prolonged absence. 'I think criticisms of that stance as 'anti-feminist' are a farce,' she wrote on the new social media platform Bluesky.įormer President Barack Obama's speechwriter Jon Lovett has also called on Sen. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said that it was time for the 89-year-old Democratic senator to retire, amid her lengthy absence from Congress.ĪOC is the latest member of Feinstein's own party to call for her to go, and she shrugged off complaints that such messages were sexist.įeinstein was hospitalized for shingles in February, but has not returned to the Senate to vote since she was released last month Her age and frailty have been the subject of Washington rumor and calls for her to step down have accelerated during her months-long absence as she recovers from shingles. Her absence on the powerful committee has also held up President Biden's judicial nominations as Republicans refuse to give the nominees a majority vote to get confirmed. Dianne Feinstein is returning to the Senate this week after being absent since mid-February amid a growing number of calls for her to resign due to holding up Democrats' efforts to confirm liberal judicial judges.įeinstein on Tuesday got on a chartered private plane back to Washington, D.C., from California, Feinstein's spokesman Adam Russell confirmed to .įeinstein, who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, has missed nearly 100 votes over the last several months.
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