Democrats are starting to panic because a prominent member of their party is publicly starting to show signs of mental decline.
And no, I'm not talking about Sleepy Joe.
Nope, this time it's the ancient senator from California, Dianne Feinstein.
The uber-liberal San Francisco Chronicle recently published a piece criticizing the octogenarian for not exactly being on top of her game.
"Mentally unfit to serve" is right in the headline.
This is not good news for the Feinstein crew.
When a California Democrat in Congress recently engaged in an extended conversation with Sen. Dianne Feinstein, they prepared for a rigorous policy discussion like those they'd had with her many times over the last 15 years.
Instead, the lawmaker said, they had to reintroduce themselves to Feinstein multiple times during an interaction that lasted several hours.
Rather than delve into policy, Feinstein, 88, repeated the same small-talk questions, like asking the lawmaker what mattered to voters in their district, the member of Congress said, with no apparent recognition the two had already had a similar conversation.
This woman is going to be in office for another 2 years. She will be 90 years old!
Call me crazy, but the idea that someone that old, of any party, would be in the Senate is a little scary.
Four U.S. senators, including three Democrats, as well as three former Feinstein staffers and the California Democratic member of Congress told The Chronicle in recent interviews that her memory is rapidly deteriorating. They said it appears she can no longer fulfill her job duties without her staff doing much of the work required to represent the nearly 40 million people of California.
They said that the memory lapses do not appear to be constant and that some days she is nearly as sharp as she used to be. During the March confirmation hearing for soon-to-be-Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Feinstein appeared composed as she read pertinent questions, though she repeated comments to Jackson about the judge's composure in the face of tough questioning. But some close to her said that on her most difficult days, she does not seem to fully recognize even longtime colleagues.
"It's bad, and it's getting worse," said one Democratic senator. This person said that within the Senate, Feinstein has difficulty keeping up with conversations and discussions.
"There's a joke on the Hill, we've got a great junior senator in Alex Padilla and an experienced staff in Feinstein's office," said a staffer for a California Democrat.
All of those who expressed concerns about Feinstein's acuity said that doing so was painful because of their respect for the senator and her groundbreaking career. Each spoke on condition of anonymity, because they said they did not want to jeopardize their relationship with her and their mutual friends and colleagues.
She is totally unqualified!
But we've known this at least ever since it was revealed that she employed a Chinese spy as a driver for two decades.
And the Dems stood by her side for that.
But now, she's ancient and forgetful, so it's time to kick her to the curb and let Gavin Newsom appoint a young, fresh face Democrat that can do more for the party.
Gotta love the left!
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