{"id":1438647,"date":"2022-04-14T16:30:09","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T20:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1438647"},"modified":"2022-04-14T16:30:27","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T20:30:27","slug":"report-dem-colleagues-openly-questioning-dianne-feinsteins-fitness-for-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-dem-colleagues-openly-questioning-dianne-feinsteins-fitness-for-office\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Dem Colleagues Openly Questioning Dianne Feinstein\u2019s Fitness For Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-dem-colleagues-openly-questioning-dianne-feinsteins-fitness-for-office%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1438647&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Democratic colleagues of California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, including senators, staffers and a member of Congress, are reportedly concerned over her mental fitness, according to multiple sources who spoke with The San Francisco Chronicle.<\/p>\n<p>Four U.S. senators, three of whom were Democrats, along with three former Feinstein staffers and a California Democratic member of Congress reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/politics\/article\/dianne-feinstein-senate-17079487.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a> the outlet the 88-year-old\u2019s memory is quickly deteriorating.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI 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\u2019t resist a conversation where she was driving some bill or some idea. All of that is gone,\u201d the lawmaker told The Chronicle.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic California lawmaker said that during a recent conversation meant to discuss policy, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/21\/amy-klobuchar-dianne-feinstein-tech-antitrust-law-bold-statement-judiciary-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Feinstein<\/a> mostly continued to bring up the same questions, with no indication she was aware the two had already discussed such topics, The Chronicle reported. Afterward, the lawmaker began approaching colleagues to see if convincing Feinstein to retire was feasible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was an intellectual and political force not that long ago, and that\u2019s why my encounter with her was so jarring. Because there was just no trace of that,\u201d the lawmaker added.<\/p>\n<p>Feinstein\u2019s colleagues told The Chronicle that the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/16\/dianne-feinstein-questions-reporters-gavin-newsom-serving-full-term\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California senator<\/a> is unable to complete her duties without most of the work being done by her staff, and there are days she reportedly does not fully recognize her longtime colleagues.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7410553\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7410553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Dianne Feinstein talks to an aid as U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill March 22, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s bad, and it\u2019s getting worse,\u201d one Democratic senator reportedly told The Chronicle.<\/p>\n<p>Other colleagues who spoke to The Chronicle defended Feinstein\u2019s abilities, including Democratic Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine and fellow California Sen. Alex Padilla. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/04\/dianne-feinstein-staffer-jamarcus-purley-dancing-office-psychedelic-mushrooms-smoking-joint\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: The Video Of The Fired Diane Feinstein Staffer Dancing In Her Office On Psychedelic Mushrooms While Smoking A Joint Is Must-See TV)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve heard some of the same concerns,\u201d Padilla told the Chronicle. \u201cBut as someone who sees her multiple times a week, including on the Senate Judiciary Committee, I can tell you she\u2019s still doing the job and doing it well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenator Feinstein is a workhorse for the people of California and a respected leader among her colleagues in the Senate,\u201d House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told The Chronicle. \u201cShe is constantly traveling between California and the Capitol, working relentlessly to ensure Californians\u2019 needs are met and voices are heard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi also told the outlet it was \u201cunconscionable\u201d that Feinstein was being \u201csubjected to these ridiculous attacks,\u201d after the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/28\/richard-blum-dianne-feinstein-husband-death-cancer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">passing of her husband<\/a> in February. The anonymous sources reportedly spoke to The Chronicle before the senator\u2019s husband died.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe last year has been extremely painful and distracting for me, flying back and forth to visit my dying husband who passed just a few weeks ago,\u201d Feinstein said in a statement to the outlet. \u201cBut there\u2019s no question I\u2019m still serving and delivering for the people of California, and I\u2019ll put my record up against anyone\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Feinstein\u2019s office did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic colleagues of California Sen. 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