{"id":1933549,"date":"2023-05-18T22:37:47","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T02:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senators-medical-condition-far-worse-than-previously-reported-its-not-just-shingles\/"},"modified":"2023-05-18T22:40:16","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T02:40:16","slug":"senators-medical-condition-far-worse-than-previously-reported-its-not-just-shingles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senators-medical-condition-far-worse-than-previously-reported-its-not-just-shingles\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator&#8217;s health worse than reported, not just shingles."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Fsenators-medical-condition-far-worse-than-previously-reported-its-not-just-shingles%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=1933549&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--><h2>Breaking News: Senator Feinstein&#8217;s Health Raises Concerns About Her Continued Service in Congress<\/h2>\n<p>New information has emerged about the health of 89-year-old Senator Dianne Feinstein, raising questions about her ability to continue serving in Congress. According to a representative for the California Democrat, her recent absence from the Senate due to shingles was more serious than previously thought. <\/p>\n<p>Feinstein experienced the rare complication of encephalitis, which can cause memory problems, confusion, and difficulty walking. She also suffered from Ramsay Hunt syndrome, which can lead to facial, balance, and vision impairments. <\/p>\n<p>Since her return to the Senate, Feinstein has been seen in a wheelchair and has reportedly spoken about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senators-medical-condition-far-worse-than-previously-reported-its-not-just-shingles\/\" title=\"Senator's health worse than reported, not just shingles.\">continuing medical issues<\/a> with her eyes. In one conversation, she appeared unaware of her own absence from the Senate. <\/p>\n<h3>Should Feinstein Resign?<\/h3>\n<p>Figures from within Feinstein&#8217;s own party have called for her resignation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-reduces-support-for-s-arabia-in-another-boon-to-iran\/\" title=\"Biden reduces support for S. Arabia in another boon to Iran\">citing concerns<\/a> about her ability to perform the duties of a United States senator while in need of continuing medical care. <\/p>\n<p>Despite these concerns, Feinstein&#8217;s office has rebuffed them, stating that she is back in Washington, voting and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-john-fetterman-struggles-through-opening-statement-in-senate-hearing\/\" title=\"WATCH: John Fetterman Struggles Through Opening Statement in Senate Hearing\">attending committee meetings<\/a> while recovering from complications related to shingles. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Senator Feinstein&#8217;s health raises concerns about her continued service in Congress<\/li>\n<li>Feinstein experienced the rare complication of encephalitis and Ramsay Hunt syndrome<\/li>\n<li>Figures from within her own party have called for her resignation<\/li>\n<li>Feinstein&#8217;s office rebuffs concerns, stating that she is back in Washington and working<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As the oldest member of Congress, Feinstein had already announced that she would not be running for re-election in 2024. However, her cognitive acuity had already come into question before her February absence from the Senate. <\/p>\n<p>Richard Moorhead, a conservative journalist and Army Infantryman, reported on this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-grants-26-pardons-and-3-commutations-includes-numerous-prominent-names\/\" title=\"Trump Grants 26 Pardons And 3 Commutations, Includes Numerous Prominent Names\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/huge-breaking-news-in-georgia-132000-ballots-in-fulton-county-georgia-have-been-identified-which-are-likely-ineligible\/\" title=\"HUGE BREAKING NEWS IN GEORGIA - 132,000 Ballots in Fulton County, Georgia Have Been Identified Which Are Likely Ineligible\">breaking news<\/a> story<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Dianne Feinstein&#8217;s health is causing concern about her ability to continue serving in Congress. Her recent absence from the Senate was confirmed to be more serious than previously thought.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":666,"featured_media":1933550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[4964,10692,3709,14883,8155],"class_list":["post-1933549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily","tag-health","tag-reported","tag-senators","tag-shingles","tag-worse"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1933549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/666"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1933549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1933549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1933550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1933549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1933549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1933549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}