{"id":1939293,"date":"2023-05-26T20:25:19","date_gmt":"2023-05-27T00:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1939293"},"modified":"2023-05-26T20:29:20","modified_gmt":"2023-05-27T00:29:20","slug":"oprah-denies-rumors-of-taking-feinsteins-senate-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oprah-denies-rumors-of-taking-feinsteins-senate-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Oprah denies rumors of taking Feinstein&#8217;s Senate seat."},"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%2Foprah-denies-rumors-of-taking-feinsteins-senate-seat%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=1939293&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>Oprah Winfrey Denies Speculation About California Senate Run<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0526\/10a16b2f-dc96-44d3-af33-3440927c8f47\/audio.mp3?length=4130829&#038;duration=344\"><\/div>\n<p>Media mogul Oprah Winfrey has been the subject of rumors and speculation that she could replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) if she steps down from office before her 2024 term ends. However, Winfrey has denied these rumors through a spokesperson.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Oprah Winfrey is not considering the seat should it become vacant,&#8221; a spokesperson for Winfrey said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>California Gov. Gavin Newsom has previously said he would try to appoint a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-lauds-state-rep-shirley-weber-established-africana-studies-professor-as-newsoms-secretary-of-state-pick\/\" title=\"Harris Lauds State Rep. Shirley Weber, Established Africana Studies Professor, As Newsom\u2019s Secretary Of State Pick\">black woman<\/a> for Feinstein&#8217;s seat, and some reports have named Winfrey as a possible candidate. However, these reports have been entirely speculative and named no source.<\/p>\n<h3>Winfrey&#8217;s Political Ambitions<\/h3>\n<p>Winfrey has long been the subject of speculation about her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/even-cnn-is-calling-out-opportunist-nikki-haley-for-trying-to-play-both-sides-video\/\" title=\"Even CNN is Calling Out Opportunist Nikki Haley for Trying to Play Both Sides (VIDEO)\">political ambitions<\/a>, but she has repeatedly turned down appeals to run for office. In a 2019 speech, while campaigning for Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, Winfrey said that she wouldn&#8217;t run for president.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I am not here because I am making some grandstand, because I&#8217;m thinking about running myself,&#8221; Winfrey said at the time. &#8220;I don&#8217;t want to run. I am not trying to test any waters, don&#8217;t want to go in those waters.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Last fall, Winfrey endorsed Democrat John Fetterman in the Pennsylvania Senate race. If Feinstein steps down, Newsom would be under considerable pressure to name someone to her seat in the interim as Democrats hold a slim majority in the Senate.<\/p>\n<h3>Feinstein&#8217;s Health and Possible Replacement<\/h3>\n<p>Feinstein, who turns 90 next month, was gone from the Senate for more than two weeks as she battled a shingles infection. She returned back to Congress several weeks ago, confined to a wheelchair, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oprah-denies-rumors-of-taking-feinsteins-senate-seat\/\" title=\"Oprah denies rumors of taking Feinstein's Senate seat.\">delivered unusual remarks<\/a> to reporters saying she was still working in the Senate when she was recovering in the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>If Feinstein resigns, a number of California Democrats have demanded that Newsom name a black woman to the seat. However, Newsom has said he is being swamped with recommendations for how to fill a possible Senate vacancy and is sensitive to criticism that voters should be picking their elected officials. He hinted that he might choose a caretaker to hold the spot, if one occurs.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>While Winfrey has denied any intention to run for Feinstein&#8217;s seat, the speculation about her political ambitions continues. As for Feinstein, her health and possible replacement remain a topic of discussion among California Democrats and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cuomo-book-publisher-cancels-second-printing-paperback\/\" title=\"Cuomo Book Publisher Cancels Second Printing, Paperback\">political observers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Media mogul Oprah Winfrey has denied rumors that she could replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) if she steps down from office before her 2024 term ends.<\/li>\n<li>California Gov. Gavin Newsom has previously said he would try to appoint a black woman for Feinstein&#8217;s seat, and some reports have named Winfrey as a possible candidate.<\/li>\n<li>Winfrey has repeatedly turned down appeals to run for office, but she endorsed Democrat John Fetterman in the Pennsylvania Senate race last fall.<\/li>\n<li>If Feinstein resigns, a number of California Democrats have demanded that Newsom name a black woman to the seat.<\/li>\n<li>Feinstein&#8217;s health and possible replacement remain a topic of discussion among California Democrats and political observers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oprah Winfrey denied rumors that she will replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) if she resigns before her term ends in 2024. A spokesperson for the media mogul clarified that she has no intention of taking the senator&#8217;s seat. Speculative reports emerged earlier this week suggesting that Winfrey could be considered for the position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":1939297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[543],"tags":[4775,16557,11015,7350,5839,3740],"class_list":["post-1939293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-denies","tag-feinsteins","tag-oprah","tag-rumors","tag-seat","tag-senate"],"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\/1939293","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\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1939293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1939293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1939297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1939293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1939293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1939293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}