{"id":1989024,"date":"2023-08-02T17:42:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T21:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/90-year-old-feinstein-skips-event-amid-health-concerns\/"},"modified":"2023-08-02T17:42:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T21:42:50","slug":"90-year-old-feinstein-skips-event-amid-health-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/90-year-old-feinstein-skips-event-amid-health-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"90-year-old Feinstein misses event due to health concerns."},"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%2F90-year-old-feinstein-skips-event-amid-health-concerns%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=1989024&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>Sen. \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/dianne-feinstein\">Dianne Feinstein<\/a> (D-CA) Misses Event Due to \u2062Health Concerns<\/h2>\n<p>Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a 90-year-old lawmaker who has faced calls to resign due to her medical issues, did not make a planned appearance at an event in San Francisco on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Feinstein told the San Francisco Chronicle\u2064 that the\u200c reason the senator \u2063missed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/90-year-old-feinstein-skips-event-amid-health-concerns\/\" title=\"90-year-old Feinstein misses event due to health concerns.\">150th anniversary celebration<\/a> of the city\u2019s cable cars\u2064 was because of her health.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cShe is not feeling well and has a cough. She decided it was best to stay at home,\u201d Feinstein\u2019s spokesperson, Ron Eckstein, told the\u2063 news outlet.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Feinstein is the Senate\u2019s oldest current member \u2014 and in recent years, some colleagues have begun to raise concerns about her mental fitness and ability to do \u200cthe job.<\/p>\n<p>Scrutiny intensified after she made\u200b a\u2063 comeback to the Senate in a \u200cwheelchair \u200bthis spring, ending \u2063a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/plight-of-the-pioneers\/\" title=\"Plight of the Pioneers\">months-long absence<\/a> during which the lawmaker was receiving treatment for\u200b and recovering from shingles.<\/p>\n<p>Just last week, Feinstein\u2063 made headlines when\u200b she appeared to get confused and began to deliver a speech \u2062during \u2062a vote on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Asked \u200bto vote\u200c on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-dems-blocking-measure-to-prohibit-imports-made-with-chinese-slave-labor\/\" title=\"Senate Dems Blocking Measure To Prohibit Imports Made With Chinese Slave Labor\">defense appropriations bill<\/a>, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) begins giving a speech: \u201cI would \u200dlike to support a \u2018yes\u2019 vote on this. It \u200bprovides \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA): \u201cJust say aye.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Gw2eZ9rEMv\">pic.twitter.com\/Gw2eZ9rEMv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Recount (@therecount) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/therecount\/status\/1684592538844364802?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Feinstein\u200c announced in February \u2062she would not\u2062 seek re-election\u2064 in 2024. Three prominent House Democrats \u2014 Reps.\u2062 Adam Schiff, Katie Porter, and Barbara Lee \u2014 have announced campaigns to replace Feinstein in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\">CLICK \u2064HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But some of Feinstein\u2019s fellow Democrats have called \u200bon her to step down before her term is up.\u2062 That includes Rep. Ro \u2064Khanna (D-CA), though \u2063he told POLITICO\u2064 he would give the \u201csituation the benefit\u2063 of the doubt\u201d and is\u200b \u201chopeful\u201d that Feinstein will be able to fulfill her duties.<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) attended\u200b the cable\u200b car event and insisted that Feinstein was \u201cgood \u2026 \u200cshe\u2019s doing her job,\u201d as reported by the Chronicle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven though she had \u2062the diagnosis of shingles, she went\u2064 back there and \u200bshe was there for\u2062 every vote so that the judges could be confirmed even though the other side would not cooperate,\u201d Pelosi added. \u201cIt\u2019s a tribute to her that we wouldn\u2019t be here if she hadn\u2019t made that strong step when she was mayor in San\u200b Francisco to save the cable cars. She\u2019s present in so many ways.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), a 90-year-old lawmaker facing resignation calls over health concerns, was absent from a San Francisco event. 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