{"id":737872,"date":"2021-09-10T12:50:44","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T16:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=737872"},"modified":"2021-09-10T12:50:46","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T16:50:46","slug":"former-senate-colleague-suggests-dianne-feinstein-should-step-aside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-senate-colleague-suggests-dianne-feinstein-should-step-aside\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Senate Colleague Suggests Dianne Feinstein Should Step Aside"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fformer-senate-colleague-suggests-dianne-feinstein-should-step-aside%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=737872&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--><div readability=\"30.563758389262\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/\">Democrats<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Barbara Boxer: &#8216;I&#8217;ve had very productive years away from the Senate doing good things. So put that into the equation.&#8217;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"736\" height=\"491\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1229654449-736x491-1.jpg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt=\"Dianne Feinstein\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.freebeacon.com\/up\/2020\/12\/GettyImages-1229654449.jpg 736w, https:\/\/s3.freebeacon.com\/up\/2020\/12\/GettyImages-1229654449-300x200.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tSen. Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.) \/ Getty Images\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/karl-salzmann\/\" title=\"Posts by Karl Salzmann\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Karl Salzmann<\/a> \u2022 September 10, 2021 12:45 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"66.251882057716\">\n<p>Former senator Barbara Boxer (D., Calif.) implied Thursday that her longtime colleague Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.) should step aside because of age.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If Sen. Feinstein were to call me today and asked my advice&#8221; on stepping aside, &#8220;I would say only you can decide this,&#8221; Boxer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/politics\/story\/2021-09-09\/barbara-boxer-mugging-feinstein-breyer-texas-abortion-law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> in a <i>Los Angeles Times<\/i> interview. &#8220;But from my perspective, I want you to know I&#8217;ve had very productive years away from the Senate doing good things. So put that into the equation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Boxer, who was elected in 1992 to represent California alongside Feinstein, retired in January 2017. Feinstein, who is 88, remains in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Many Democrats want Feinstein to retire in favor of a younger and more progressive candidate. Some fear that a Republican will end up representing deep-blue California if Gov. Gavin Newsom (D.) loses Tuesday&#8217;s recall election and Feinstein is unable to finish her term.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) last year <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/report-schumer-had-to-tell-feinstein-to-step-down-twice-she-forgot-the-first-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">had to tell<\/a> Feinstein twice to step down as the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee because she forgot their first conversation. According to a <em>New Yorker<\/em> report at the time, Feinstein&#8217;s &#8220;short-term memory has grown so poor that she often forgets she has been briefed on a topic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One of the <em>New Yorker<\/em>\u2018s sources compared what Feinstein&#8217;s staff has to do to taking &#8220;the car keys away from an elderly relative.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Feinstein has <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/feinstein-takes-initial-steps-towards-seeking-re-election-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">filed<\/a> paperwork so that she can run for a sixth term in 2024. She will then be 91 years old.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats Barbara Boxer: &#8216;I&#8217;ve had very productive years away from the Senate doing good things. So put that into the equation.&#8217;  Sen. 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