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Fellow Democrats No Longer Think Senator Diane Feinstein is Mentally Fit For Office.
Her memory issues are progressing, and she needs to step down.
On more than one occasion in recent years, rumors have circulated about the cognitive decline of Senator Diane Feinstein, and for good reason. After she repeatedly asked Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey the same question without hesitation, or was asked by Chuck Schumer to step down as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee back at the end of 2020, it’s hard for people not to wonder.
Well, now the rumors are intensifying, with fellow lawmakers citing their concerns about her memory.
Tal Kopan and Joe Garofoli with The San Francisco Chronicle write:
“When a California Democrat in Congress recently engaged in an extended conversation with Sen. Dianne Feinstein, they prepared for a rigorous policy discussion like those they’d had with her many times over the last 15 years. Instead, the lawmaker said, they had to reintroduce themselves to Feinstein multiple times during an interaction that lasted several hours…
…The episode was so unnerving that the lawmaker — who spoke to The Chronicle on condition they not be identified because of the sensitivity of the topic — began raising concerns with colleagues to see if…
