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Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California on Monday announced that she is dropping out of the Senate Democratic leadership after facing a left-wing furor for her praise of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearings.

Feinstein, 87, framed her decision not to seek another term as the “ranking member” or chairman on the Senate Judiciary Committee as a way to better focus on specific policy areas.

“After serving as the lead Democrat on the Judiciary Committee for four years, I will not seek the chairmanship or ranking member position in the next Congress,” she said in a press release.

The nation’s eldest senator faced Democratic outrage after she concluded Barrett’s confirmation hearing by hugging Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and praised Graham for “one of the best set of hearings that I have participated in.”

Democrats generally view Barrett’s confirmation as a hypocritical move by Republicans to replace liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg. In 2016, Senate Republicans would not confirm Merrick Garland to replace conservative Justice Antonin Scalia.

“It’s time for Sen. Feinstein to step down from her leadership position on the Senate Judiciary Committee. If she won’t, her colleagues need to intervene,” Demand Justice executive director Brian Fallon said last month.

Fallon, a former national press secretary for Hillary Clinton and alum of the Obama Justice Department’s press shop, said Feinstein “has undercut Democrats’ position at every step of this process.”

He said Feinstein’s failings include “undermining calls for filibuster and Court reform straight through to thanking Republicans for the most egregious partisan power grab in the modern history of the Supreme Court.”

In Feinstein’s telling, her decision was all about voluntarily shifting gears.

“California is a huge state confronting two existential threats — wildfire and drought — that are only getting worse with climate change. In the next Congress, I plan to increase my attention on those two crucial issues,” Feinstein said.

read more here: Feinstein drops out of Democratic leadership in Senate (nypost.com)

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  • I think the demogoon party who don't like her has to be stopped !!!!

  • "In Feinstein’s telling, her decision was all about voluntarily shifting gears."

    She has stripped a few gears if she thinks anyone buys that. 

    Maybe it is to avoid ouster.

    Maybe with a Harris/Biden likelihood she thinks her work is done.

    Maybe fearing future prosecution, she is making a mad dash to the door.

    Whatever the reason, it will be ignoble. 

    Feinstein, the Constitutional molester.

     

  • I hope this is the long goodbye.

  • Is anyone terrified of a Harris administration yet?

    • Every real American patriot of sound mind has been terrified of a Harris administration for a long time and the fear of socialism gripping the US paralyzes real Americans.

  • For agreeing with Lindsey Graham. There will be no unity. Win Georgia!

  • She's going to be "appointed " to fill the Senator seat.

    • I hope not

  • 87 years old! Go HOME!

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