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Dianne Feinstein: oldest serving senator says she ‘hasn’t been gone’ despite A bizarre exchange with reporters has raised new questions about the return of Dianne Feinstein, California’s senior senator who has been absent from Washington for months due to shingles.
Jim Newell, a reporter for Slate, ran into Feinstein shortly after the 89-year-old lawmaker voted on the Senate floor on Tuesday. When he and another journalist asked Feinstein how she has been received by her colleagues since returning to Washington, Feinstein appeared to insist that she had never left.
“I haven’t been gone. I’ve been working,” Feinstein told Newell and another reporter, according to a Slate article published on Tuesday. She was asked if she meant she had been working remotely, to which Feinstein responded: “No, I’ve been here. I’ve been voting. Please. You either know or don’t know.”
The exchange comes as Feinstein faces pressure to resign amid questions about her health.....
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/16/dianne-feinstein-says-hasnt-been-gone-from-senate
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I don't agree with Feinstein's politics but she deserves better than going out this way. If she was in full control of her faculties she would not want this. Democrats should be ashamed of themselves. This is elder abuse.
Jim Newell, a reporter for Slate, ran into Feinstein shortly after the 89-year-old lawmaker voted on the Senate floor on Tuesday. When he and another journalist asked Feinstein how she has been received by her colleagues since returning to Washington, Feinstein appeared to insist that she had never left.
“I haven’t been gone. I’ve been working,” Feinstein told Newell and another reporter, according to a Slate article published on Tuesday. She was asked if she meant she had been working remotely, to which Feinstein responded: “No, I’ve been here. I’ve been voting. Please. You either know or don’t know.”
The exchange comes as Feinstein faces pressure to resign amid questions about her health.....
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/16/dianne-feinstein-says-hasnt-been-gone-from-senate
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I don't agree with Feinstein's politics but she deserves better than going out this way. If she was in full control of her faculties she would not want this. Democrats should be ashamed of themselves. This is elder abuse.