WASHINGTON, D.C. – California’s longest-serving senator, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, will not run for reelection next year.
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The announcement was made Tuesday on Twitter and on her official website. However, the public announcement appears to have come as a surprise to Feinstein, according to multiple reports.
When asked about her retirement, she told reporters,“I haven’t made that decision, I haven’t released anything.”
Feinstein’s staffer injected telling the senator “We put out the statement.”
Soon after, Feinstein is heard on audio recording telling reporters that, “So it is what it is. I think the time has come.”
According to the initial announcement, Feinstein said she plans to remain in office through the end of her term, which ends at the end of 2024.
“I am announcing today I will not run for reelection …but intend to accomplish as much for California as I can through the end of next year when my term ends,” Feinstein tweeted. “Even with a divided Congress, we can still pass bills that will improve lives.”
At 89 years old, Feinstein is the oldest senator.
She had been dogged by accusations in recent years that her effectiveness in the Senate has been hindered by her age.
Other Democrats had already jumped in to run for her seat, even before she made the inevitable announcement.
Democratic Reps. Katie Porter of Irvine and Adam Schiff of Burbank launched rival Senate campaigns in recent weeks. Earlier this month, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she would support Schiff if Feinstein did not seek re-election.
Rep. Barbara Lee of Oakland is expected to jump into the contest as well.
In recent years, questions have arisen about Feinstein’s cognitive health and memory, though she has defended her effectiveness.
Feinstein was first elected to the Senate in 1992. Previously, she became mayor of San Francisco after the assassination of then-Mayor George Moscone and city Supervisor Harvey Milk in 1978.
Feinstein will be remembered for her fight against the “epidemic of gun violence.” She achieved the passage of the landmark, federal Assault Weapons Ban in 1994 and has advocated for its reinstatement since it expired in 2004.
In 2019, she introduced three pieces of gun safety legislation in the Senate: an updated assault weapons ban, the extreme risk protection order act to help states develop court processes that allow family members to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous individuals and a bill to raise the federal age to purchase assault weapons and high-capacity magazines from 18 to 21.
Supporting the consumate liar Schiff tells the story of Diane’s career. Another senile democrat gun hating lackey that voted party line for decades. She obeyed the Swamp, became a millionaire and is being put out to pasture. She and Biden can share the same hospice service. History will show they both did more bad than good.
Just as we discovered with Eleanor Roosevelt!
Poster child for TERM LIMITS.
Thank God. What took so long?
She may have done some good somewhere but it’s about time she moved on. She never represented my views because she from a different generation than me. I would like to see age limits on all politicians.
She was awful, but what is coming will be worse. I wrote to her once about my horrible Obamacare policy that I was forced to buy. She wrote back and said I should be grateful that I can now get free mammograms. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
she’s only 40 years TOO late………but just couldn’t resist another 40 years of ‘insider’s trading’!!
We already have ONE ILLEGAL SENATOR IN JOSE PADILLA….He stood up and said “If you deport my FAMILY YOU WILL ALSO HAVE TO DEPORT ME…….California’s FRAUD ELECTIONS MAKES SURE A NAZI FASCISTS DEMOCRAT IS ELECTED…….BALLOT HARVESTING, DEAD REPUBLICANS VOTING DEMOCRAT….
That’s because she no longer has a need for mammograms becuase she thinnks that the extra skin around her knees means she needs an orthopedist. The aroganc eof that old bag ans her handing her late husband some $15B worth of base cleanup contracts to him without any bids. I wrote her about that and got a stupid thak you for writng letter that had nothing to do with my inquiry. She needs to go tot he Napa State Hospital for her retirement.
That’s because she no longer has a need for mammograms because she thinks that the extra skin around her knees means she needs an orthopedist. The arogance of that old bag and her handing her late husband some $15B worth of base cleanup contracts to him without any bids. I wrote her about that and got a stupid thank you for writing letter that had nothing to do with my inquiry. She needs to go tot he Napa State Hospital for her retirement.