Pelosi says she has not noticed a cognitive decline with the Senator. Speaks volumes about her. Is there a procedure for removal??? Here is he Post story:

Longtime Sen. Dianne Feinstein is showing clear signs of cognitive decline, according to a new report, leaving her colleagues in Congress scrambling for ways to persuade her to retire before her term expires in 2024.

“It’s bad, and it’s getting worse,” one Democratic senator told the San Francisco Chronicle, which also reported that a member of California’s congressional delegation who has known Feinstein (D-Calif.) for 15 years recently had to reintroduce themselves to her repeatedly over a discussion lasting several hours.

“I have worked with her for a long time and long enough to know what she was like just a few years ago: always in command, always in charge, on top of details, basically couldn’t resist a conversation where she was driving some bill or some idea,” the lawmaker said. “All of that is gone. She was an intellectual and political force not that long ago, and that’s why my encounter with her was so jarring. Because there was just no trace of that.”

The Chronicle report, which cited four of Feinstein’s Senate colleagues and three former staffers as well as the House member, indicated that the 88-year-old’s memory is rapidly deteriorating and her staff does much of her work.

“There’s a joke on the Hill, we’ve got a great junior senator in Alex Padilla and an experienced staff in Feinstein’s office,” one former aide remarked.

Feinstein, a former San Francisco mayor who was first elected to the Senate in 1992, has been one of the most powerful and prominent members of the chamber over the past three decades, chairing the Senate Intelligence Committee for six years and serving as ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee during the Trump administration.

However, two senators who spoke to the Chronicle told the outlet that while they believe Feinstein partially recognizes them, she may not be able to recall their name or home state. One staffer who works for another senator claimed to have seen their boss preemptively introduce themselves to Feinstein in the Senate hallways, as if meeting her for the first time.

The sources who raised concern about Feinstein noted that she has good days as well as bad days, and occasionally appears like her old self.
The senator defended her performance in a statement shared with the Chronicle as well as The Post, saying: “The last year has been extremely painful and distracting for me, flying back and forth to visit my dying husband who passed just a few weeks ago. But there’s no question I’m still serving and delivering for the people of California, and I’ll put my record up against anyone’s.”

Feinstein’s husband, Richard Blum, passed away Feb. 27 at the age of 86 following a battle with cancer.

Several members of Congress defended Feinstein’s ability to do her job, with 82-year-old House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) saying she has not noticed a decline in her fellow Californian’s cognitive abilities.

“Senator Feinstein is a workhorse for the people of California and a respected leader among her colleagues in the Senate. She is constantly traveling between California and the Capitol, working relentlessly to ensure Californians’ needs are met and voices are heard,” Pelosi said in a statement decrying “ridiculous attacks that are beneath the dignity in which she has led and the esteem in which she is held.”

Feinstein’s Senate colleague, Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), said he was familiar with the concerns about her health, but added that “as someone who sees her multiple times a week, including on the Senate Judiciary Committee, I can tell you she’s still doing the job and doing it well.”

It is not the first time Feinstein’s mental acuity has come under scrutiny.

In November 2020, the Democrat participated in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with then-Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. During her line of questioning, Feinstein repeated word-for-word an inquiry that Dorsey had already answered. In the days that followed, Feinstein stepped down from her ranking member position, though she remained on the panel.

At the time, several people told the New Yorker that Feinstein’s short-term memory was deteriorating, saying she “often forgets she has been briefed on a topic, accusing her staff of failing to do so just after they have.”

One source claimed to the publication that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) had had several “painful” conversations with Feinstein about stepping aside, only for her to soon forget the discussions had taken place.

Additionally, many Democrats were concerned over Feinstein’s handling of the confirmation of President Donald Trump’s last Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, in the fall of 2020.

During the Judiciary Committee hearings, Feinstein bungled several questions and praised then-Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) for presiding over “one of the best set of hearings that I have participated in.”

Feinstein defended her ability to do her job at the time, saying, “I work hard. I have good staff. I think I am productive. And I represent the people of California as well as I possibly can.”

Last year, Feinstein filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to run again in 2024. However, she has not formally announced a decision about whether she will seek another term.

LINK: https://nypost.com/2022/04/14/...longer-mentally-fit/

Yeah, what about the puppet occupying the WH currently?

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I thought that was a given. She seems more cognitively impaired.

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Several members of Congress defended Feinstein’s ability to do her job, with 82-year-old House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) saying she has not noticed a decline in her fellow Californian’s cognitive abilities.

Well there ya go then; that's settled.

And if she's removed or steps down before the next election, doesn't the governor appoint?

Regardless, an even more lefty liberal Democrat will take her place.

In June she will be 89.

I like elderly people in general, and I generally don't dismiss someone because of age alone, but not everyone does well mentally as they approach 89.

Pelosi thinks there is no decline? How would she know--she's declining, too!?

flashguy

She hasn’t had a full basket for years. Her husband’s death added to her issues. The vultures are circling. Her replacement whether elected or appointed will be much further left. This is her hometown newspaper calling her out. The end is near. She’ll be pushed out once the proper replacement is lined up.

Does it even matter, she’s senile and her staffers spout the leftist agenda for her, or the leftist governor appoints a leftist to take her place and spout the leftist agenda, California what a wonderful place, just as bad as Taxachusetts.

The Dem Party should change out their donkey meme for a dinosaur meme, as all of their leaders are older than dirt and have one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peal. It’s only a matter of time (probably after the 2022 tsunami) before the “Squad apparatchiks” seize full control of the Party apparatus.

She had a ChiCom spy as her driver for years. Just imagine how much information the ChiComs can get from an addle-brained politician with access to highly classified information. Sure would hate to have that happen again.

Christ, three quarters of Congress are fucking ancient. I'm surprised we don't have far, far more showing obvious signs of decline.

In addition to term limits for political office, we need age limits.

But even if she gets forced out, don't expect anything but a younger clone of her, or someone even more leftist.

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In addition to term limits for political office, we need age limits.

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Disagree. Look at Thomas Sowell who I believe is 90. Some cognitive screening, however is in order. Something more that a 15 minute test. Neuropsychological testing is accurate and available. Physicians and others who have licenses have been subject to testing for years if there is probable cause.

If we want to know about mechanisms for removal, this article is exactly that. The fact that her Democratic colleagues are throwing her under the bus so vocally says that they're trying to get leverage on her to quit.

I wasn’t aware that cognitive ability was required of any democrat politician. Evidence certainly doesn’t bear that out.

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In addition to term limits for political office, we need age limits.

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Disagree. Look at Thomas Sowell who I believe is 90. Some cognitive screening, however is in order. Something more that a 15 minute test. Neuropsychological testing is accurate and available. Physicians and others who have licenses have been subject to testing for years if there is probable cause.

Does Thomas Sowell still work a full time job?

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:

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In addition to term limits for political office, we need age limits.

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Disagree. Look at Thomas Sowell who I believe is 90. Some cognitive screening, however is in order. Something more that a 15 minute test. Neuropsychological testing is accurate and available. Physicians and others who have licenses have been subject to testing for years if there is probable cause.

When you have term limits, the age limit is not even necessary. How many congress critters will be really old, after just two terms, or even three? Reagan, when he left the WH, was not yet 80.

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I wasn’t aware that cognitive ability was required of any democrat politician. Evidence certainly doesn’t bear that out.

You nailed it.

Some of the younger ones are even less mentally capable.

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Yeah, what about the puppet occupying the WH currently?

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I thought that was a given. She seems more cognitively impaired.

How is it she seems "more cognitively impaired"? We barely see her in the public's eye. All you get is whatever the media tells you. In contrast, you see the mental capacity of the fool in the WH played out in front of the world everyday. If it were Trump in the WH with the same mental state as this moron, you think the maggots haven't started invoking the 25th Amendment to remove him from office, already? Imo, the reason they're keeping Biden there, and will try to as long as possible, is because they have come to realize that Harris is twice more of a disaster, based on what she has displayed so far as VP. Then, they'll probably dump her and choose a better running mate for Biden comes the next presidential election season.

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