– Feinstein Seemingly Unaware She Announced Retirement A Few Hours Earlier:
California Senator Dianne Feinstein announced her retirement on Tuesday, but an hour later was unaware she’d done so. The episode appears to validate previous reporting of her serious short-term memory failures…and demonstrate that the 89-year-old Democrat has already stayed in Washington far too long.
On Tuesday, her office posted a statement announcing she wouldn’t seek reelection. “I am announcing today I will not run for reelection in 2024 but intend to accomplish as much for California as I can through the end of next year when my term ends,” she was quoted as saying.
However, just a couple hours later, Feinstein was unaware she’d announced her coming retirement. Several reporters say that, when a press gaggle asked her about her it, Feinstein said, “I haven’t made that decision. I haven’t released anything.”
When a staffer told Feinstein that her office had indeed released a statement, Feinstein said, “You put out the statement? I didn’t know they put it out…Okay, well, it is what it is.”
While there’s no video, the National Journal‘s Savannah Behrmann posted an audio recording of the exchange with the oldest member of Congress:
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