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Why not retire at retirement age? I am sure there would be a younger democrat that would have been elected to do the job.
Seems like people get power and they don't want to give it up.
Oh and fix our social security system AND put the age back to 65.
She barely seems like she knows what's going on. I feel like it's people under her and around her that are keeping her propped up to hold onto the little power they might have. This is purely speculation with no actual evidence.
Weekend at Feinstein's
It's basically elder-abuse IMO.
Our eyes are enough evidence. She's barely cognizant, just a step or two below vegetable.
I saw this same theory put up somewhere else. Her family gets special treatment as they are related to a sitting senator. Once she retires there goes that special treatment. So they will prop her up as long as needed to get that treatmemt. Probably why so many members of the senate are old as fuck.
Lol no it's other politicians doing the whole weekend at bernies thing because it's a lot easier to control her vote than a newcomer.
The problem is that Republicans have said they will not allow another Democrat to take her seat on the committee, meaning we have to wait until Jan 2025 to redo the committees. With her absent, the Committe doesn’t have enough votes to pass anything above Republican opposition, and they have made it clear they will obstruct and block ALL judges appointed by Biden. Replacing her will mean a political shutdown for the next 16 months because the GOP is playing this game.
This is the answer that most people either aren’t aware of or don’t want to acknowledge. It’s really shitty, but that’s what it is.