D.C. Dems can't hide Biden's dementia but they're desperate to hide Dianne Feinstein's

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) is 88-years-very-old and it's becoming insidiously obvious that her cognitive decline has reached a point in which it cannot be hidden from the public. Even the former newspaper known as The New York Times is admitting the problem exists.

Feinstein — the Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member when the Democrats were in the minority party in the previous congress, then was forced by her caucus leader, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), to step down — has recently struggled to recall names of colleagues as well as meeting and conversations.

On Capitol Hill, among Democrats and Republicans, it has been “widely” but also “always privately” accepted that Feinstein is suffering from “acute short-term memory issues.”

The Time noted:

At 88, Ms. Feinstein sometimes struggles to recall the names of colleagues, frequently has little recollection of meetings or telephone conversations, and at times walks around in a state of befuddlement — including about why she is increasingly dogged by questions about whether she is fit to serve in the Senate representing the 40 million residents of California, according to half a dozen lawmakers and aides who spoke about the situation on the condition of anonymity.

On Capitol Hill, it is widely — though always privately — acknowledged that Ms. Feinstein suffers from acute short-term memory issues that on some days are ignorable, but on others raise concern among those who interact with her. 

Ms. Feinstein is often engaged during meetings and phone conversations, usually coming prepared and taking notes. But hours later, she will often have forgotten those interactions, said the people familiar with the situation, who insisted that they not be named because they did not want to be quoted disparaging a figure they respect.

One Democrat lawmaker told the Times that being in close proximity with Feinstein was “akin to acting as a caregiver for a person in need of constant assistance.”  This anonymous person explained that they “recalled having to reintroduce themself to the senator multiple times, helping her locate her purse repeatedly, and answering the same set of basic, small-talk questions over and over again.”

US Royalty need not mask up

Another Democrat lawmaker at the same meeting as the anonymous Democrat lawmaker above told the Times that the conversation was actually on a plane and that the conversation was "pleasant and brief" with nothing "out of the ordinary." 

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Is it possible that the so-called "lawmaker" was actually our alleged President Joe Biden? If so, that would explain a positive assessment of the mental health of everyone else he meets.

It seems about time to put Feinstein out to pasture where she can live out the remainder of her days looking for her house keys and gum.

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