<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/adam-schiff" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rep. Adam Schiff</a> (D-CA) announced on Thursday that he will run for the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/second-democrat-lawmaker-will-enter-race-to-push-feinstein-out-of-the-senate">Senate seat</a> currently held by fellow Democrat Dianne Feinstein.
Schiff, a former House Intelligence Committee chair and proponent of the unfounded Trump-Russia collusion theory, posted a video to Twitter highlighting his case, dedicating multiple portions of the ad to former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">President Donald Trump</a> and impeachment.
&#8220;Today&#8217;s Republican Party is gutting the middle class, threatening our democracy. They aren&#8217;t going to stop. We have to stop them,&#8221; Schiff said. &#8220;The struggle isn&#8217;t over. Not for me, not for you, not for our country.&#8221;
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Our democracy is at great risk. Because GOP leaders care more about power than anything else.
And because our economy isn’t working for millions of hard working Americans.
We’re in the fight of our lives—a fight I’m ready to lead as California’s next U.S. Senator. <a href="https://t.co/H0Pa0EhhMu">pic.twitter.com/H0Pa0EhhMu</a>
— Adam Schiff (@AdamSchiff) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamSchiff/status/1618626586303160325?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 26, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The announcement comes the day after Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) informed Schiff that he would be kicked off the Intelligence Committee, a move Schiff called &#8220;petty political payback.&#8221; The Republican leader cited Schiff&#8217;s lack of &#8220;integrity.&#8221;
Schiff is the latest Democrat to seek the seat Feinstein, 89, has held since the early 1990s. Although she had not publicly revealed whether she will run again, Feinstein&#8217;s advanced age and the recent loss of her husband have caused many to speculate that she will decide to retire from the Senate at the end of 2024.
Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA), who has been hailed as a strong &#8220;progressive&#8221; by the Left, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/embattled-democrat-announces-bid-for-senate-seat-dianne-feinstein-hasnt-vacated" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced her candidacy</a> in mid-January as California was dealing with an onslaught of severe weather. Shortly after, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) told Congressional Black Caucus members that she plans to run for the seat as well, two sources familiar with the matter reportedly <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/11/barbara-lee-california-senate-00077482">told</a> POLITICO.
Feinstein said she would reveal her 2024 plans at a later date.
“Everyone is of course welcome to throw their hat in the ring, and I will make an announcement concerning my plans for 2024 at the appropriate time. Right now I’m focused on ensuring California has all the resources it needs to cope with the devastating storms slamming the state and leaving more than a dozen dead,” said Feinstein.

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Adam Schiff Will Run For Dianne Feinstein's Senate Seat

Adam Schiff

California

Congress

Dianne Feinstein

Politics

Senate

Democratic California Rep. Barbara Lee told Congressional Black Caucus members on Wednesday that she plans to run for the Senate seat currently held by longtime Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), two sources familiar with the matter reportedly <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/11/barbara-lee-california-senate-00077482">told</a> POLITICO.
The 89-year-old Feinstein, who recently announced she intends to finish her current term in the Senate, has yet to determine whether or not she plans to run again in 2024, but that has not stopped fellow Democrats from <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/10/katie-porter-senate-campaign-feinstein-00077210">vying</a> for the potentially vacant seat.
Lee told the news outlet she’d officially announce “when it’s appropriate.”
“Right now, in respect to [Sen.] Dianne Feinstein and the floods and what I’m doing, I’m doing my work,&#8221; she said. &#8220;And we’ll let them know when I intend to go to the next step. But now’s the time not to talk about that.”
The congresswoman added that she&#8217;s &#8220;not really doing anything except letting colleagues know that there’ll be a time to talk about the Senate race.&#8221;
Lee&#8217;s alleged remarks come after Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/embattled-democrat-announces-bid-for-senate-seat-dianne-feinstein-hasnt-vacated">announced</a> a run for the U.S. Senate in 2024 with a video ad on Twitter.
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California needs a warrior in the Senate—to stand up to special interests, fight the dangerous imbalance in our economy, and hold so-called leaders like Mitch McConnell accountable for rigging our democracy.
Today, I&#8217;m proud to announce my candidacy for the U.S. Senate in 2024. <a href="https://t.co/X1CSE8T12B">pic.twitter.com/X1CSE8T12B</a>
— Katie Porter (@katieporteroc) <a href="https://twitter.com/katieporteroc/status/1612834229179777027?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 10, 2023</a></blockquote>
&#8220;California needs a warrior in the Senate — to stand up to special interests, fight the dangerous imbalance in our economy, and hold so-called leaders like Mitch McConnell accountable for rigging our democracy. Today, I&#8217;m proud to announce my candidacy for the U.S. Senate in 2024,&#8221; the tweet said.
Feinstein responded to Porter&#8217;s announcement with a brief statement, saying that she was preoccupied with the devastating storms that were still ravaging California and would think about the next election at a later date.
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Statement from Feinstein on Porter&#8217;s announcement: &#8220;Everyone is of course welcome to throw their hat in the ring, and I will make an announcement concerning my plans for 2024 at the appropriate time.&#8221;
— Grace Segers (@Grace_Segers) <a href="https://twitter.com/Grace_Segers/status/1612857399471378432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 10, 2023</a></blockquote>
&#8220;Everyone is of course welcome to throw their hat in the ring, and I will make an announcement concerning my plans for 2024 at the appropriate time. Right now I&#8217;m focused on ensuring California has all the resources it needs to cope with the devastating storms slamming the state and leaving more than a dozen dead,&#8221; she said.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) is also reportedly a potential candidate for Feinstein&#8217;s seat, according to POLITICO. Schiff has said before that he might run for the seat if Feinstein decides to retire and that he has already spoken to Feinstein about the possibility, a person close to Schiff told the outlet.

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Second Democrat Lawmaker Will Enter Race To Push Feinstein Out Of The Senate

Congresswoman <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/democrat-katie-porter-women-need-to-be-able-to-have-abortions-due-to-bad-inflation-under-biden/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Katie Porter</a> (D-CA) has announced a run for the U.S. Senate in 2024 — and she plans to run for a seat that has not yet been vacated by longtime Senator and fellow Democrat Dianne Feinstein, forcing the 89-year-old into a contested primary unless she chooses to retire.
Porter shared her announcement with a video ad on Twitter on Tuesday, along with a caption that read, &#8220;California needs a warrior in the Senate—to stand up to special interests, fight the dangerous imbalance in our economy, and hold so-called leaders like Mitch McConnell accountable for rigging our democracy. Today, I&#8217;m proud to announce my candidacy for the U.S. Senate in 2024.&#8221;
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California needs a warrior in the Senate—to stand up to special interests, fight the dangerous imbalance in our economy, and hold so-called leaders like Mitch McConnell accountable for rigging our democracy.
Today, I&#39;m proud to announce my candidacy for the U.S. Senate in 2024. <a href="https://t.co/X1CSE8T12B">pic.twitter.com/X1CSE8T12B</a>
&mdash; Katie Porter (@katieporteroc) <a href="https://twitter.com/katieporteroc/status/1612834229179777027?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 10, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Her voice over the campaign video added, &#8220;We&#8217;re living through a time of extraordinary change &#8230; change can be electrifying and exhilarating, but change can also be disruptive — like the constant assault on our democracy and the dangerous imbalance in our economy.&#8221;
Porter went on to attack Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) directly, saying that in part because of him, the U.S. Senate was &#8220;the place where rights get revoked, special interests get rewarded, and our democracy gets rigged.&#8221;
&#8220;I work for California—not a political party, and certainly not corporate donors. I refuse money from corporate PACs, federal lobbyists, and executives from Big Oil, Big Pharma, and Wall Street banks,&#8221; Porter continued in a second tweet, claiming that her campaign would be entirely funded by grassroots support.
<a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/rep-katie-porter-blamed-staffer-for-covid" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Porter</a> has been in the news lately following reports that she berated a staffer for inadvertently infecting her with COVID. &#8220;Well you gave me Covid. In 25 months, it took you not following the rules to get me sick. My children have nobody to care for them,&#8221; Porter allegedly told the staffer even after she apologized.
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VIBE CHECK: Rep. Katie Porter fires staffer after both test positive for COVID. Full texts from the Congresswoman firing the staffer via text. Shared with permission from staffer. <a href="https://t.co/jbhn2NzrmB">pic.twitter.com/jbhn2NzrmB</a>
&mdash; Dear White Staffers (@DWS________) <a href="https://twitter.com/DWS________/status/1608512680985239552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 29, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Porter raised eyebrows again — during the recent battle to elect a new House Speaker in the now Republican-led chamber — when she was photographed in the gallery reading a book titled &#8220;The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F***.&#8221;
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Representative Katie Porter reading a book about how to get through this session of Congress <a href="https://t.co/N5irYXWxfU">pic.twitter.com/N5irYXWxfU</a>
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And as for the seat Porter is targeting, sitting <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/89-year-old-dianne-feinstein-turned-down-position-third-in-line-to-presidency-but-forgot-all-about-it-in-interview/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senator Feinstein</a> has announced that she intends to finish her current term in the Senate and has not yet determined whether or not she plans to run again in 2024.
Feinstein responded to Porter&#8217;s announcement with a brief statement, saying that she was preoccupied with the devastating storms that were still ravaging California and would think about the next election at a later date.
&#8220;Everyone is of course welcome to throw their hat in the ring, and I will make an announcement concerning my plans for 2024 at the appropriate time. Right now I’m focused on ensuring California has all the resources it needs to cope with the devastating storms slamming the state and leaving more than a dozen dead,&#8221; she said.
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Feinstein&#39;s statement continues: &quot;Right now I’m focused on ensuring California has all the resources it needs to cope with the devastating storms slamming the state and leaving more than a dozen dead.&quot;
&mdash; Grace Segers (@Grace_Segers) <a href="https://twitter.com/Grace_Segers/status/1612857401430138880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 10, 2023</a></blockquote>
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U.S. Rep. Katie Porter election watch party 2022

Embattled Democrat Announces Bid For Senate Seat Dianne Feinstein Hasn’t Vacated

Embattled Democrat Rep. Katie Porter Announces Bid For Senate Seat Dianne Feinstein Hasn't Vacated

House Speaker

U.S. Senate

Senator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/dianne-feinstein" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dianne Feinstein</a> (D-CA) seemed confused about her own past statements in an interview about her future on Tuesday.
The 89-year-old Feinstein was the prime candidate to become President Pro Tempore of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senate</a>, third in the line of succession to the presidency after the vice president and speaker of the house. But Feinstein already stated publicly that she will not seek the position. She seemed to forget that in an interview with <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/senator-dianne-feinstein-third-in-line-presidency-pro-tempore-2022-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Insider Magazine</a>, and had to be reminded of the statement by a staffer.
&#8220;Well, I haven&#8217;t thought about it, but I&#8217;ll let you know when I do,&#8221; Feinstein told Insider&#8217;s Bryan Metzger. &#8220;I just got back, I&#8217;ve had a lot of issues.&#8221;
&#8220;[She has] told a few reporters in the past that she&#8217;s not thought about it, and has no intention of seeking the position,&#8221; one of Feinstein&#8217;s aides cut in, before turning to the Senator. &#8220;That&#8217;s what you&#8217;ve told reporters,&#8221; the aide said.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t know what you&#8217;re saying,&#8221; Feinstein told the staffer.
&#8220;This is about the Senate pro tem position,&#8221; he replied.
&#8220;Well, I haven&#8217;t said anything about it, that I know of,&#8221; she insisted.
&#8220;You were asked about it over the break, and you put out a statement saying that you had no intention of running for it,&#8221; he reminded her.
&#8220;Okay, well then, I guess it&#8217;s out,&#8221; she concluded.
Feinstein told <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/22/grassley-feinstein-senate-pro-tempore/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Washington Post</a> in October that she was not seeking the position. “I’ve never thought about being the president pro tempore and I have no interest in it at this time,” she said in a statement to the paper. Feinstein also lost her husband, private equity investor and former University of California regent Richard Blum, in February. Feinstein cited her husband&#8217;s death as the reason she did not want to accept the job.
Rumors have been swirling since earlier this year about Feinstein&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/colleagues-say-sen-feinstein-may-be-mentally-unfit-to-serve" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mental fitness</a> to serve in office. A Congressional Democrat told the San Francisco Chronicle in April that Feinstein repeatedly engaged in similar lines of small talk, and the lawmaker had to reintroduce himself several times. Multiple senators, staffers, and the member of Congress said that Feinstein&#8217;s memory was rapidly deteriorating, and that she needed her staff to do much of the work.
In her interview with Insider, Feinstein refused to answer whether she was fit to serve as president pro tempore. &#8220;I&#8217;m just saying I haven&#8217;t thought about it,&#8221; she said.
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If Feinstein keeps her word and does not seek the position, Senator <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/15/mccarthy-speaker-house-control-midterms/#link-DXPAECCWMZBL3HCXYGQGYVK5UE" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Patty Murray</a> (D-WA) would most likely accept the post. Murray was elected in 1992, the same year as Feinstein.
Meanwhile on the Republican side, Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) announced his intention to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rick-scott-announces-bid-to-oust-mcconnell-as-senate-gop-leader" target="_blank" rel="noopener">challenge</a> Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for leadership of the Republican conference. “Republican voters expect and deserve to know our plan to promote and advance conservative values,&#8221; Scott said in a note to colleagues obtained by The Daily Wire. &#8220;We need to listen to their calls for action and start governing in Washington like we campaign back at home.
“They are begging us to tell them what we will do when we are in charge. Unfortunately, we have continued to elect leadership who refuses to do that and elicits attacks on anyone that does. That is clearly not working and it’s time for bold change. The voters are demanding it,” he added.
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Coney Barrett Confirmation

89-Year-Old Dianne Feinstein Turned Down Position Third In Line To Presidency, But Forgot All About It In Interview

Democrats

Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/dianne-feinstein" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dianne Feinstein</a> (D-CA) urged <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">California</a> officials to keep the state’s last <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nuclear-power" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nuclear power</a> facility open amid continuous turmoil with the <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/energy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">electric</a> grid.
According to the lawmaker, Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant is responsible for 8% of overall energy and 17% of <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/climate-change" target="_blank" rel="noopener">carbon-free</a> energy in the Golden State. In 2016, however, the California legislature approved a plan to decommission the facility.
“California has some of the most ambitious clean energy mandates in the world,” Feinstein wrote in a <a href="https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?id=B8F19D96-1055-4C11-BE52-E1ACFC68DF3C">letter</a> to Democrat State Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon and Democrat State Senate President Pro Tempore Toni Atkins. “However, despite massive investments and commitment, development of non-emitting renewable energy resources like wind, solar, and geothermal are not projected to be installed in time to meet California’s energy demand without power from Diablo Canyon.”
Assemblymember Jordan Cunningham (R-CA) and State Sen. Bill Dodd (D-CA) have <a href="https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB846">submitted legislation</a> to allow Diablo Canyon to continue operating beyond its current shutdown date of 2025. Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) also <a href="https://apnews.com/article/california-legislature-gavin-newsom-climate-and-environment-4968ee9da7fd1d10ad67bfdf03950873">supports</a> an extension of the plant’s lifespan.
Feinstein referred to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ca-dependent-on-solar-power-has-rolling-blackouts-in-heat-wave-hint-the-sun-sets-at-night">extreme heat</a> in August 2020 that led to rolling blackouts as power demand soared. “The consequences would have been even more severe without the electricity from Diablo Canyon,” she noted. “State regulators have projected similar shortfalls and outages during periods of peak demand in the coming years, and retiring a major electricity generation source without adequate preparation will only leave the grid more vulnerable.”
The western United States is currently facing a likely “prolonged and record heat wave” that could lead to temperatures as high as 115 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the <a href="https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/hpcdiscussions.php?disc=pmdspd">National Weather Service</a>. As a result, the California Independent System Operator is seeking to bring all available resources online to handle higher power demand and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-asks-residents-to-avoid-charging-electric-vehicles-due-to-blackout-risk-days-after-unveiling-new-gas-car-ban">expects</a> to issue “voluntary energy conservation” notices over the upcoming Labor Day weekend.
The operator also requested that residents avoid charging their electric vehicles due to additional strain on the grid during certain times. Yet the warnings of low power capacity come days after the California Air Resources Board <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-expected-to-ban-sale-of-new-gas-cars">issued new rules</a> requiring 35% of new vehicles to produce zero emissions by 2026 — a standard that will rise to a 68% benchmark by 2030 and a 100% level by 2035.
Beyond the state of California, other officials across the globe are urging a rapid transition toward renewable energy despite crippling energy shortages. Though natural gas prices in Germany have soared to an order of magnitude higher than usual — leading some Germans to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/back-to-the-dark-ages-tucker-carlson-details-europes-self-induced-energy-crisis">store firewood</a> to heat their homes through the winter — policymakers are slated to continue with a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/germany-poised-to-shut-down-last-nuclear-plants-despite-gas-shortage-ahead-of-winter-months">planned closure</a> of the nation’s last three nuclear plants.
German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck recently dismissed concerns of gas shortages by assuring the public that “we have a really good chance of getting through the winter” if households and businesses cut energy usage by 15% to 20%, according to state-funded news outlet <a href="https://www.dw.com/en/germany-says-full-delay-to-nuclear-phaseout-is-unlikely/a-62880769">Deutsche Welle</a>. He argued that Germany must pivot entirely away from fossil fuels to avoid future disorder wrought by geopolitical turmoil such as the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
However, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/civilization-will-crumble-elon-musk-issues-dire-warning-about-rapid-shift-to-green-energy">cautioned</a> on Monday that the global economy is at risk by rushing renewable energy adoption. “Realistically I think we need to use oil and gas in the short term, because otherwise civilization will crumble,” the executive told reporters at a summit in Norway. “One of the biggest challenges the world has ever faced is the transition to sustainable energy and to a sustainable economy. That will take some decades to complete.”

Nuclear Power Plant

California Plan To Shut Down Last Nuclear Plant Would Carry ‘Severe’ Consequences, Democrat Senator Warns

Dianne Feinstein Urges California To Not Shut Down State's Last Nuclear Plant As Grid Crumbles

Climate Change

Energy

Nuclear Power

A viral video that circulated on Twitter on Wednesday showcased an angry liberal man giving wealthy <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/new-polling-cnn-analysis-spells-disaster-for-democrats-in-midterm-elections/">Democrats</a> an earful for getting nothing accomplished and then asking people like him for money.
The video, which originated on @Alex_Pearlman&#8217;s TikTok, began with him explaining that he couldn&#8217;t really attack Republicans — despite clearly disliking them — because he did not believe them to be capable of or willing to embrace change.
So instead, he directed his anger at Democrats — because he expected them to do better.
WATCH:
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I actually like this guy. He’s a liberal. And I like him. <a href="https://t.co/9Skxq3rve6">pic.twitter.com/9Skxq3rve6</a>
&mdash; Jeff (Formally known as J) (@RidinRoadsTX) <a href="https://twitter.com/RidinRoadsTX/status/1542254002716426241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 29, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I&#8217;m not going to shut up about this, I&#8217;m not, because I can&#8217;t yell at the Republicans. They&#8217;re not gonna change, they are who they are, we&#8217;re stuck with them. We&#8217;re not gonna change them,&#8221; he began. &#8220;You can&#8217;t shame them, you can&#8217;t convince them, you can&#8217;t trick them, you can&#8217;t f***ing outplan them.&#8221;
&#8220;But I can yell at the Democratic Party,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;And I can tell them where they can at least make one f***ing small change to stop pissing me the f*** off every hour right now. Stop sending me — stop sending me fundraising requests right now. Okay?&#8221;
He went on to claim that Republicans had been planning to <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/15-pro-life-heroes-who-championed-the-overturn-of-roe-vs-wade/">overturn</a> the landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade for 50 years — a plan that came to fruition in the wake of the Supreme Court&#8217;s 6-3 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women&#8217;s Health Organization last Friday. He added that given their desire to overturn the case — which Republicans had not exactly hidden — along with the <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/scotus-turning-up-the-heat-in-probe-of-roe-draft-opinion-leak-report/">leaked early opinion draft</a> that almost mirrored Friday&#8217;s decision — Democrats should not have been caught by surprise when the final ruling was handed down.
&#8220;Your response, after fiver weeks of careful study and planning and thought has been to send us nonstop fundraising emails,&#8221; he said.
He then proceeded to list off a number of high profile Democrats who were worth tens and even hundreds of millions of dollars. He began with Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) and named several others before getting to &#8220;Speaker of the f***ing House,&#8221; Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).
&#8220;Dianne Feinstein, who doesn&#8217;t know where the f*** she is right now, the Senator from California, part of the Democratic Party, is worth $87.9 million. Million,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;You guys want money? F***ing call your guy! You call him every week to do insider trading. Stop f***ing sending me emails. Stop sending me f***ing texts. Stop f***ing reading poems and singing g**d*** karaoke.&#8221;
He concluded by saying that rich, elected Democrats had power — and if they thought doing the job they were elected to do was too difficult, they should just retire. &#8220;If I had $114.7 million, Nancy Pelosi, you know what I&#8217;d do? First thing, I&#8217;d get my f***ing husband a driver so he doesn&#8217;t get a g**d*** DUI. Second thing you know what I&#8217;d do? I&#8217;d be on a f***ing boat.&#8221;

House Speaker Pelosi Holds Weekly News Conference At The Capitol

‘I’d Be On A F***in’ Boat!’: Pissed-Off Liberal Unloads On Rich Democrats For Doing Nothing And Then Begging Him For Money

Pissed-Off Liberal Unloads On Rich Democrats For Doing Nothing And Begging Him For Money

Democratic Party

Nancy Pelosi

Gerontocracy (noun) : rule by elders: specifically, a form of social organization in which a group of old men or a council of elders dominates or exercises control.
Two-hundred forty-five years.
Two-hundred forty-five years ago the Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia during the Second Continental Congress. Two-hundred forty-five years also happens to be the cumulative ages of the current Speaker of the House (Nancy Pelosi), House majority leader (Steny Hoyer) and majority whip (Jim Clyburn).
All three of them, of course, have declared they are running for re-election no matter how calamitous the midterm elections turn out to be for their own party.
The Senate is now the oldest it has been in all of American history. Last year, The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/06/02/senate-age-term-limits/">noted,</a> “Twenty-three members of the Senate are in their 70’s; only one is under 40. According to the Congressional Research Service, the average age of senators at the beginning of this year was 64.3 years—the oldest in history.”
My senator, Dianne Feinstein, turns 89 next month and has been the subject of <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/dianne-feinstein-senate-17079487.php">a whisper campaign</a> questioning her mental capacity to continue in the job. Charles Grassley, of Iowa, has been a senator for over four decades.
Elderly senators are not a new phenomenon, of course—Strom Thurmond ran for president in 1948 and, 53 years later, was not only still in office, but was actually third in line to the presidency as President Pro Tempore. Robert Byrd, of West Virginia, required <a href="https://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20100628/NEWS/306289979/sen-robert-byrd-of-west-virginia-dead-at-92">two canes to walk</a> and, towards the end of his career, needed a wheelchair to travel around the capital.  
Joe Biden will be 82 years old at the end of his current term of office. He has already <a href="https://thehill.com/news/administration/3272281-biden-has-told-obama-hes-running-again/">told President Obama</a> he plans on running again in 2024. If Bernie Sanders had won the nomination and general election in 2020, he would have been 83 at the end of his first term. If Donald Trump pulls a Grover Cleveland and becomes the second non-consecutive two-term president in American history, he would be 82 at the end of his second term. 
In the past seventeen years, three sitting members of the Supreme Court have died while still serving. In the aftermath of a stroke, William O. Douglas’s health was so imperiled his fellow justices decided he would no longer write opinions and even said they would <a href="https://wamu.org/story/19/01/23/from-cover-ups-to-secret-plots-the-murky-history-of-supreme-justices-health/">refuse to count his vote</a> if he was part of a 5-4 majority. At 80 and suffering from thyroid cancer, William Rehnquist unequivocally <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/15/politics/rehnquist-denies-rumor-of-retirement.html">announced</a>, “I want to put to rest the speculation and unfounded rumors of my imminent retirement. I am not about to announce my retirement.” John Paul Stevens was 90 when he finally decided to retire. Ruth Bader Ginsburg was 87 when she passed away, almost certainly attempting to serve until a Democrat president could replace her.    
Yes, we have an age problem in our nation’s capital. 
Essays bemoaning the advanced age of the United States Congress and Judiciary are all the rage these days—<a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/03/gerontocracy-is-hurting-american-democracy.html">New York Magazine</a>, <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/supreme-court-retirement-age/616458/">The Atlantic</a>, and The Washington Post have all published them recently. But it isn’t just the Senate. 
 It’s clear we have a holistic age problem in our system of government and it is present at the commanding heights of all three branches of government.  
Don’t get me wrong. I have a deep and profound reverence for our elders, especially in the realm of political discourse. I’d much rather have the Pelosi-Hoyer-Clyburn trifecta running things in the House than “The Squad.” Henry Clay came out of retirement to help craft the Compromise of 1850 and avoid a premature Civil War. President Reagan was one of the most significant presidents of the 20th century and was also the oldest in history at the time. 
Older representatives and senators tend to be humbler in their capacities, more generous towards their colleagues, and aware of the arduous but necessary task of coalition-building through brokering consensus. They are not engulfed by the braggadocio and balderdash required to make a splash on social media or cable news. I am even beginning to much prefer an elderly Jerry Brown to a spry Gavin Newsom. 
Still. 
In order for our institutions to function properly, they must be populated by public servants who are unencumbered by the ailments of advancing age. The essential problem with a gerontocracy is that, in the winter of life, a four or six or life term can translate into a public servant possessing far different capacities at the end of a term than at the beginning. It is not ageist to worry about President Biden’s capacity two years into the future. It is not ageist to believe, like <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/supreme-court-retirement-age/616458/">Canada, Britain and Australia do,</a> that judges should not be allowed to continue in their jobs in perpetuity, regardless of their mental or physical state.   
The Founders were certainly concerned with age, but not old age, perhaps because they had achieved so much as young men. Jefferson penned the Declaration of Independence at thirty-three. Madison wrote the Virginia Plan when he was merely thirty-six years old and his collaborator on The Federalist Papers, Alexander Hamilton, was a buoyant thirty years of age at the Philadelphia convention. Teddy Roosevelt ascended to the presidency at the age of forty-two.  In Federalist Paper 62, Madison argued that minimum age requirements would provide for a “stability of character.” 
So, why were maximum age limits not discussed in Philadelphia? 
Obviously, people didn’t live as long as they live today. It simply wasn’t an option for leaders to serve in office decades beyond the peak of their vitality. 
But here is the real constitutional conundrum: notions of leadership and public virtue were wholly different during the genesis of the American republic. Overt political ambition was considered gauche and public service was supposed to be a temporary activity, not a way of life or career. Even those who clamored for power had to camouflage their ultimate aspirations in a veneer of oblique indifference. Madison had to beg Washington to chair the Constitutional Convention. Jefferson stepped back and let Madison take part in the party machinations that would eventually deliver TJ the presidency in 1800. Active campaigning was a prima facie disqualification for higher office. 
Not so today. 
No one pretends anymore. As much as normal people wonder why Pelosi, Feinstein, and Grassley don’t decide to spend more time with their grandchildren or take more Viking cruises, the modern reality is their thirst for political power often outweighs their capacity to effectively exercise it. Older congressmen and senators become far too reliant on staff to carry out their responsibilities. Supreme Court justices lean on their clerks. And in the case of President Biden, youthful and more progressive advisors clearly have many hands on the wheel of policymaking at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.   
There is a clear—admittedly undemocratic—solution at our disposal: amend the Constitution to set mandatory retirement ages for all three branches. What those ages should be and if they should differ from branch to branch is up for debate. Career politicians and lifetime appointees require an additional check on their power; a 28th amendment would be a logical and just measure to find a middle ground between pursuing a noble life of public service and endlessly indulging venal quests for power and position.          
Jeremy S. Adams is the author of the recently-released Amazon best-selling book Hollowed Out: A Warning About America&#8217;s Next Generation. He has taught American civics for 24 years in Bakersfield, California and was the 2014 California Teacher of the Year (DAR). You can follow him on Twitter @JeremyAdams6.

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Not only are President Joe Biden&#8217;s approval ratings in the dumper, a lot of Americans don&#8217;t even think the 79 year old will finish his term.
Biden has only been in office a little more than 14 months, but one in five don&#8217;t think he&#8217;ll last the next 33 months, a new survey found.
&#8220;[A]fter a year of record inflation and gasoline price hikes, devastating COVID lockdowns, a surge of illegal immigration, the botched departure from Afghanistan, and growing questions over the 79-year-old president’s mental fitness, a surprising number of Americans now think Biden won’t last even another two and a half years in office, according to the latest I&amp;I/TIPP Poll,&#8221; Issues &amp; Insights <a href="https://issuesinsights.com/2022/04/18/will-biden-even-finish-his-1st-term-one-in-five-say-no-ii-tipp-poll/">reported</a>.
When asked “In your opinion, how likely is it that Joe Biden will complete his first term in office?” a large majority (71%) said it&#8217;s likely. But 21% said it was “not likely” he&#8217;ll finish his term.
&#8220;A closer look at the data provides little comfort for Biden’s own pollsters and political advisers,&#8221; Issues Insights reported. &#8220;Just 45% of those responding said it was &#8216;very likely&#8217; Biden would last. Some 25% said it was only &#8216;somewhat likely,&#8217; hardly a vote of confidence in Biden’s presidential future. Another 8% said they are &#8216;not sure.'&#8221;
The new survey comes just days after some Senate colleagues questioned whether Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) is still fit for office.
&#8220;When a California Democrat in Congress recently engaged in an extended conversation with Sen. Dianne Feinstein, they prepared for a rigorous policy discussion like those they’d had with her many times over the last 15 years,&#8221; The San Francisco Chronicle <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/dianne-feinstein-senate-17079487.php">reported</a>. &#8220;Instead, the lawmaker said, they had to reintroduce themselves to Feinstein multiple times during an interaction that lasted several hours.&#8221;
&#8220;Rather than delve into policy, Feinstein, 88, repeated the same small-talk questions, like asking the lawmaker what mattered to voters in their district, the member of Congress said, with no apparent recognition the two had already had a similar conversation,&#8221; the paper said.
Of course, lawmakers don&#8217;t like to simply retire and fade away. They&#8217;ve spent their lives in the limelight and disappearing is their big fear. What&#8217;s more, when lawmakers die in office, they sometimes lay in state in the U.S. Capitol, a high honor.
But there is concern now that Feinstein is &#8220;rapidly deteriorating.&#8221;
&#8220;Four U.S. senators, including three Democrats, as well as three former Feinstein staffers and the California Democratic member of Congress told The Chronicle in recent interviews that her memory is rapidly deteriorating. They said it appears she can no longer fulfill her job duties without her staff doing much of the work required to represent the nearly 40 million people of California,&#8221; the Chronicle said in a piece headlined &#8220;Colleagues worry Dianne Feinstein is now mentally unfit to serve, citing recent interactions.&#8221;
The questions about Feinstein <a href="https://video.foxnews.com/v/6304070715001#sp=show-clips" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">prompted</a> MSNBC’s Chuck Todd to say: “It’s a tricky thing. If you start &#8230; questioning Dianne Feinstein, the president of the United States is going to start getting this stuff, and that’s something the party doesn’t want to have to deal with, those questions here.”
Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent, and ran the Drudge Report from 2010 to 2015. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.

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Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) is 88 and still serving in the Senate. Some colleagues are beginning to question whether she is still fit for office.
&#8220;When a California Democrat in Congress recently engaged in an extended conversation with Sen. Dianne Feinstein, they prepared for a rigorous policy discussion like those they’d had with her many times over the last 15 years,&#8221; The San Francisco Chronicle <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/dianne-feinstein-senate-17079487.php">reported</a>. &#8220;Instead, the lawmaker said, they had to reintroduce themselves to Feinstein multiple times during an interaction that lasted several hours.&#8221;
&#8220;Rather than delve into policy, Feinstein, 88, repeated the same small-talk questions, like asking the lawmaker what mattered to voters in their district, they said, with no apparent recognition the two had already had a similar conversation,&#8221; the paper said.
Of course, lawmakers don&#8217;t like to simply retire and fade away. They&#8217;ve spent their lives in the limelight and disappearing is their big fear. What&#8217;s more, when lawmakers die in office, they sometimes lay in state in the U.S. Capitol, a high honor.
But there is concern now that Feinstein is &#8220;rapidly deteriorating.&#8221;
&#8220;Four U.S. senators, including three Democrats, as well as three former Feinstein staffers and the California Democratic member of Congress told The Chronicle in recent interviews that her memory is rapidly deteriorating. They said it appears she can no longer fulfill her job duties without her staff doing much of the work required to represent the nearly 40 million people of California,&#8221; the Chronicle said in a piece headlined &#8220;Colleagues worry Dianne Feinstein is now mentally unfit to serve, citing recent interactions.&#8221;
Feinstein won’t be up for re-election until 2024, but she has filed paperwork indicating she might run again. In January 2021, she filed the initial re-election paperwork with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) last week, L.A. Magazine <a href="https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/dianne-feinstein-has-filed-initial-paperwork-to-run-again-in-2024/">reported</a>.
A Feinstein rep reached out to L.A. Magazine to clarify what the FEC filings allegedly mean. “To be clear, Senator Feinstein has had a campaign committee since she took office, as all senators must. In order to keep this account active, the senator has to maintain filings with the FEC. Yesterday’s filings merely reflected an updated address,” the rep said. They also claimed that they didn’t have any “announcement” regarding a 2024 Feinstein run.
The Chronicle cited other unnamed people, including senators, who said it&#8217;s clear Feinstein is deteriorating. “It’s bad, and it’s getting worse,” one Democratic senator told the paper. &#8220;This person said that within the Senate, Feinstein has difficulty keeping up with conversations and discussions.&#8221;
“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,” said a staffer for a California Democrat.
Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent, and ran the Drudge Report from 2010 to 2015. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.

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Studies have shown that the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, seems to be far less dangerous than previous strains. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/omicron-80-less-likely-to-lead-to-hospitalization-than-delta-researchers-say">Omicron</a> is up to 80% less likely to cause hospitalizations, and those who contract Omicron have milder symptoms overall, according to a report from the British government. 
But those studies haven’t stopped some public officials, such as Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), from stoking fear about the “danger of Omicron.”
“California is now seeing nearly 15,000 new Covid-19 cases every day, a five-fold growth in just one month,” Feinstein said in a <a href="https://www.feinstein.senate.gov//public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=3D8AA477-C77C-4C7F-9065-685FEE300F18">press release</a> Tuesday. “And hotspots like Los Angeles are seeing even faster spread, with new cases up 450 percent in just two weeks.”
The senator is right about the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/omicron-covid-variant-now-estimated-to-be-58-6-of-all-u-s-cases-cdc-says">increasing spread</a> of Omicron. The strain is “now estimated to be 58.6% of all U.S. cases,” according to the CDC, and Feinstein is concerned that those numbers could climb and result in more hospitalizations following family holiday gatherings, but her warning of the danger of Omicron doesn&#8217;t match up with recent revelations about the variant. 
To prevent the further spread of the “dangerous Omicron variant,” Feinstein has a plan for her constituents to follow. “I can’t stress enough the need to wear masks and avoid large public gatherings as this disease once again surges,” she stated. “It’s critical that we continue to follow public health guidelines, which we know help limit transmission of this disease.”
Interestingly, Feinstein is telling this to people who live in California, a state with one of the strictest mask policies in the country. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-to-reimpose-statewide-indoor-mask-mandate-18-omicron-cases-detected">reimposed</a> an indoor mask mandate on December 15 in response to Omicron showing up in the U.S. “The new mask mandate is set to take effect on Wednesday and will expire on Jan. 15. It will apply to everyone, regardless of vaccination status,” Fox News reported.
Feinstein’s call for people to follow California’s mask mandate comes just after CNN’s medical expert, Dr. Leana Wen, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-medical-expert-doubles-down-that-cloth-masks-were-never-appropriate-for-covid-19">said for a second time</a> that “cloth masks are not appropriate for this pandemic.” Wen went on to claim that anyone wearing a mask should be wearing 3-ply surgical masks or N-95, K-N95, or KF94 respirator masks.
“If our country and different jurisdictions are going to go as far as to mandate masks in some settings, let’s at least wear the most effective masks,” Wen stressed. “I’m not saying don’t wear a face-covering at all, I’m just saying if we’re going to do it, do it the right way and really use it in the way that it’s intended to prevent us from spreading and acquiring COVID-19.”
Feinstein also used this as an opportunity to command the unvaccinated to act now. “For those who haven’t been vaccinated or received a booster shot, the time to act is now. With the rapid increase in cases, the potential to become infected and further spread the omicron variant is incredibly high. Two-thirds of Californians are fully vaccinated, but that number needs to rise,” she added.
Of course, Feinstein couldn’t end her address on Omicron without threatening her constituents with the possibility that deaths due to the strain could “easily skyrocket in coming weeks.” 
“Around 50 Californians are dying every day from Covid-19,” she said. “While that number is a fraction of the more than 500 daily deaths at the peak of this disease, it’s still far too many. And the number could easily skyrocket in coming weeks if precautions aren’t followed.”

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Although Hunter Biden’s laptop has led millions of Americans to question Joe Biden’s integrity, the president is far from the only politician listed as a potential target for the Bidens’ influence-peddling operation, according to an investigative journalist familiar with the laptop’s contents. Biden’s associates bragged about their close relationship with “senior political figures” in the U.S. and foreign “oligarchs,” including current Vice President Kamala Harris, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D), and many others. Democratic Party royalty on both coasts find their names dropped during the Biden family’s business deals with foreign nations, she says.
And, she charges, when Hunter’s foreign business contacts demanded a list of “deliverables,” then-Vice President Joe Biden sprang into action.
The explosive revelations come from the book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Laptop-Hell-Hunter-Secrets-President/dp/163758105X">Laptop from Hell: Hunter Biden, Big Tech, and the Dirty Secrets the President Tried to Hide</a>, written by <a href="https://nypost.com/author/miranda-devine/">New York Post columnist</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/mirandadevine">Miranda Devine</a>.
Former Biden business partner Tony Bobulinski tried to hammer out a $10 million deal between the China Energy Fund Committee (CEFC) — which was led by an intimate associate of Chinese President Xi Jinping — and the company he and Hunter formed, SinoHawk.
In return for the Chinese agreeing to put up the Americans’ half of the $10 million investment capital, Bobulinski promised that he and Hunter Biden would produce “strong and easily definable relationship[s] between our key U.S. executive(s) and their relations in the target country with the following persons: a. senior political figures; b. royal family and/or aristocracy if they exist; c. dominant commercial/business figures and/or oligarchs.”
Then, Bobulinski named names. A document related to the CEFC deal, titled “Key domestic contacts for phase one target projects,” includes “Democratic luminaries from around the country, including New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand. California Senators Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris are listed,” writes Devine. The document describes Newsom, who was then mayor of San Francisco, as “Hunter’s friend.”
Previous foreign business deals show how far Hunter Biden was willing to go to please his investors, Devine writes — especially his relationship with the owner of Burisma, Mykola Zlochevsky, who paid Hunter $83,333 a month during Joe Biden’s tenure as Barack Obama’s vice president. As a Ukrainian investigation into Burisma heated up in 2015, the company ratcheted up pressure on the Bidens.
Burisma demanded Hunter Biden sign off on “a list of deliverables&#8230;a concrete course of actions, incl. meetings/communications resulting in high-ranking US officials in Ukraine (US Ambassador) and in US publicly or in private communication/comment expressing their ‘positive opinion’ and support of Nikolay [Zlochevsky]/Burisma to the highest level of decision makers here in Ukraine: President of Ukraine, president Chief of staff, Prosecutor General, etc,” wrote Zlochevsky’s lieutenant, Vadym Pozharskyi, in an email on November 2, 2015.
He insisted the “scope of work should also include organization of a visit of a number of widely recognized and influential current and/or former US policy-makers to Ukraine … with the ultimate purpose to close down any cases/pursuits against [Burisma] in Ukraine.”
Faced with an ultimatum, Hunter delivered. Devine writes:
<blockquote>The following month, [then-Vice President] Joe [Biden] flew to Kyiv and again addressed the Ukrainian parliament on December 8, 2015. He slammed the “cancer of corruption” in the country and declared: “The Office of the General Prosecutor desperately needs reform.” </blockquote>
With such a history, Bobulinski’s pitch implies the Chinese will receive powerful advocacy, but the laptop shows that they already had. Jim Biden wrote to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-fall-of-andrew-cuomo-how-an-empire-built-on-fear-came-crashing-down">then-New York Governor Andrew Cuomo</a> (D) to set up a meeting with Hunter and CEFC Executive Director Zang Jianjun. Jim also arranged for Zang’s daughter, Rouqui, to receive prompt admission to New York City’s Horace Mann School, an elite private school. (She opts against attending.)
Aside from domestic Democrats, Hunter Biden also appears willing to milk his connections with foreign political leaders around the world, Devine writes:
<blockquote>Also cited [in the CEFC documents] are “foreign friends” who can be tapped for Belt and Road development projects. They include Colombia’s president, Juan Manuel Santos; Argentina’s president, Mauricio Macri; Ireland’s taoiseach (prime minister), Enda Kenny; and the richest man in India, Mukesh Ambani. 
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim is listed as “very friendly.” </blockquote>
The document also says that SinoHawk’s partners had already “engaged in-country contacts” in Argentina, Belgium, France, Mexico, and the United Arab Emirates, according to the book.
Zang will ultimately sign the $10 million contract that Bobulinski sends on Biden’s behalf. But CEFC does not fund SinoHawk, as Hunter Biden will step in to offer a side deal that ultimately <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-hunter-bidens-allegedly-lucrative-arrangement-with-china-energy-fund-committee">diverts nearly $6 million</a> into the pockets of himself and his uncle, Jim Biden.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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A coalition of 69 progressive organizations in California sent a letter to Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein demanding that she take steps to pass Democratic-backed legislation to overhaul the voting system, including abolishing or carving out the legislative filibuster or resign from the Senate. 
“We, the 69 undersigned advocacy, civic, and environmental groups in California representing over 150,000 of your constituents, ask that you, publicly and by the end of November, call for the swift passage of the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act,” the <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EPH0PIFX0UrfHb2QXuu3JH0IGcuzVmVpBQWtE80vjHI/edit">letter</a> states. “We further ask that you clearly and unequivocally call for abolishing or providing a voting rights exception to the Senate filibuster, which is being used to block consideration of both bills.” 
“If you are unwilling to take these steps to protect our democracy, we ask that you resign and allow Governor Newsom to appoint a successor who is willing and able to fight for the survival of our country.”
The groups argued that voter integrity legislation passed by states like <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-senate-passes-voter-integrity-bill-as-democrats-flee-state-to-subvert-democracy">Texas</a>, Georgia, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/arizona-gop-advances-two-election-integrity-bills">Arizona</a>, and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kansas-legislature-rallies-around-election-integrity-reforms-overrides-democratic-governors-veto">others</a>, would “obstruct people’s right to vote, will allow the intimidation of voters,” “gerrymander districts in order that politicians may choose their voters rather than being chosen by them,” and “give Republicans the ability to reject election results they don’t like.” They also said that voter integrity legislation is “being accompanied by a purge of responsible election officials nationwide and by the deliberate escalation of violence meant to intimidate officials, from school boards to state houses.” On top of that, they argued, was the “Big Lie,” former President Donald Trump’s assertion that the 2020 election was rigged.
“The sum of these efforts puts the survival of our nation as a democracy in extreme peril,” the groups said.
The groups expressed gratitude that Feinstein co-sponsored H.R.1/S.1, the federal election legislation that would have vastly expanded voter registration and federalized Presidential and Congressional Elections, which failed in the Senate after a Republican filibuster. The groups blamed Republicans for preventing the passage of H.R.1, and its successor bills, the “Freedom to Vote Act” and the “John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.” They argued that Republican gerrymandering has “ensured that Democrats will be mathematically prohibited from winning elections, even when their total number of votes cast statewide far exceeds that of their opponents.”
“We are headed toward permanent minority rule over much of the country and therefore over Congress and the presidency – a minority rule which will make a mockery of the idea that citizens have the right to determine how they are governed,” the groups said.
The letter then turned to its central contention: abolishing the legislative filibuster. The groups conceded that Feinstein could not swing the votes in favor of the bills by herself, but argued that she, as the “most senior Democrat in the Senate,” could swing the votes of moderate Democratic Senators. 
 The groups then issued a desperate warning. “President Biden was right when he described this as our greatest challenge since the Civil War – our survival as a nation depends on it,” they wrote. “And we are out of time. If the New Year arrives without voting rights protected, all will be lost.”
“Senator Feinstein, we need you to step up, now,” the groups concluded, reiterating their demand for Feinstein to call for the passage of the bills, and for the Senator “to clearly and unequivocally call for abolishing or providing a voting rights exception to the Senate filibuster so that this may be accomplished.”
“We need you to step up and fight for our democracy and for the United States of America,” the groups wrote. “If you can’t or won’t, please step aside so that someone more willing can take your place.”
Abolishing the legislative filibuster faces more hurdles than just Feinstein. Moderate Democrats, especially West Virginia Senator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/manchin-shoots-down-democrats-talks-of-changing-filibuster-for-debt-ceiling-vote">Joe Manchin</a> and Arizona Senator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kyrsten-sinema-responds-to-critics-filibuster-support-is-based-on-what-is-best-for-our-democracy">Kyrsten Sinema</a> have both said on multiple occasions that they strongly oppose abolishing or amending the legislative filibuster for any reason.

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