 [INDEPENDENT.CO.UK] Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer
...Senator-for-life from New York, renowned for his love of standing in front of cameras and microphones. Schumer has been a professional politician since 1975, when disco was in flower, which is 45.02001 years. Senate minority leader as of 2017...
has reportedly been forced to have several "serious and painful talks" with 87-year-old colleague Diane Feinstein,
| ...first elected to the US Senate in 1992, her current six year term began in 2017... |
over alleged mental decline.
Ms Feinstein, who has represented Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, since 1992 and who previously served as mayor of the Socialist paradise of San Francisco
...where God struck dead Anton LaVey, home of the Sydney Ducks, ruled by Vigilance Committee from 1859 through 1867, reliably and volubly Democrat since 1964...
, was seen to repeat a question to Twitter boss Jack Dorsey during a November 17 hearing on Capitol Hill, something he chose to ignore, but which social media did not.
She had also angered some progressives during the recent confirmation hearting for justice Amy Coney Barrett, for the way she seen to be too deferential and excessively friendly with Republicans, who were pushing through Donald Trump
 ...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US...
’s nominee in controversial circumstances.
She said afterwards she would be giving up her position as ranking member on the judiciary committee.
Now, it has been reported Ms Feinstein’s mental and cognitive decline has been apparent to many people for several years.
The New Yorker said the situation was such that Mr Schumer, 70, the senator from New York and leader of the Democrats in the Senate, was forced to intervene personally after the Supreme Court confirmation hearing.
"Schumer had several serious and painful talks with Feinstein, according to well-informed sources. Overtures were also made to enlist the help of Feinstein’s husband, Richard Blum. Feinstein, meanwhile, was surprised and upset by Schumer’s message," she said the article, by chief Washington correspondent Jane Mayer.
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