Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) announced an end to her more than 30 years in the Senate this week, not with a bang, but with a confused exchange with reporters in the halls of the Capitol.
Feinstein, 89, corrected reporters who asked about a statement released by her office moments earlier that revealed her intention to retire when her term ends next year.“If I haven't made that decision, I haven't released anything,” Feinstein told reporters, only to be informed by an aide that she had, in fact, sent out a press release.
Rep. Adam Schiff followed suit a few days later, becoming the second high-profile candidate to formalize interest in a race that several other Democrats have publicly flirted with entering. “They did the same thing with Justice [Stephen] Breyer,” Feehery added, referring to the retirement of the Democrat-appointed Supreme Court justice last year at the urging of some Democrats.
Former Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer, who served for more than two decades alongside Feinstein representing California, appeared to nudge Feinstein toward retiring in September 2021. Indeed, Feinstein faced fierce criticism from the Left when she ended the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett in 2020 by praising Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee and hugging its GOP chairman, Sen. Lindsey Graham .
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