Letters to the Editor: Of course the calls for Dianne Feinstein to resign are sexist (via latimesopinion )
Strom Thurmond , Robert Byrd , and Orrin Hatch were never severely pressured to resign despite their health issues and what appeared to be declines in their mental acuity. Furthermore, Ted Kennedy missed months during his final year in office before dying of a brain tumor.
So, pressuring a true trailblazer like Sen. Dianne Feinstein to resign is pure sexism. Women have the right to make their own career decisions. A Feinstein resignation would force Gov. Gavin Newsom to appoint a replacement, potentially installing an incumbent candidate with an advantage in the 2024 election. To avoid this, in the event of a resignation Newsom should ask retired Sen. Barbara Boxer to fill the seat until a new senator is elected.In this scenario, Californians and women would keep experienced representation in the U.S. Senate without tipping the scales for 2024.
On the other side, there is Feinstein’s desire to extend her 31-year-plus tenure in the Senate by another few months. This doesn’t seem like a difficult decision at all. It just seems like Feinstein is choosing herself over us.
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