Former Sen. Claire McCaskill said 90-year-old Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., was doing “real damage to her legacy' by continuing to stay in power.
Feinstein has been hospitalized multiple times over the past year. In February, the senator confirmed that she was diagnosed for athat she later received treatment for in the hospital. Shingles typically develops in older adults who had chicken pox, or the varicella-zoster virus, when younger. Its hallmark is a painful rash that clears up within a month in most cases, but can sometimes lead to nerve pain that can linger for longer.
In late July, a hot mic caught the senator appearing confused during a routine Senate committee proceeding, when she began reading from her prepared remarks instead of saying"aye" during a roll call vote. McCaskill suggested that the Dianne Feinstein she once knew"would have never wanted" the legal battle over her estate to be a"public fight."
"It feels like this is a time, and I’ve definitely gone through this, where the family needs to step in and help and it just doesn’t seem like that’s happening," MSNBC anchor Mika Brzezinski said. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., appeared confused Thursday during a routine Senate committee meeting, where she began reading from her prepared remarks instead of saying"aye" during roll call.
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