Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York defended Dianne Feinstein and her ability to serve in the Senate amid calls from some Democrats for the longest-serving female US senator in history to step down.
Gillibrand, who serves with Feinstein on the Senate Intelligence Committee, told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union” that her colleague from California still asks “some of the most searing, pointed questions of anyone on that committee” and she considers her a “role model and a mentor.” Feinstein was hospitalized in March for shingles and has yet to return to the Senate.
Ro Khanna of California, who called for Feinstein’s resignation last week on Twitter, told CNN’s Don Lemon on Thursday, “She has been an icon on issues of gun violence and women’s rights, but it has become painfully obvious to many of us in California that she is no longer able to fulfill her duties as she doesn’t have a clear return date.” Khanna, the co-chair of Democratic Rep.
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