{"id":4624,"date":"2023-07-28T11:21:32","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T16:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=4624"},"modified":"2023-07-28T11:21:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T16:21:33","slug":"confused-dem-sen-feinstein-90-told-just-say-aye-after-she-tried-to-give-speech-in-middle-of-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=4624","title":{"rendered":"Confused Dem. Sen. Feinstein, 90, Told \u2018Just Say Aye\u2019 After She Tried to Give Speech in Middle of Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Senate&#8217;s oldest serving member began to pontificate on her position rather than register her approval of Defense bill.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Democrat Sen. Dianne Feinstein (Calif.), 90, suffered an embarrassing senior moment during a Senate vote on a defense appropriations bill Thursday, prompting staffers to correct her.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amid a Senate Appropriations Committee roll call vote on a Defense Dept. budget increase, the Senate\u2019s oldest serving member began to pontificate on her position rather than register her approval of the bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. Feinstein was almost immediately informed by staffers to \u201cjust say aye\u201d to affirm her decision, pleas which she ignored as she continued to explain the justification for her vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NOW &#8211; 90 years old Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) told to &quot;just say aye&quot; at vote on the defense appropriations bill.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d7V5RDclWY\">pic.twitter.com\/d7V5RDclWY<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/disclosetv\/status\/1684595878865117185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democratic Sen. Patty Murray (Wash.) three times tried to instruct Feinstein to \u201cJust say aye,\u201d but the elderly senator continued reading her speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.infowarsstore.com\/specials-clearance\/independence-day\/ultimate-fish-oil?ims=kpphh&amp;utm_campaign=ultimatefishoilext&amp;utm_source=textad&amp;utm_medium=Text+Link&amp;utm_content=ultimatefishoilext\">Save 40% on Ultimate Fish Oil today to improve your supplement routine &amp; experience the world-renowned powerhouse formula!<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.infowarsstore.com\/specials-clearance\/independence-day\/ultimate-fish-oil?ims=kpphh&amp;utm_campaign=ultimatefishoilext&amp;utm_source=textad&amp;utm_medium=Text+Link&amp;utm_content=ultimatefishoilext\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.infowarsstore.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Release the warrior in you by capitalizing on hot deals you won&#8217;t find anywhere else!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement following the major faux pas, a spokesman for Feinstein explained she was confused by all the earlier happenings in the committee prior to the vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTrying to complete all of the appropriations bills before recess, the committee markup this morning was a little chaotic, constantly switching back and forth between statements, votes, and debate and the order of bills,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe senator was preoccupied, didn\u2019t realize debate had just ended and a vote was called\u2026 She started to give a statement, was informed it was a vote and then cast her vote.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The incident being written off by the mainstream media as a simple mental hiccup comes as several Democrats in recent years have begun complaining about the elderly senator\u2019s&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.infowars.com\/posts\/its-bad-and-its-getting-worse-democrat-colleagues-complain-sen-feinsteins-cognitive-abilities-fading-worry-shes-unfit-to-serve\/\" target=\"_blank\">fading cognitive abilities<\/a>, with over&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.infowars.com\/posts\/over-60-liberal-groups-call-on-democratic-senator-dianne-feinstein-to-resign\/\" target=\"_blank\">60 liberal groups<\/a>&nbsp;calling on her to resign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The age-induced memory glitch follows an embarrassing public moment for another Senate member Wednesday, when Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tv\/mitch-mcconnell-clearly-had-some-kind-of-neurological-event-at-podium-concludes-cnns-sanjay-gupta-he-needs-to-get-checked-out\/\" target=\"_blank\">appeared to suffer a stroke<\/a>\u00a0mid-sentence while speaking to the press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Maybe we don\u2019t need 3,000 year old vampires in government \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2642\ufe0f  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SqqJXyro9T\">pic.twitter.com\/SqqJXyro9T<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Five Times August (@FiveTimesAugust) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FiveTimesAugust\/status\/1684268736994238466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 26, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The events are being highlighted as examples of the need for age and term limits in Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, as Sen. Feinstein\u2019s retirement draws nearer, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) is strategically positioning himself to secure her seat, and has already launched a campaign for the position when it becomes available next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>The globalists are increasing their attacks on Infowars and the stakes have never been higher!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>If you haven\u2019t done so, please consider\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/infowars.iljmp.com\/4\/ebeuu\" target=\"_blank\">donating<\/a>\u00a0and visit\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.infowarsstore.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">InfowarsStore.com<\/a>\u00a0for merch, nutraceuticals and survival gear.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ifw-player\" data-video-id=\"64c2afe561ac5ce6143feed5\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/infowarsmedia.com\/js\/player.js\" async><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Original Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newswars.com\/confused-dem-sen-feinstein-90-told-just-say-aye-after-she-tried-to-give-speech-in-middle-of-vote\/\">https:\/\/www.newswars.com\/confused-dem-sen-feinstein-90-told-just-say-aye-after-she-tried-to-give-speech-in-middle-of-vote\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate&#8217;s oldest serving member began to pontificate on her position rather than register her approval of Defense bill. Democrat Sen. Dianne Feinstein (Calif.), 90, suffered an embarrassing senior moment during a Senate vote on a defense appropriations bill Thursday, prompting staffers to correct her. Amid a Senate Appropriations Committee roll call vote on a Defense Dept. budget increase, the Senate\u2019s oldest serving member began to pontificate on her position rather than register her approval of the bill. Sen. Feinstein was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-democrats"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4624"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4625,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4624\/revisions\/4625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}