Not woke enough
With President Donald Trump scheduled to make his Supreme Court nomination over the weekend and Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, saying he has the votes to affirm a nominee if qualified, the seemingly powerless Democrats have begun to turn on their own.
One of the victims is Judiciary Committee ranking member Dianne Feinstein, D-California. The 87-year-old lawmaker is the oldest member of the Senate, and concerns have begun to grow as to whether she could lead an aggressive opposition to the court nomination. Critics say she is frail, often confused by reporters’ questions and – even worse to them – evinces a more genteel demeanor ascribed to the Senate of a bygone era.
An unnamed Democrat senator said a group of her colleagues would like her to step aside.
“She’s not sure what she’s doing,” the senator said of Feinstein. “If you take a look at [the nomination hearing for now-Justice Brett] Kavanaugh, we may be short two senators because of that. And if this gets [messed] up, it may be the same result.”