California Sen. Dianne Feinstein (screengrab)
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) received harsh criticism on Monday after coming out against Senate reform of the filibuster.
“I don't believe in doing that. I think the filibuster serves a purpose," Feinstein argued.
"It is not often used, it's often less used now than when I first came, and I think it's part of the Senate that differentiates itself," Feinstein falsely claimed.
An anti-filibuster source sends this along in response to Feinstein: https://t.co/yWIYurSlRw— Sahil Kapur (@Sahil Kapur) 1600726907.0
Feinstein is in line to chair the Senate Judiciary Committee if Democrats regain the Senate, despite never attending law school or having ever tried a case.
Here's some of what people were saying about her comments:
An anti-filibuster source sends this along in response to Feinstein: https://t.co/yWIYurSlRw— Sahil Kapur (@Sahil Kapur) 1600726907.0
If Manchin and Feinstein are not willing to abolish the filibuster, then they need to be stripped of their chairman… https://t.co/AFg9te7agA— Ady Barkan (@Ady Barkan) 1600734236.0
First Pelosi surrenders, then Schumer, now Feinstein. Remember when I said not to count on establishment Dems to… https://t.co/GfZ0Be8kPS— Peter Daou (@Peter Daou) 1600730430.0
We had a chance to replace Feinstein with Kevin De Leon. The California Democratic Party Executive Board endorsed… https://t.co/S1yoREERPT— David Atkins (@David Atkins) 1600726757.0
Republicans get that the system is rigged. That it’s illegitimate and antidemocratic. That’s why they exploit it an… https://t.co/eR1t1ZVyxL— Samuel Sinyangwe (@Samuel Sinyangwe) 1600732700.0
Wrong on the merits, wrong on the facts. Feinstein is the worst. California deserves better. https://t.co/SyEDAFCnkJ— Markos Moulitsas (@Markos Moulitsas) 1600727199.0
No idea what Feinstein is talking about here. She was elected in 1992. In her first two-year session of Congress fr… https://t.co/VZF6lxfhzz— Adam Jentleson 🎈 (@Adam Jentleson 🎈) 1600729680.0
Feinstein is so completely useless. there could be an actual Democratic senator in that seat.— Noah Berlatsky (@Noah Berlatsky) 1600729167.0
Dianne Feinstein makes Chuck Schumer look like Eugene Debs https://t.co/UBqJbT45Wv— Aaron Freedman (@Aaron Freedman) 1600728682.0
When will Democrats like Dianne Feinstein finally accept the reality that Republicans don’t care about Senate tradi… https://t.co/KA04Mny8MX— Keith Boykin (@Keith Boykin) 1600739403.0
In addition to being strikingly wrong on the facts, Dianne Feinstein is scorchingly wrong on the strategy. https://t.co/ToAWFtcu76— John Nichols (@John Nichols) 1600740308.0
Senate self-regard is dangerous. The role of the Senate as envisioned by the framers is to be a majority-rule chamb… https://t.co/Fj6MNJfLib— Adam Jentleson 🎈 (@Adam Jentleson 🎈) 1600738356.0
I mean her voting record is closer to Jon Tester's than that of the median Democrat, only Tester represents a state… https://t.co/9mUo9jtkj5— Scott Lemieux (@Scott Lemieux) 1600728000.0
Feinstein wants to keep the filibuster because it gives her leverage to stop her caucus from doing progressive thin… https://t.co/41dOUWEidv— Robert Cruickshank (@Robert Cruickshank) 1600728863.0
43 days before the fucking election and Senator Feinstein is *already* surrendering to the Republicans on reforms.… https://t.co/ZfbWc3lWtV— Pé (@Pé) 1600731945.0
Feinstein also wanted Collins to stay in the Senate because they're friends. Time for many Democrats to retire. The… https://t.co/a95qaEUgmE— Wajahat "Wears a Mask Because of a Pandemic" Ali (@Wajahat "Wears a Mask Because of a Pandemic" Ali) 1600741429.0
If Diane Feinstein is this out of touch with her party, she should resign.— Adam Parkhomenko (@Adam Parkhomenko) 1600729577.0
@imillhiser At some point we really need to have a roundtable: "All the ways Feinstein has fucked up on Judiciary."— Elie Mystal (@Elie Mystal) 1600726759.0
You gotta start calling this for what it is: anti-union, anti-choice, anti-civil rights climate denialism. Dianne F… https://t.co/hCNiiVQtkE— Paul Blest (@Paul Blest) 1600730730.0
Feinstein is 100% wrong about this and the fact that she believes this is troubling https://t.co/dJ7bSiEv87— Paul Musgrave (@Paul Musgrave) 1600730798.0
This is pure, uncut, 100 percent bullshit. https://t.co/Ng1a1DXdyc https://t.co/1JGVyfSnst— Jamison Foser (@Jamison Foser) 1600726898.0
Need a lot of new leadership in Congress. Schumer, Feinstein, Nadler and probably even Pelosi should pass the torch… https://t.co/fZPEbofRsN— Martin Mehalchin (@Martin Mehalchin) 1600737393.0
If Dianne Feinstein can’t lead the campaign against the conservative supermajority on the Supreme Court, Senate Dem… https://t.co/sra3AfbTot— Bottoms for Property Taxes (@Bottoms for Property Taxes) 1600738596.0
