{"id":90084,"date":"2023-02-14T18:22:52","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T00:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=90084"},"modified":"2023-02-14T18:23:53","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T00:23:53","slug":"90084","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=90084","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/dianne-feinstein-appears-unaware-retirement-announcement-reporter-gaggle-reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sen. Dianne Feinstein appears unaware of her retirement announcement during reporter gaggle<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Democrat California Sen. Dianne Feinstein appeared unaware of her own retirement announcement Tuesday, telling a group of reporters at the Capitol that she hadn&#8217;t made a decision on her future despite announcing just hours before that she would not be seeking reelection in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>According to multiple reports, a Feinstein staffer quickly notified the senator that a statement had already been made on her retirement, prompting her to say she was unaware the information had been released.<\/p>\n<p>Reporters present for the interaction quickly took to Twitter to report on Feinstein&#8217;s apparent confusion.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Asked by reporters about her announcement to resign, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenFeinstein?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenFeinstein<\/a>  says \u201cIf I haven&#39;t made that decision, I haven&#39;t released anything.\u201d A staffer then told the senator that a statement had been released. Feinstein responded saying \u201cI didn\u2019t know they put it out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christian Hall (@christianjhall) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/christianjhall\/status\/1625584352875667471?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Asked by reporters about her announcement to resign, [Feinstein] says &#8216;If I haven&#8217;t made that decision, I haven&#8217;t released anything.&#8217; A staffer then told the senator that a statement had been released. Feinstein responded saying \u2018I didn\u2019t know they put it out,\u2019&#8221; one reporter wrote, later clarifying he meant &#8220;retire&#8221; instead of &#8220;resign.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Feinstein on her retirement: &#8216;I haven\u2019t made that decision. I haven&#8217;t released anything.&#8217; Staffer: \u2018We put out the statement.\u2019 Feinstein: &#8216;You put out the statement? I didn&#8217;t know they put it out,'&#8221; another wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The second reporter later corrected her reporting by saying that it sounded like Feinstein said, &#8220;I should have known they put it out&#8221; rather than &#8220;I didn&#8217;t know they put it out.<\/p>\n<p>According to another report from Raw Story, which included an audio clip of Feinstein speaking to a reporter, she wasn&#8217;t aware that she was retiring at all.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oh, no, I&#8217;m not announcing anything. I will one day,&#8221; Feinstein told the outlet in an interview only an hour after her retirement was announced.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the first instance in which Feinstein&#8217;s memory and cognitive abilities have been questioned. Last year, a number of her Senate colleagues anonymously expressed concern that her memory was fading and that she no longer had the ability to serve.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News Digital reached out to Feinstein&#8217;s office for comment and received a statement from a spokesperson attributing the confusion to the timing of the retirement announcement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The senator approved it going out today, just confusion on timing. The senator was out of the office for votes, a meeting, lunch and more votes when the announcement was sent,&#8221; the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Dianne Feinstein appears unaware of her retirement announcement during reporter gaggle Democrat California Sen. 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