(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) With the rapidly-aging Sen. Diane Feinstein, D-Calif., being thrown under the bus by fellow Democrats, the future for her fellow octogenarian, President Joe Biden, is in serious question, Townhall reported.
Feinstein, who is nearly 90, has missed multiple votes for health reasons, and her cognitive abilities are in a sharp decline.
Her absence has made it particularly difficult for Democrats to do anything with a narrow Senate majority. However, radical leftist already had been angered by her for maintaining a spirit of bipartisanship during the confirmation hearings of now-Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett.
Cries to remove Feinstein due to her advanced age and cognitive decline have others thinking about a potential Democrat ousting of Biden.
“How electable will Mr. Biden be 19 months from now?” Kimberley Strassel wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed.
“Might Democratic voters—already feeding into the president’s low approval ratings—prove unwilling to turn out for the party’s anointed yet faltering nominee?,” Strassel continued. “What happens if Mr. Biden announces a run yet by next spring is incapable of following through, leaving the party in disarray?”
Democrats, according to the report, have “kept mum about Mr. Biden’s predicament in the 2020 election,” noting that “the party establishment remains loath to entertain a 2024 primary fight.”
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has been at the forefront of forcing out older Democrats, positioning himself as a potential Biden primary challenger while staying neutral, for now, on the Feinstein matter.
However, Newsom recently promised to appoint a black woman to Feinstein’s seat, if the opportunity presents itself, according to a Los Angeles Times report.
Leftist activists are prepared to ensure that Newsom sticks to his word.
“Making good on a commitment is a serious thing to the most critical base of Democratic Party voters,” said Aimee Allison, president of She the People.
“The governor could complicate his legacy and push [b]lack women, who in this state are a significant and critical voting bloc, to view him skeptically as someone who’s unwilling to support us when it counts,” Allison said.
