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In reply to the discussion: GOP won't let Schumer replace Feinstein on Judicary unless it's with Sinema [View all]pinkstarburst
(2,106 posts)I'm sorry. She has had a long and distinguished career, but it is incredibly selfish of her to put her personal desire to stay in office and drag this out when she can't actually come to the office and do her damn job over the 330 million people in the nation who are depending on the votes she is missing, and who need the democratic Biden judges who are not getting approved while she is not there.
We may not win the White House in 2024. I hate to say it. I hope we do. But we have to prepare the next year and a half as if we might not and that means getting every single judge we can in place NOW. Just like republicans did when they had power for four years.
We may not control the Senate after 2024. I hope we still do, but the math isn't promising. It is CRUCIAL that we do not waste a day, do not squander one judge of Biden's that we could get on the bench. To do so just because some people don't want to offend the sensibilities of a 90 year old who is too sick to come to work and STILL REFUSES to gracefully resign is morally reprehensible. There are women and children counting on the votes of that CA senate position. LGBT people and disabled people who need those judges to make good rulings. POC who are in danger every day.
We lost RBG's seat to a right wing justice because she would not step down during Obama's term. Just awful.
Feinstein needs to step down. And it is not ageism or sexism to say so.