A New York Times report documented the extent of the cognitive limitations of Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and fueled anger over her return to the Senate.
Feinstein expressed confusion when she saw that Vice President Kamala Harris was presiding over the Senate, an official function of her office, according to the report.
The incident occurred last year in one of the few times Harris cast a vote in the Senate in order to break a tie vote between Republicans and Democrats.
“What is she doing here?” the 89-year-old reportedly said to an aide about Harris.
Critics have decried Feinstein and said her reticence to retire has stymied Biden’s efforts to fill judicial vacancies with left-wing judges. In February she announced that she would not seek another term but she said she would serve until the end of her current term.
Feinstein was hospitalized in March due to a bad case of shingles and returned to Congress early in May.
As RTM previously reported: New reports indicate that Feinstein is suffering from an undisclosed case of encephalitis as a result of her recent hospitalization for shingles, raising further alarm about the health of the ageing politician.
Feinstein returned to the Senate in a worrying appearance which was reportedly caused by Ramsay Hunt Syndrome, a paralysis of the face and neck which occurred as a side effect of the shingles, according to a report by The New York Times.
Interestingly, two individuals who spoke to the Times on the condition of anonymity claimed that Feinstein had also contracted a case of encephalitis, an inflammation of the brain most frequently triggered by a bacterial or viral infection.
The purported encephalitis diagnosis is especially concerning in light of longstanding concerns about Feinstein’s mental faculties, with the potential side effects of encephalitis including a litany of cognitive issues such as confusion, dementia, mood swings, language issues and hallucinations.
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