Marisa Kabas: Women have never had a louder political voice than we do now. It’s essential we have leadership that serves our causes — not someone whose stubbornness impedes them.
This year, after her office put out a statement from her that she wouldn’t seek reelection in 2024, a reporter asked about her planned retirement. “Well, I haven’t made that decision. I haven’t released anything,”, seemingly forgetting about the statement that had been attributed to her. When a staffer reminded her, she replied, “You put out the statement? I should have known they put it out.”
If Feinstein were just a regular woman two months shy of her 90th birthday, then she would be left alone to live the rest of her life however she saw fit. But Feinstein isn’t any regular woman; she’s one of the most powerful in the nation, a leader whose power is being squandered by hubris. Just because you’ve had a remarkable past does not mean you have the right to jeopardize the future.
And Feinstein has shown her resistance to change. When a group of young climate activists visited her office back in 2019 and asked if she’d be a co-sponsor to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s, D-N.Y., Green New Deal resolution, her response became the stuff of viral cringe legend. If Feinstein were just a regular woman two months shy of her 90th birthday, then she would be left alone to live the rest of her life however she saw fit.gathered before her. “You come in here and say it has to be my way or the highway. I’ve gotten elected. I just ran. I was elected by almost a million vote plurality and I know what I’m doing. Maybe people should listen a little bit.”
The time has come, however, for Feinstein to listen: to listen, for example, to Rep. Ro Khanna, another Democrat from California, who on Wednesday called on her to resign. “We need to put the country ahead of personal loyalty,”
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