Dianne Feinstein Quotes
I'm not a sixth grader. Senator, I've been on this committee for 20 years. I was a mayor for nine years. I walked in, I saw people shot. I've looked at bodies that have been shot with these weapons. I've seen the bullets that implode. In Sandy Hook, youngsters were dismembered…. You know, it's fine you want to lecture me on the Constitution. I appreciate it. Just know I've been here for a long time. I've passed on a number of bills. I've studied the Constitution myself. I am reasonably well educated, and I thank you for the lecture.
The committee was discussing gun control legislation. Cruz, in national office for only a few weeks, opposed any form of Gun Control, and proceeded to lecture Senator Feinstein on the meaning of the 2nd and other Amendments to the Constitutions. Cruz had never even had a legislative proposal voted upon and his explanation was sophomoric—especially to Senator Feinstein who was the Chair of the Judiciary Committee with great experience and expertise in Constitutional issues and had passed many pieces of major legislation and countless others that she sponsored. Her rejoinder was a classic put down. See {631720} for a columnist’s characterization of Cruz.
Dianne Feinstein, U. S. Senator (Democrat, CA), San Francisco Mayor (Democrat), Chastisement of Senator Ted Cruz, Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing, March 13, 2012
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Cruz was a very ideological young politician who was condescending and dismissive of any who had views different from his right wing Tea Party base of supporters. See {631719} for an example of Cruz’s style.
The 2nd Amendment to the Constitution has, according to all Supreme Court decisions, never given the right to bear arms to individual citizens—only to the state militia. Nonetheless, most polls show Americans believe the 2nd Amendment applies to individual citizens:
The Southern Rebels who insisted on their right to have guns during Reconstruction, viciously denied that same right to the newly freed slaves. Sickles tried to remedy this, but the KKK and other terrorists intimidated most of the Blacks into not using the right that they had. Later, they would do that with the right to vote.
In 1988 and 1989 there was a rash of gun murders in Washington DC Most of the illegal guns confiscated in Washington had been procured legally in nearby Virginia:
- Born: June 22, 1933
- Nationality: American
- Profession: Politician
Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein is an American politician who has served as the senior United States Senator from California since 1992. A member of the Democratic Party, she was mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988.
