Dianne Feinstein's Grim Battle: Nancy Pelosi's daughter stands by aging Democrat during challenging times
WASHINGTON, DC: As the senior United States Senator Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein is struggling with her health and old age, it has been said that the eldest daughter of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is caretaking the veteran politician. The 89-year-old recently returned to Capitol Hill after going on a long leave due to shingles.
On May 10 during her comeback, Feinstein was seen with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer along with a woman. Politico reported that she was Nancy Corinne Prowda, the 58-year-old daughter of the Pelosis. About her return, Feinstein told The San Francisco Chronicle that "I’m still experiencing some side effects from the shingles virus. My doctors have advised me to work a lighter schedule as I return to the Senate. I’m hopeful those issues will subside as I continue to recover."
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'We want her to have a return to health'
Though Feinstein has returned to work, worries regarding her health have not ended. Patti Crane, a steering committee member of Indivisible South Bay LA, a left-leaning grassroots group, mentioned, “It’s important for us to stay vigilant. We’ve been worried about the senator’s health for a long time. We want her to have a return to health, but we also want full representation for 39 million Californians.”
Irene Kao, executive director of the 1.4 million-member progressive group Courage California, added, “We are watching her. What we’re hopeful for is that she’s there for the votes. And we are also ready to get our members to hold her accountable if she’s not.”
‘It’s very tricky, and political’
Meanwhile, regarding the frequent presence of Prowda around Feinstein, it has been speculated that it might have to do with Pelosi’s political interests. Also, according to a Pelosi family source as reported by Playbook, Pelosi, her daughter, and the senator’s equation is “being kept under wraps and very, very closely held.” They continued, “It’s very tricky, and political because they want her to stay” in the Senate, before adding, “The political thinking is that if DiFi stays as long as possible, it helps [Rep. Adam] Schiff as well.”
‘Her service in the Senate is entirely her own decision’
But Pelosi’s office has denied any advantage to the setting and in a statement shared that Prowda “has been supporting her in her shingles recovery”. Spokesman Aaron Bennett also noted that she and Feinstein are friends for “decades” and added, “anyone who knows Senator Feinstein knows that her service in the Senate is entirely her own decision, and Speaker Emerita Pelosi would never suggest otherwise.”
This comes after the 52nd speaker of the United States House of Representatives defended Feinstein after some Democrats demanded her resignation. She reportedly said, “I’ve never seen them go after a man who was sick in the Senate.”