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When I asked about the three Democratic senators who’d told the Chronicle that they didn’t think Feinstein was mentally up to it, you insinuated that there were primary shenanigans going on. But these are other Democratic senators. Am I right to assume that you don’t think those claims have merit, and that you think she’s fully mentally functional?

I think that she has some challenges, and she is not the only one in the Senate.

I don’t know if that’s the most heartening thing for voters to hear, or a great defense of Dianne Feinstein.

I guess what I would say is that, for me, this is about respecting an iconic woman leader. She’s making choices. She made the choice not to run again, which she decided is in the best interests of her state and of herself. I respect that, and I’m not interested in further analyzing this. Various people have challenges in their lives, various people have various kinds of challenges, and I’m supportive of people handling those how they think they should. That’s enough.