Feinstein answers questions; still gets hard time from protesters

[yuiyoshida]

As a noisy crowd of protesters outside chanted “resist or retire,” Sen. Dianne Feinstein was left to explain Friday how a Democrat can make a difference in a world where President Trump and a Republican Congress hold all the political cards.

“We can vote no” on Trump’s programs and nominees, Feinstein told a crowd of about 250 people at the Public Policy Institute of California in San Francisco’s Financial District. “The problem is, we don’t win those battles.”

With the numbers stacked against congressional Democrats, the senator talked about the need for compromise, to work with Republicans whenever possible. “Compromise” has become a dirty word, Feinstein admitted, but she argued that in a two-party system, it’s the only way to get anything done.

“I know where I want to go and how to get as close to that as possible ... without compromising on anything major,” she said.

That’s not what the anti-Trump forces, both inside and outside the hall, wanted to hear.

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http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Feinstein-answers-questions-still-gets-hard-10957888.php

[nolabels]

1. The path to where you don't want to go or be is full of compromises

When you take them this where you end up, a fool saying I know how to compromise

[underpants]

2. I *LOVE* this

Protest all of them. It's about resisting Trump which includes showing that we have numbers of actual people - nothing attracts a crowd like a crowd.

The media will have a fit trying to put this in their narrative.

[Kath2]

3. I share the frustration.

But what can she really do? At least she meets with the people.

[oasis]

4. Clueless "progressives". The senator underwent heart surgery last month.

No compassion, no respect from that crowd.