Senator Dianne Feinstein, who has served the state of California for a little over 30 years, has announced that she will not seek reelection in 2024:

Fox News reported that there seems to have been a little confusion on Feinstein’s part about whether or not she was actually retiring:

Democrat California Sen. Dianne Feinstein appeared unaware of her own retirement announcement Tuesday, telling a group of reporters at the Capitol that she hadn’t made a decision on her future despite announcing just hours before that she would not be seeking reelection in 2024.

According to multiple reports, a Feinstein staffer quickly notified the senator that a statement had already been made on her retirement, prompting her to say she was unaware the information had been released.

Fortunately, though, the news seems to be accurate, and Twitter reacted as only Twitter can:

Ouch, but also LOL.

People are bringing up one of her greatest hits:

Priceless, indeed. If there’s a better example of how elected officials really view the concerns of the people they’re supposed to be representing, we haven’t seen it.

There is this, though:

We honestly kind of love that part, too.

Naturally there’s been some speculation about who will step up to take her place:

When you’ve lost The Onion…

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