More salvos from the left’s circular firing squad

'You didn't vote for me': Senator Dianne Feinstein responds to young green activists

Earnest teens passionately pitch the Green New Deal to geriatric Senator who smugly interrupts, rebuffs, and lectures them with callous condescension, turning the encounter into a tense, testy clash.

Duped by deceptively edited viral footage calculated to fuel outrage, media outlets have run with this irresistable story — despite its manifest falsehood.

Had reporters done their due diligence before publishing — by viewing the original, unedited livestreamed footage and doing a little background research — then they could have reported the encounter more accurately.

Here is what really happened:

1. The youth activists showed up without an appointment. Senator Dianne Feinstein made time to see them, anyway.
2. The activists asked her to support the Green New Deal. Feinstein said she had her own Green New Deal plan, and asked her staff to bring copies for them.
3. Without waiting to see the Senator’s plan, the activists repeatedly demanded that she endorse the Ocasio-Cortez/Markey resolution.
4. Despite incessant interruptions from the kids and their chaperone, Feinstein patiently imparted a practical civics lesson. After explaining her preference for viable bipartisan legislation, she noted, “I’ve been doing this for 30 years. I know what I’m doing. You come in here and say, ‘It has to be my way or the highway.’ I don’t respond to that. I’ve gotten elected. I just ran. I was elected by almost a million vote [margin] and I know what I’m doing. So… maybe people should listen a little bit.”
5. Feinstein maintained a civil tone throughout the exchange, but made two vital strategic errors. First, after correctly noting that the Ocasio-Cortez/Markey resolution “will not pass,” she told the activists, “you can take that back to whoever sent you here.” Second, when a teen said, “We’re the people who voted you,” Feinstein contradicted her, noting she was too young to vote. After implying that kids cannot think for themselves, Feinstein fed the suspicion that elected officials only serve constituents who can vote. Unwise.
6. Finally, Feinstein handed out copies of her…