Dianne Feinstein incites riot in New York during failed giveaway
The 90-year-old senator was charged with multiple offenses after a botched giveaway of her stocks, bonds and mutual funds.
NEW YORK — Senator Dianne Feinstein of California has been arrested and accused of inciting a riot at Union Square Park in Manhattan. An influencer who has long been popular among elderly Americans, her YouTube channel boasts four million followers. She had announced a giveaway of her many financial securities, prompting seniors from around the New York metro area and beyond to flock to Manhattan to add to their collection of reverse mortgages, 401(k)’s and treasury bills.
Retired civil engineer Tom Millson, 77, of White Plains, N.Y., came to take a piece of the Feinstein financial pie. “I’ve been watching Dianne since the 70s,” Millson said. “She’s truly a W senator, straight bussin’.” (I greatly admire the senator’s work, his wife, Mary Millson, offered as a translation.)
Upon arriving in Union Square, the 90-year-old lawmaker appeared to have forgotten the purpose of her gathering. As the crowd of two to five thousand grew anxious, Ms. Feinstein eventually cast a voice vote—“Yea”—but no one knew which bill she was referring to, and the motion failed. Her staff whisked her into an SUV. A group of Veterans of Foreign Wars members climbed on top of the vehicle, which sped away as some veterans fell to the ground.
Seeing this, a rowdy congregation from First Presbyterian Church in Stamford, Conn., began pushing a police line which had been monitoring the event. The police were overrun, and the seniors soon controlled much of midtown Manhattan. The Veterans of Foreign Wars delegation pushed south, threatening to take all of downtown. They were led by a tenacious Harry Clemson Jr., who had executed daring raids against the Viet Cong.
But by 6pm, the NYPD rallied and forced Feinstein’s fans to disperse. Sixty-five arrests were made, including of Feinstein, who was charged with inciting a riot and unlawful assembly.
After paying bail with the proceeds of stocks she had meant to distribute to her supporters, she returned to Washington and went to work in the Senate chamber as if nothing had happened.
“Yea,” she said.
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