AOC says Feinstein’s refusal to retire is ‘causing great harm’ to US courts

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at the US Capitol in Washington DC on 28 July 2022. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

The New York progressive congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said on Monday that the California Democratic senator Dianne Feinstein should retire, amid a long absence from Congress due to ill health which has affected their party’s efforts to stock federal courts with liberal judges.

Feinstein, 89, “should retire”, Ocasio-Cortez – 33 and commonly known as AOC – wrote on the social media platform Bluesky.