Mitch McConnell Freezes Up For Over Half a Minute a Second Time While Taking to Reporters
Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell appeared confused before freezing for about half a minute in front of a gaggle of reporters on Wednesday.
So perfect that it happened when he was asked about running for reelection; the ads write themselves.
And before anyone condemns me for lack of empathy: the world would be a better place without McConnell in power. Also, fuck him.
I wonder if he can even make it to the end of his term. He knows the Democratic governor of Kentucky will not appoint a Republican to replace him, so he's going to fight that.
The GOP dominated KY state legislature has been prepping for this eventuality https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2023/07/28/heres-how-kentuckys-law-works-for-filling-u-s-senate-vacancies/70484359007/
Apparently what would happen is a Republican would replace him, as of a law passed in 2021 https://www.npr.org/2023/07/31/1191034037/mcconnell-facing-health-questions-says-he-ll-serve-full-term-keep-leading-senate
Doesn't matter
He has an R next to his name. His own political ads could say "I'm too incapacitated to run and if you vote for me I will murder your family" and republicans will still vote for him
Isn't that the sad truth
To the contrary, I think you are displaying vast amounts of empathy by advocating for the betterment of humankind.
Our empathy is wasted on him and better spent on his multitude of victims.
That man has done massive damage to the country. He can’t expire fast enough for me.
I love when people try to pull the empathy card.
There are people on this planet who do not deserve empathy nor the benefit of the doubt. Corrupt politicians are some of those people.
Fuck McConnell. I hope his last years are equal to the horrible legacy he leaves.
Seriously. A few years ago he's spearheading the party to remove rights from people and now he's too old to speak. There has to be room for retirement between those steps.
The world would be a better place if he choked on his own tongue while waiting for needed medical care like so many Americans that he helped keep from having healthcare.
Empathy is afforded to those who reciprocate.
Die, Mitch, Die.
Easily one of the most evil, destructive figures in the last 20 years of American history. May he get what he deserves.
I've accepted this for so long as baseline knowledge that I've kind of forgotten some of the headlines. Can someone toss me a few bullet points of the bullshittery?
I’ll assume you’re not a disingenuous republican. Off the top of my head:
There’s more, but fuck it, I have a show to watch.
He proposed a bill and then when Obama backed it he voted against his own bill.
On another occasion he proposed a bill, and after it passed and the fallout was bad he blamed Obama for not stopping him from passing the bill.
Mostly he's changed the rules to benefit his party at the expense of the American people and / or democracy.
He once filibustered his own bill because the democrats called his bluff and wouldve passed the bill
Dont remember what it was
I once heard him speak about ONE time in ‘97 how a ‘dumuhcrayut’ spoke 3 minutes over their time and he’d held a grudge ever since. That it was his motivation for destroying our system. He’s been a plague for at the very least 24 years but likely his whole career.
Moscow Mitch needs to have retired a long time ago.
All my homies hate Bitch McConnell
I know it's not nice to be piling onto an ailing old man who probably isn't going to be around much longer, but yeah when he was in good health he was an awful person who didn't give a single fuck about anyone else who was having a hard time, and had literally decades filled with opportunities to help people who were worse off and squandered them all just to accumulate more worthless power and money for himself.
Keeping him in power does nothing but harm other people and the country in general IMO, although to be fair that was also true before his health started to go south as well.
He has destroyed so many lives, he deserves his destroyed.
I know it's not nice to be piling onto an ailing old man who probably isn't going to be around much longer
Pill cosby, Rudy Ghouliani, Donald Dump, and Kenneth Cokeland have entered the chat
Seriously, this mentality needs to end. These are people who would literally shoot you in the back for 20$
The fact that they're old just makes it worse, they've been fucking people over much longer than anyone else
For reasons entirely seperate from his health. But it's a stunningly good reasons to stop electing geriatrics.
And also human garbage like Bitch.
It's honestly sad that these people would rather hold on to the little power they have than retire and spend the little time they have left with family.
If they truly cared about heir families they wouldn’t push so much disinformation and enact such horrible policies. These people only love power so you’re basically asking them to willingly give up the only thing they care about.
Evil bastards.
Either being evil to the core or the great healthcare that being in the US Senate that lets them live so long. They should give everyone the same healthcare as the Senate does and run an experiment. At the very least US citizens would have decent healthcare even if the evil people got to run things. Thankfully I'm Canadian, but I do want what's best for our neighbors.
Seriously, he's given up everything to hold onto power, and now it's too late to make any other choice. This is it.
Goodness I hope it isn’t anything to minor.
Glitch McConnell
Guess that long Covid is catching up. Adios Mitch.
Put him in an elderly home. I'd rather have a crack head off the streets make policy decisions instead of him.
A random person would probably do what's best for the country.
Why does America have so many really old politicians?
Get rid of all politicians over the age of 55 or 60. Allow them to be maybe advisors but at this point these people have been unhelpful to the larger younger population.
If voting starts at birth + 18 years then participation in political life should end at average life expectancy -18 years.
If you can collect social security then you shouldn't be able to run for office
Half-a-minute a second!? That's not good.
Yeah that's some serious time dilation!
This little maneuver is going to cost us 50 years.
This dude is going to end up dying of a stroke on camera isn't he.
Seems he's had several in the past few months already. Repeated events like this rarely end positively.
We can only hope
My bet is it's a Parkinson's freezing episode rather than mini-stroke.
Time to take the keys away, Mitchell. People with dementia shouldn't be driving
Honestly, how in the holy hell is this not automatically done?? This person is in a pretty powerful position and makes very important decisions. They absolutely need to be coherent. Do they not have some sort of stipulation that if you consistently stroke out on the job and can't even speak or... do anything really, you have to step away from the position until you can prove you are healthy enough to return?
This just blows my mind. Dude could be making monumental decisions that affect the country for decades and not even know what planet he's on.
IIRC Reagan had Alzheimer's while in office and his staff tried desperately to hide it. Unfortunately, this shit ain't new.
Not cars, and definitely not countries.
Who is the handler in the video? She's more of an enabler.
She shares a ton of the blame.
We should write and call her because she's effectively serving as an unelected senior Senator now.
From now on, I'm calling this a Mitch Glitch.
On the one hand, that poor devil
On the other hand, fuck that guy
Had his ilk not stood in the way of healthcare reform and medical research, he might still have enough of a mind to feel guilty. I wish only that he were well enough to register how much he deserves every bit of loathing that’s directed at him.
Edit: I think I replied to the wrong comment but I’m still angery. (•ˋ _ ˊ•)
Either way, you're not wrong
Reruns??? I love reruns!!!
Who had two simultaneous weekend at Bernie's situations in the US senate on their Bingo card?
If he could go ahead and have the fatal aneurysm he's obviously overdue for, the world would be a better place.
Mcflurry
Time for a new home, I think.
Just like a turtle, caught in headlights.
Man that was hard to watch
I agree with (possibly) none of McConnell's policies and I'll never forgive him for the un-American things he did as senate majority leader. I certainly don't care for him but that it is quite sad to see him like this. I hope he can make a graceful exit from politics and live the rest of his years in peace.
I agree it is sad but also when he was well, if he'd seen someone else in the condition he's in now and had the choice to either cure them or make $1 for himself that he didn't even need, I'm 100% convinced he'd have walked away a dollar richer.
Probably more because he would've also rifled their pockets.
no i hope he suffers and then dies
I’m sure the 12-year old rape victims forced to give birth feel the same.
He literally wrote in his own book that he's the villain.
He deserves no peace.
I hope he dies in a fire as painfully as possible
He's not the only thing that froze up. That website does not play nice with Firefox for whatever reason.
Many dont recently it seems
That's the only one that I've had issues with. And it is every article that's been linked to that site, so it wasn't just one story on mediaite.
Fuck that turtle bitch
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The Fuckicking Doctor's just cleared this asshat fit for work.
Just let the man retire and enjoy the rest of the time he has left with his family. Geeze.
Quick reminder about the rules around wishing death and destruction on people.
That being said, yes, McConnell is one of the key architects of how dysfunctional our system of government has become. From using the filibuster more times during the Obama administration than all prior administrations COMBINED, to blocking a legitimately named Supreme Court Justice, not by allowing him a fair vote, but by denying him a hearing AT ALL.
BUT...
Now hear me out... BUT...
He does have three daughters, Porter, is actually an activist:
https://www.thelist.com/257172/the-truth-about-mitch-mcconnells-daughter-porter/
You can make fun of the guy, you can hate the guy, but before you wish death on the guy, take just a moment to consider his family and how they must feel watching him break down like this live on camera, not once, but twice.
His family has my pity. He does not.
How about I think about everyone he's hurt?
Hitler had a family too.
I have family members that I wouldn't stop to sigh for over the shit they've done, just sayin'
Lol how many times is this going to be posted here?
I think another two more probably. Who's going higher?
I think I was the first...
