Sen. Mitch McConnell appears to freeze again at a Kentucky event
nbcnews.com
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared to freeze again Wednesday, this time during a gaggle with reporters in Covington, Kentucky, stopping for more than 30 seconds after he was asked if he would run for re-election.
The Kentucky Republican froze in July at a news conference on Capitol Hill, going silent for 19 seconds before being escorted away from the cameras. McConnell, 81, returned shortly afterward and continued his news conference, telling reporters, “I’m fine.”
When it became apparent that McConnell had frozen again on Wednesday, an aide came up to him and asked, “Did you hear the question, senator?” McConnell continued to be unresponsive.
If that behavior is typical, he belongs in a home, certainly not Congress.
unfortunately that behavior is more and more typical... in congress
That really depends on what his particular diagnosis is - are these mini strokes, seizures, or something else?
If he's having seizures, that doesn't mean he needs to be in a home.
I mean, why not have a dying sociopath representing us?..
We had an Alzheimer's patient as president, so this is just the status quo.
I assume you're talking about Regan, but while I think he and Biden and Trump are/were too old to be president, the latter two don't have obvious signs of Alzheimer's.
Only signs of significant cognitive decline
They're not so bad compared to McConnell or Feinstein.
In any case, Trump has a serious mental illness that is understated because of ethics rules. It's just not solely cognitive decline. (It's not that the 80 yo's don't have signs of decline. It's that trump has a much worse and more obvious issue).
Par for the course at this point. Won't be surprised if Mitch represents us in effigy when he dies. "this is what Mitch would have wanted"
*Glitch
Dude is having a series of small strokes right in front of the entire world. If this is happening multiple times in front of cameras, imagine how often it's happening off camera.
I think he's having focal seizures actually. Which usually late in life is caused by a brain tumour or something.
I think you're right about the seizures part. I've read some about how it might be Parkinson's. He had a fall and a concussion at some point (and concussions are no joke).
Sure, it could be post TBI seizures, or maybe even a brain tumour or he's had a stroke.. I imagine he's has CT and/or MRI since his first event though, but he really needs an EEG.
He will probably one of the first politicians who croaks on a life press conference. If only the voters would see this as an actual "Act of God" and get the message.
The children’s blood he drinks is probably deficient in iron and magnesium.
The vaccines depleted the adrenochrome supply. Hardest of /s.
Mark my words: there will be a discovery of a pizza joint somewhere in DC where republicans rape and torture kids in the basement.
Someone was talking about adrenochrome at my work last night. Thought my head was going to explode.
I have no idea what that is, but it sounds like something an insane energy drink company CEO would use in their advertisements.
You mean to tell me no one wanted an energy drink for Asian homosexuals?
You're confusing him with a democrat. /s
I always thought he would look like this when eating
I'm 62 years old, which probably makes me the Uncle Fester of the fediverse. Even so, this piece of shit does not represent me.
I work for a living -- this motherfucker has never worked in his life.
Moreover, this teint of the universe has the mental acuity of a rotten turnip.
What a fucking joke.
Yay older people on Lemmy! High five.
Older folks have an obligation to keep up. I've been using PCs since 1982 and built a few.
But I don't know Jack about coding. Since reading a lot of the conversations about the move to the fediverse I realize I need to up my game.
I was an original Livejournal member, and Lemmy has the same feeling.
Usenet forums representing! That is what Lemmy feels like to me right now. Those Usenet newsgroups.
Its too soon to tell, but right now Lemme seems more hospitable than Reddit towards the end. But I reckon we'll have to see how the inevitable incursion of bots and trolls affects the atmosphere.
yeah I'd feel real bad for anyone this happened to.... but Mitch?
I hope he's tripping locked-in syndrome hard. His handlers aren't doing him any favors, at this point it's getting a very creepy weekend-at-bernie's feel.
Diane Feinstein (who was awesome, but.....) and Mitch both need to sail off to a hospice. If their people truly loved them, they'd let them retire.
I agree. They both need to retire, along with some others. Leaving us with the young insane ones.
he's like 1.5 generations separate from you, don't worry. not that he represents people his age either
Hear you. None of these rich asses can represent generations of people who have been barely hanging on financially by their front teeth for decades.
That's just the real Mitch McConnell trying to escape. He's been locked in there since '45. I think Stephen King wrote a book about it.
Get these fossils out of here! For everyone's sake
I would take 1,000 Bernie Sanderses at any age.
Or a horse sized
Horse seized Sanderses? Sign me up.
I'm fine with Bernie being forced to retire. he seems sharp, but if we're going to have an age limit it has to be universal just like age minimums.
It's okay, we're not ever going to have one.
See that's the problem hypocrisy. Why would you want an old dinosaur running the country so long as it's your dinosaur? Bernie is garbage. He's all talk, no follow through. He's ineffective, useless and can't even get the support of his own party, so how the hell would he run a country?
Get these old fucks out of politics. Every old fuck. Even the left leaning old fucks.
Yeah, the hypocrisy of anyone left of center is definitely the problem /s
We're talking about age limits and old people in politics and you know it.
I'd gladly see McConnell and Feinstein go. Sanders seems like he's still functional and at least trying to keep up with the times.
There are decent octogenarians, same as there are hard-working zoomers. :)
Another just full-on dumb take.
Have you heard of things called experience and wisdom?
Bernie is an independent. The long serving third party Senator in history.
Who has gotten next to nothing done in all his decades, and can't even bring his own side together. If you can't even gain the popularity of your own party, it doesn't matter how progressive and correct your views are if you can't get anything done. Bernie is a failure, find someone new please for the love of god
This is proof you are a know-nothing, amateur observer of politics, repeating neolib talking points from 2016.
Americans are so centrist that liberals think anyone who disagrees with them is a neoliberal or conservative. You guys have no idea what true liberalism is, Bernie Sanders is a sad American impression of what that is. But again, so far up your own conservative asses (even the Democrats are conservatives in the u.s) that you call me a neolib, without thinking that maybe you're the one who isn't going far enough to the left.
I would love to see Sanders replaced, but there's literally nobody to do so of any age. He's practically the only member of the DNC that's actually left of center anymore. The DNC has become the centrist party as they keep inching further right to match the GOP marching ever further to the right. The DNC is dangerously close to being completely out of progressives.
Will somebody please reboot Mitch again?
All that Russian malware in him is really fucking things up.
What if we didn't? Just let this thing run its course?
Yeah I'm curious what would happen if nobody intervened. Would the guy just slowly curl into a ball on the floor and die? A silent room full of cameras recording him as he sheds his mortal flesh and unceremoniously exhausts the very last drop of what used to be his vast reserves of evil. To never again utter a self-serving Fox News talking point or to fellate an oil executive on a private jet.
The older they get, the more senile they become
The grossest part is all the people covering up for him "he sounds like his usual self" like America needs a geriatric octogenarian in such a position of power. This guy can't even speak to a small group of people without his handlers taking charge and masking the issue. Seems gross but I still see him winning reelection.
They keep each other in power and actively try to push younger generations from gaining real traction. Won't stop until they all pass sadly
Weird. Diane Feinstein has the same issue and she doesn't have many apologists.
It's almost like there is a cult that has foRmed around some gRoup.
The only reason she's still on the committee too is because Republicans refuse to let Democrats vote on a replacement.
Give it some lettuce.
But seriously that man should be at home spending time with his family for the rest of his life. He’s done as much damage to the US as any other politician in the past 30 years but one still feels some compassion for and old man losing the plot.
You have more compassion than I do. All the damage that guy has done to the people of the US is too much for me to give a rat's ass about his well-being and comfort. Just on stealing Supreme Court Justices alone, who knows how many women will die because of the impact on Roe v. Wade. I rather spend my compassion on those women than this psychopath.
Well said.
If anything, this is one small, token bit of karmic justice that we're witnessing.
Maybe one does, but that's probably about the limit.
Sadly there's some competition for the title of "most damage done to the US in the last 30 years" because Newt Gingrich exists as well.
He's a terrible person and when he dies may he rot in piss.
I'd care about him going senile if him being sane wasn't as detrimental as it was.
Empathy is a good thing but let's save it for the people who actually deserve it and not old ass racist pieces of shit like him
My brother once wanted to tell me something about McConnel, but didn't knew his name so he said "The guy that looks like The Pale Man from Pan's Labirynth", and I knew who he meant.
It's uncanny!
Who had two simultaneous weekend at Bernie's situations in the US senate on their Bingo card?
People will suffer and die because of his decisions. Lovely.
Seeing him freeze up was like watching the equivalent of a human blue screening. Have you tried turning your politician off and on again?
Naw you need to hit it in the back of the head to reset it.
Even with his mental health declining, he's probably still against mental health care for US citizens.
Doesn't matter to him, he gets his regardless.
Reminds me of John McCain.
The SOB knew he was dying long before the public found out and still voted 100% with Trump, like a real piece of shit.
Except not true
I'm not saying he gets a pass, but he was closer to the Democrat's "vote with Trump" number than most of the rest of the republicans.
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/
and
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/john-mccain/
"A reboot is required to complete installation of at least one update.". Always happens at the worst time.
It doesn't help that the system is old hardware running an outdated OS that just isn't really compatible with a lot of current programs.
If anyone is interested, he's running the P operating system. Otherwise known as POS.
The only reason he didn't fall down is that it would require him to let a motion reach the floor.
poopt his pants
twice now. Need another diaper
Question, if the good people of Kentucky finally get rid of this horrible man, what's the prospect for the future?
Are they so deep red there's no chance of electing someone more sensible, or is that state ripe for some competition?
McConnell is effective because of his tenure. A new Kentucky senator is still likely to be a fuck stick, but they probably wont be so brutal.
On a positive note, Kentucky does have a democrat Governor, so it does occasionally fall in the "Montana/Wisconsin split statewide seats" vote. A dem senator is slightly possible.
They’ve been planning for this eventuality. The state legislature passed a law requiring the governor to appoint someone of the same party.
Of course they did, which will give that person an "incumbent" boost before their actual election.
Anything to tip the scales. I guarantee they would repeal that law if they had a dem governor and a dem senator.
I guess a guy who would block a POTUS’s constitutional task to appoint a SCOTUS justice would not be above doing the same thing to a dem Kentucky governor over a senate seat.
Mitch actually won the seat over a long time democrat. At the time he was considered an insane longshot but he had aid from Rodger Ailes. McConnell ended up winning in an upset.
When did the long time democrat originally take the seat?
Near the end of the Civil War?
Someone worse.
Their other senator is rand paul.
Kentucky is very weird. They are not afraid to elect a democrat to governor if it’s necessary, but for any other position it’s GOP or bust. Most people I know in Kentucky HATE Mitch McConnell but vote for him anyway. Rand Paul on the other hand, they worship the ground he walks on.
Also the Democratic Party in Kentucky sucks. They are not effective at organizing outside of Jefferson County and are totally out of touch with what to do in the rest of the State. The last two elections against McConnell they ran women against him. I worked on one of them in 2014, and I had so many people tell me “I don’t like Mitch, but I won’t vote for a woman.” Other people experienced the same thing, and for some reason they decided to do it AGAIN in 2020 thinking the state had changed just because they elected a dem governor. Kentucky is not ready for women in politics even in 2023, but the Kentucky Dems refuse to see that. They will either have to run an old white guy or not even bother. Sucks to say, but that’s the state.
Pretty much a matter of people actually voting and republicans being less successful at voter suppression.
Granny Mitch
Lmfao
I think he's having focal seizures.
"Glitch McConnell"
(Stolen proudly from another thread. Will credit f I can find it again!)
Lemme guess: he ran out of unicorn blood again...
Anyone else remember the shit about Hillary that McConnells right would not shut the fuck up about? Anyone?
He looks a lot like Adrian Ripburger from Full Throttle with that massive upper lip gap.