Mitch McConnell escorted away from cameras after freezing during a news conference
Mitch McConnell escorted away from cameras after freezing during a news conference
Has the appearance of a transient ischemic attack. But apparently "he's fine"
Oh goodness, I hope it's nothing minor.
I generally don't wish ill will on people. That being said, this asshole isn't a human in my book. He's just an evil hate filled pile of shit, and it will be a great day for democracy and America when he does die.
I am not going to openly condemn anyone. That said, Mitch opens himself up to some interesting ethical questions.
Is it ok to sacrifice one man to save 300 hundred million?
How about to reduce the medium / long term risk to billions?
I'm convinced that McConnell is human, but an agent controlled by the Reptilians to destroy us from within. As evidence, I submit the nauseated look on his face most of the time. The real Mitch is still in there, and is horrified at the terrible things he's forced to do. Obviously, this latest incident occurred because the radio signal to the control chip in his brain got disrupted.
Ted Cruz is the one who is not human. He's their next attempt, a Reptilian in a (bad) human suit. As evidence, well, just look at him. Their later iterations have gotten a little better, like Taylor Greene, Bannon, and Boebert, but still firmly in the Uncanny Valley. Some of them are so convincingly human, though, that I'm not sure if they're Reptilians in disguise, or some sort of latter-day Sonderkommando.
I have to believe this, because it's the only way that the GQP makes any damn sense.
I want to be very clear: I will never support or condone violence. But when this parasite dies (from natural causes), the entire country will be massively better off for it.
All violence is not equal. Unjustified and unprovoked violence is not the same as justified violence in self defense, for example. To say that one does not support violence is to paint with a very large brush and over important nuance and context
Before you commit to that statement remember that peaceful protests work about 1% of the time.
I want to be very clear: I will never support or condone violence. But when this parasite dies (from natural causes), the entire country will be massively better off for it.
Why? Violence inflicted by pen is still violence. He's killed thousands.
proof that old fuckers shouldn't be allowed in politics due to a literally dysfunctioning brain
EDIT: to say 'ageism is bigotry' is a gross oversimplification. I'm not prejudiced against people above a certain age, I'm against the idea of allowing individuals with dementia or other degenerative conditions having political control over other people while literally having impeded brain functioning and judgement.
His birth is closer to Lincoln's assassination and the abolition of serfdom in Russia than to 2023.
I’ve had some relatives reach a very old age and this kind of thing is just part of the territory.
However my aged relatives were not in positions of great power. Neither should this man be.
Feinstein and now McConnell. It shouldn't be necessary but it's now bipartisan proof that maybe we should force people of a certain age into retirement.
I'll happily admit to being ageist. I don't care. Once you hit the mid 70s (arguably earlier) you should be ordered to go the fuck home by Congress.
if it's ageist to say that people can be too old to be in government, then it's definitely ageist to say they can be too young, too.
Imagine having a toddler command the nuclear football. (oh wait. we already had that.)
I don't think it should necessarily be a hard age cap (which is illegal in the US, anyway), but I do think all politicians and judges should have to be able to pass cognitive function tests annually with absolutely no concerns raised by them. I'd require it probably as low as age 50 or 55, because dementia can come early.
And they should not be allowed to choose their own doctors for these exams. They should all see the same handful of doctors, randomly assigned each year, so as to reduce bias.
I find it interesting in the US that discriminating against the young is socially acceptable, while discriminating against the elderly is social suicide. Shows how much political power the Boomers wield.
The really annoying part is that I've seen people on the right already telling people to respect his health issues. Except when Biden stumbles over one word he should be removed from power and hospitalized for life. They don't even pretend with the hypocrisy anymore
I worked in congress in 2002 after I graduated. The congressman I worked for was old to me then. I saw him on tv the other day and the guy looked one foot in the grave. I hadn't thought about him in years and then I saw him and I'm like dude wtf why are you still working?! It's shocking.
This is a reminder that Dianne Feinstein is still in office, too. She's not even lucid anymore.
I live how you guys say this, while also demanding Bernie, a fucking dinosaur himself
If there was another candidate who held the same values, but was of a younger age. I’d go for the younger one for sure.
It’s not Bernie because he’s amazing. It’s because he’s the best we got.
Same how I vote for x party, not because they are good. But because they are less bad.
Conservatives when Biden does something like walk the wrong direction: omg he's senile and clearly has dementia!
Conservatives when McConnell (maybe) has a fucking legit seizure: everything's fine, nothing to see here.
Both of them need to get the hell out of politics as should anyone over the retirement age.
Seriously. Enough with the septuagenarians and octogenarians in the government. If you're going to drop dead from old age at any moment, you shouldn't be in any government position, especially not a national/federal one, IMO.
How about hemberders? Or Tim Apple? Trump talks and walks like he's have constant brain aneurism, yet not a single peep form his idiot base.
Or covfefe. Or falling down a 5-degree decline. Or desperately gripping a bottle of water with two hands to carry it to his Queller Demon mouth.
Tim Apple is intentional. It's smart and effective. It communicates who he is talking about to people who have absolutely no clue who the CEO of Apple is. Simplified language like that is trump's specialty because it works with his base.
Edit, well, looks like this is just as bad as reddit. Not sure what I expected.
I don't believe that it's discriminatory when I say that people with severe neurological disorders and dementia shouldn't be making laws.
The US of A is governed by dying greedy geriatrics
He is 85. What the fuck drives you besides greed and power to stay in Congress past your 70th? He will probably die in a couple of years, but still clings to this power trip with bare hands. Just illustrates how fucking greedy and corrupted that mf is.
The issue is seniority rules. You only get the real power (committee seats, etc) after you've been in the senate for decades. Giving that up is probably hard if you've spent decades climbing that ladder.
Like go fishing, or whittle some shit on a porch. Youre gonna die soon and you want to spend your final days on the hill with the lizards and cockroaches?
Good people do to too. Ruth Bader Ginsberg clung to office and died two months too early.
Even if we are going to continue to let the elderly rule us, an event like this should result in an instant resignation. But no, he has to claw onto the reins of power until they're taken from his cold, dead hands.
Isn't that the type of incident you should be immediately going to the hospital for? And to maintain some shitty image of power they just yank him to the back line and have him stand there?
Man it took waaay to long before someone even reacted and even then they didn't focus on his well being but on the press conference.
What a sad sight, zero empathy
Not like the man is known for his empathy himself. So it's a bit of a FAFO situation I feel.
He's one of the few people in this world on my "no empathy for him" list. I would've just sat back and had some popcorn
If it makes you feel any better, he would have done the exact same or worse to anyone else in his place.
They were torn between wanting to help him but also wanting to minimize the appearance of the episode for him. Both of which are valid concerns for him.
Thoughts and prayers that he has some incurable medical condition.
He's been a piece of human garbage all his career, so let's not sugar coat things now.
There's no cure for being a cunt. - Bronn
Sure there is. An incurable medical condition.
Controlling the future of a world they no longer have any meaningful stake in.
Their voters too. It's hilarious that the greatest rage about the direction of the country comes from ancient conservative fucks that are circling the drain and won't even be alive to feel the effects. And it isn't even anger for the sake of the well being of their descendants, as their policy positions are almost always to cut everyone off from societal help when they need it just to revel in the pain of anyone outside their in-group.
It's just very important for Old Republicans to know that Americans that don't look or act like them will continue to be kicked while they're down after they're gone. It's like they think heaven will just sitting on a cloud with popcorn watching police murder black teenagers and poor women getting declined for abortions.
That's what blows my mind. What is motivating these people? If you're in your 80s, surely you have enough money to just fucking retire already. Is their greed for even more money and power that strong that they have to continue ruining our country well after the average person is deep into their retirement years?
Anyway, remember how hard he worked to take away benefits from 9/11 first responders?
I have no sympathy for this man, anybody else want to just reminisce about the horrible shit he's done instead?
I hope he just dies. He isn't a human being.
What else is there?
Republican, Democrat, Independent, Goat-Sacrificer, Whatever; we all need to vote in people that are actively working to improve the future. You know, the one boomers don't even believe in...
For now, that's democrat. I know I know two party system sucks etc etc but we need to stop the bleeding before we try to walk again.
Trump and the GQP have set us all back 2 decades and they aren't done dragging us down.
100% agree. We have to halt and try to undo the damage they are actively doing to our country (Supreme Court, anyone?), then we can focus on our antiquated "first-past-the-post" system...
Is it bad that I hope this is a sign of medical issues that will force him into retirement? I'm sick of a misogynist turtle calling the shots.
I hope he never unfreezes
Like, I generally wouldn't wish this type of thing on someone, but I think about how many people are going to die as a result of him stealing a SC seat and ramming ACB through, or even just his stonewalling anything an Obama tried to do just so Obama couldn't get the W regardless of how many people's lives were hurt, ruined, or ended, and I gotta say, I really wonder what I'm having for dinner tonight. I think I'll have a dessert though, maybe ice cream, but open to suggestions.
Unfortunately, probably not. Reminder that there's a rep that's practically at the point of being Weekend at Burnie's-ed
Someone will take his place and do the same stuff. He's just the focus for blame. He offers cover to others.
If we're being honest, the replacement senator will be even worse. And the Republican Senate leader will be worse.
Which is a horrible thought
Just need mandatory retirement at 70 maximum. Term limits have too many downsides. We just need to make them ineligible when they're too old to think clearly.
We have term limits!
They're called elections.
But people are too lazy to go vote. Last election cycle only around HALF the registered voters could be bothered to go vote. If the other half voted, they could overturn pretty much any election in this country. But they can't be bothered. They rather complain about a lack of term limits online.
Unless Biden decides not to run, I'm almost certainly going to vote for him. Not voting or voting third party puts us closer to authoritarian leaders.
Although at this point, I'm kind of wondering if the GOP has it right on climate change. If climate change is a giant volcano, humanity is free-falling directly into it. The GOP wants to point headfirst and tuck our arms by our side to speed towards it. The DNC wants to deploy a parachute that will ensure we slow down, but still fall into the volcano much more slowly and painfully.
Sorry Earth. Humanity fucked it up. We were too stupid to figure out fossil fuels and greenhouse gasses early in industrialization. When it was realized at first, greedy business executives hid it from society. When society at large became aware of it, we were too selfish to give up fossil fuels. By the time green energy was made feasible, it was too late to avoid 2C, which may trigger positive feedback processes that humans have no hope of controlling.
I'm not falling into the trap of "it's too late so let's not do anything and drill, baby, drill", but some days I wonder if the radical energy policy will extend the suffering.
Anyways, hope everyone has a great Thursday!
We have term limits!
They're called elections.
Term limits and elections are not synonymous. A term limit restricts the number of times that a politician can run, it puts them out of office regardless of whether or not they could win another election. They teach this in like the third grade.
I'm not sure that would actually fix anything. These old fucks would simply arrange for puppets to take their place. Young yes men who do anything they say. At any time it would be unclear who is actually in power.
This is already the case with big companies controlling politicians. When it comes to money and power, the scum always find a way.
I like this, but I'd drop the special election in favor of disqualifying candidates who would age out during their term.
Or just make it so the age is a limit for the start of their term, and if they age out, they simply can't run again.
One of the few issues where you can legit say "both parties are as bad as each other".
Half these people should be retired.
Good idea. Much better than hard age limits as it may actually convince the boomers in charge to improve overall quality of life.
Disaster happens, child mortality goes up a lot somehow, average life expectancy plummets below 25, no one is eligible for any Senate or House office 👀
Well then the supposed Republican mission of "small government" should be accomplished!
Maybe they would've done more to prevent the sudden drop in life expectancy. Then again they would also pass any law that could extend life expectancy. Like making it illegal to pull the plug, outlawing dnr, etc.
Well, then we update the law.
Already you can be removed if you are unable to carry out your duties. It is the will to do it that is lacking. I don't think tying terms to an average life expectancy is reasonable. You could have a pretty wide range across states for instance and people would constantly sue over how it should be calculated.
I think a better angle would be to just set term limits. Set them longer for congressmen if people want.
I think most of the issues in the world right now are caused by career politicians who's only interested is getting re-elected.
I disagree. Maybe if their grasp on power was tied to the average life expectancy in their continuency they might actually make an effort to improve it. Sure they'll sue but, I think it's worth trying.
The Logan's Jog Amendment.
No wonder America's laws are so outdated, they're made by guys who still think the 20's were the "good ol' days"
It's so weird to me that we're currently defining what people will refer to as "the 20s" for the next century
The good ol days, obviously
Unfortunately he seems to have recovered, was back out there walking and talking again before too long. Still, an encouraging sign.
He went backstage to finish feasting on the infants.
You don't live to be 1350 by not drinking the blood of the innocent.
"Doesn't he look tired"
"Don't you challenge me, Mitch McConnell... I'm an entirely new man!"
You should have to take physical driving tests every 2 years past age 65 to keep driving.
Yet we let these senile millionaires legislate our lives.
Putting aside being the worst President since Jackson on policy alone, we let drooling Alzheimer's Reagan maintain his hand on the nuclear button for years, with the help of his traitorous wife, putting all of us at risk for no other reason than to protect the "Reagan Legacy." Aww, he didn't want to be embarrassed, so we had no one at the wheel in the late 80s who could reliably remember how to tie their own shoes in the event of a global crisis, much less the names and vital details of every major world leader as they should.
I'm sorry if it makes me ableist to say, but having dementia/Alzheimer's means that the most important decision you should be allowed to make until your death is what you want for lunch. When You're broken and a danger to yourself to others, fuck your legacy.
Ugh. If if there were a crisis it would be handled by Nancy and her astrologer. We are a total fucking mess of a country.
As a disabled person, it is simply a fact that various disabilities preclude your ability to do certain things. That's literally what "disabled" means!
I can't hike up mountains anymore and I don't go around telling people I can and trying to do so. If he or Feinstein can't think properly anymore, they can't do their jobs, either.
Reagan allegedly requested nuclear strikes on NK when drunk (which was every evening I figure), and had his staff agree to ignore it multiple times.
Did the demon animating his corpse finally depart?
Maybe the other way around. The ghost of Sinead O'Connor, freed from it's earthly prison, starts entering the bodies of decrepit right-wingers and starts gumming up the works. A guy can dream.
Underrated comment
Lmao
The libs bending over backwards to lick his arse in the name of "civility" despite spending every single day of his life working to kill the poor and inflict maximum suffering on the working class in the name of extracting the largest amount of wealth into bougie pockets all deserve the same suffering. The man has killed thousands of people with a pen. Frankly this only happening to him now that he's 81 is far less than he deserves.
Just because he doesn't have empathy doesn't mean I don't.
Paying him empathy is a slap in the face to all of his victims.
You wouldn't do this shit for anyone else that murders children. I 100% guarantee you that this man has killed hundreds of children in his lifetime.
The issue you libs have is that you believe that the institutional murder that these fucks perform is magically different to murder that isn't institutional. It allows you to look the other way when they perform horrors that are unspeakably more evil, and then to performatively pretend you're on some moral high ground for being nice to someone far far far worse than any person that has directly murdered with their hands. You're not on moral high ground for it, all it does is highlight the incredible lack of principles that liberals have, that institutions and performing in the ritual acts of the civic religion are more meaningful to you than the actual pain, suffering and death they've reaped upon people.
It's one of many reasons so many people continue to stop calling themselves liberals and start calling themselves socialists, anarchists, communists, or some other variant of real leftist.
It wasn't a stroke, his demon handler was sharing some extremely important information on how Mitch must next cause the most suffering... he was listening to his master.
We are governed by senile folks who belong in a nursing home not ruling over us.
Well someone just had a fucking stroke.
This is the weirdest old people’s home.
I was talking to a friend about it earlier. We need a congressional old folks home with locks on the doors.
I'm cautiously hopeful that this is the end of McConnell's leadership
Why? The next Republican will be worse. They are always worse.
Nobody is worse. Nobody. Mitch McConnell is straight up the GOAT of POS
They may very well be worse, but what I'm counting on is them not having the skills/ability to keep the GOP one cohesive unit.
Say what you will about Mitch, but you can't deny that he's good at his job. Or, well, he used to be, at least
McConnell’s office has been flooded with phone calls, tying up the lines. His office request that you send a telegram, or preferably a message by pony express.
I'd like to send this letter to the Prussian Consulate in Siam by aeromail. Am I too late for the 4:30 auto-gyro?
It is really sad and disgusting how long it took all those people standing around him laughing and joking to even respond to this. Or even see he was having a problem. And it was even dumber that they didn't escort him away for medical attention immediately, gotta make him look good for the cameras. NO. There is no saving face, get him medical help. I HATE Bitch McConnell, but damn do the right thing here.
What do you expect? They're Republicans. Worse, they're Republican congressional staffers. They don't give a shit about other people.
They probably treated him as he treats others.
This is on brand for Republicans. As evil as McConnell is, and as horrible as he's made the Republican party so far, they are still the Republican party. Which means they'll use McConnell as long as convenient, even if they have to weekend at Bernie him.
I mean, I think it was more people didn't know what to do immediately. Looking at the video the other politicians around him did seem genuinely concerned.
A speech that was filled with less deceit and dishonesty than any other he's made during his tenure
Mitch is gonna be fine, unfortunately. He just needs to consume the soul of another several hundred children to recharge the battery where his heart should be.
What's wrong babe you've barely touched your PediPuree Punch
Sometimes it seems as though only good people die young.
Oh good, his number's coming up. This wicked man is a big reason why the world has fallen to the state it's in.
Do you want to make the Bitch McTurtle sub or shall I?
The best speech he's ever delivered
Everyone saying he's just old but I've reacted the same way as McConnell did multiple times when I realized the shrooms have kicked in.
Looks like he finally realizes all the evil things he has done ✅ My grandma said she was fine too, then proceeded to fall down the stairs.
Strom Thurmond was 98 and still there. The rest of the world is laughing at us. America is a joke.
Oh no, how "terrible"
Obviously he pooped his pants.
Damn that was way more than 100ug !
(Baselessly assuming discussing an edible)
If my ass took 100mg you'd find me chilling with Perseverance on Mars.
Here's a write-up I made 4-years-ago, just to give a refresher on what kind of piece of shit McConnell is:
Recently, a Harvard Constitutional Law School professor denounced Mitch McConnell as a, "flagrant dickhead," now, Trump supporters might contend that this Harvard Constitutional Law Professor is a deep-state liberal agent or without any evidence whatsoever (Edit: I'm not far off; observe this right-wing article calling him a, "crazed leftist"....). Nevertheless, the professor is in my view correct.
##Let's review some of Mitch McConnell's hypocrisy, double-standards, and blatant corruption:
Mitch McConnell in 2010:
Claims he wants bipartisanship, immediately slaps down any hope of working with Democrats.
Refusal to Cooperate with Obama on Russian Cyber-attack findings
In the run-up to the 2016 election, Mitch McConnell denied aiding and exposing to the public the fact that Russians were committing domestic cyber-attacks and attempting to covertly influence the outcome of the 2016 election for Trump:
FROM PBS FRONTLINE DOCUMENTARY:
NARRATOR: Top intelligence officials traveled to Capitol Hill to tell congressional leaders what they knew.
JEH JOHNSON, Sec. of Homeland Security, 2013-17: They were all there— the speaker, leader Pelosi, leader McConnell, leader Reid, the Foreign Affairs Committees, the Intel Committees. They were all there. And we briefed them on what we knew.
NARRATOR: Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell expressed skepticism about the intelligence and warned that he would not join an effort to publicly challenge Putin.
RYAN LIZZA:They’re told by Mitch McConnell, the majority leader of the Senate, that, “If you do that, we’re going to interpret that as you putting the thumb on the scales for Hillary Clinton.”
NARRATOR: The meetings were top secret, held behind closed doors.
JOHN BRENNAN: In those briefings of Congress, some of the individuals expressed concern that this was motivated by partisan interests on the part of the administration. And I took offense to that and told them that this is an intelligence assessment. This is an intelligence matter.
GREG MILLER: It’s a moment when politics and partisan positioning appears to take precedence over national security. In other words, they’re so worried about each other, the Democrats and Republicans as adversaries, that they can’t get around the idea that there is a bigger adversary.
NARRATOR: In Moscow, President Vladimir Putin denied being at the center of the hacking, but he seemed pleased to be the center of attention.
McConnell's blocking of Executive Appointments & the Supreme Court Nuclear Options:
In 2013 The Republicans were blocking every routine (70+) appeals court appointment by Obama. Reid got pissed at the obstructionist games and bypassed the super-majority approval requirement to keep the executive branch moving:
In 2013, Reid invoked the “nuclear option,” a historic move that changed a long-standing Senate rule, dropping the number of votes needed to overcome a filibuster from 60 to a simple majority for executive appointments and most judicial nominations — a decision he justified because of trouble getting through court confirmations in the latter half of the Obama Administration
... to which McConnell responded:
At the time, then-Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and many other Republicans warned Reid that he would regret implementing the nuclear option.
“What goes around comes around. And someday they’re going to be in the minority,” Republican Sen. John Thune warned.
The key part? Reid specifically excluded Supreme Court appointments from the nuclear option.
Reality is that McConnell would've done that regardless and if he really cared about the Constitution he would've taken the high road and not lowered the bar. Reid was just a convenient nonsensical excuse. It falls entirely on McConnell, not only for lowering the Supreme Court nomination bar, but causing the unprecedented obstructionism in the first place. McConnell's true colors and lack of standard is shown by his recent actions of having one standard for Dems in, "Not letting an outgoing President appoint a lifetime Supreme Court Justice," to—suddenly—saying "we'd fill a Supreme Court vacancy during a Presidential election year." Pure. Hypocrisy.
By the way: The obstructionism was unprecedented in 2013 by Republicans. In 2005, Democrats were blocking only 10 of 214 judicial nominations. In 2013? Republicans were blocking 59 executive branch nominees and 17 judicial nominees. (And again, in 2005, excluding the Supreme Court wasn't under discussion, either).
Per Politifact:
In 2013, then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was much closer to being correct when he said, "In the history of the United States, 168 presidential nominees have been filibustered, 82 blocked under President Obama, 86 blocked under all the other presidents." His figure included non-judicial nominees.
The bottom-line is that McConnell and McConnell alone invoked the Nuclear Option for Supreme Court Appointments, a step Reid did not take and had restraint. Reid could've, but he didn't. If he did, then yes, it would've been the Dems' fault. If the best argument conservative apologists have truly is that "But the Dems did it," then not only are they invoking a Whataboutism, Tu Quoque (aka, two-wrongs-make-a-right) fallacy, they're also invoking a false-equivalence since they never touched Supreme Court appointments.
What makes this all so amusing is that Merrick Garland once had bipartisan support for being appointed to the SCOTUS 6 years prior, but following Scalia's death in 2016 and being an Obama nomination, McConnell was blocking it (sticking to his outright declared commitment to obstructing Obama from the very beginning of his Presidency when he, again, said):
The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president
Those aren't the words of someone willing to compromise and work together. Let me be very clear: Republicans were to blame for the division, the gridlocking, the obstructionism. Let's not forget that McConnell also fell in line when the government was twice shutdown by Republicans when they held peoples' safety & paychecks hostage for political expediency.
During Obama's final term in office, McConnell denies appointing Merrick Garland to the SCOTUS (and who by the way had no sexual assault accusations), and who originally had bipartisan support—only because Obama nominated him:
Senator Orrin Hatch, President pro tempore of the United States Senate and the most senior Republican Senator, predicted that President Obama would "name someone the liberal Democratic base wants" even though he "could easily name Merrick Garland, who is a fine man."[79][80] Five days later, on March 16, Obama formally nominated Garland to the then vacant post of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.[81][82]
In an unprecedented move, Senate Republicans (under Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell) refused to consider Garland's nomination, holding "no hearings, no votes, no action whatsoever" on the nomination.[
That outright proves Republicans are the issue at coming to agreement on nominations, not Democrats.
On enabling the potential obstruction of the Mueller investigation
Later, after again spouting vacuous words about bipartisanship, denies passing simple "better safe than sorry" legislation to protect the integrity of Robert Mueller's investigation from the likes of Sessions, Whitaker, and then Barr. (literally no reason not to unless you're enabling or hoping for obstruction).
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Judging the expression on his face he had a terrible diarrhea
Judging the expression on his face he had a terrible diarrhea
Most turtles are vegetarian so it must've been a doozy.
Resting turtle face.
Moscow Mitch trying to sneak into fine establishment https://youtu.be/M3H2nnxQFLs
It looks like a TIA, but it could be a lot of things at his age. NAD, but I’ve had a one myself.
I am a doctor.
That's what I thought when I saw it as well, that we saw a TIA live on video.
He's probably "fine" for the time being.
Transient ischemic attack for anyone else who wasn't sure of the acronym.
Trans Islamic attack?!!
THANKS LIBERALS
It it as utterly terrifying as it looks too an outsider?
No. Don’t get me wrong, it’s definitely scary but it’s closer to confusing and weird than terrifying. I can’t really remember anything from when it was happening, just a kind of detached “this isn’t right” and then the confusion when I came around (so to speak). Other people’s reactions were more upsetting than the event. My mum was beside herself.
It could be a seizure as well. Not all seizures are full body, foaming at the mouth.
A man more deserving of a bad fate is hard to find
looks behind Mitch to see all the other GOP members, leaders and politicians
Uh, not that hard.
Man’s turkey neck accidentally folded meaning he couldn’t talk
The lizardpeople living in the sewers of NYC were performing updates, so their control signals couldn't get through...
These gereatric nepo babies just won't fuxking die... Jfc
They have the best healthcare in the nation that money can buy, except they don't pay anything for it.
Imagine if this happened to Biden... How different the Maggots would have reacted.
They were calling for McConnell's resignation. They'd be right to do so if this happened to Biden as well.
He blue screened
Babies make the same kinda face when theyre focusing on shitting their diaper...
This old ghoul needs to retire - or be retired.
like in blade runner?
He's seen things you wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off of Pennsylvania Ave...
Too bad he didn’t just die then.
Mfs would be connected to life support and still blocking any legislation.
Bummer he got better
OH NO!
Anyway...
Perhaps he ahs parkinsons or a related neuro issue? I have a friend with parkinsons. He gets stuck on occasion, its no big deal. Also Michael Fox did a season on Larry David and made fun/educated about this symptom.
Transient ischemic attacks are also not uncommon among the elderly (aka "mini strokes"). But Parkinson's is hugely common among old men, in particular, and doesn't have to mean there are any cognitive issues.
Finally hells freezing over.
Like. He's hell and got real cold. Not that hells freezing over.
Hopefully there will be a lot of crab emojis on social media soon
More sugar. MORE.
Too bad all of his muscles didn't freeze. I'm talking about his heart.
his heart froze long ago, if he ever had one too begin with.
It's ok guys the McConnell bot just had a malfunction and needed to be reset...
vaxxed? /s
He was just playing the "Errrrr" game.
We seriously need to just toss all of these corpses in politics into the incinerator already.
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His transmitter just lost connection to the illuminati servers for a few minutes, nothing to worry about.
Time for the home. Hopefully one of the ones you hear about all the time.
it'd be great if this was caused by too many forest fire 2.5 pm particulates breaking into the brain. Climate change karma.
In a different timeline, both DeSantis and McConnell died within a few days of each other...
Yikes
ai recursive loop lockup. it happens. conspiracy #9
Looks like Johannes Schlüter switched from Bush-Pilot to McConnell-Pilot and fell asleep on his job again.
Most of the comments here are examples of what’s wrong with American politics. How can you, despite your political views, watch this video and be so spiteful?
I dislike, disapprove and disagree with the man on every level. But I do not enjoy watching this.
I mean the man is directly responsible for blocking several Supreme Court justices from being appointed while Obama was president, which led to roe v wade being overturned so uh, Moscow Mitch couldn’t drop dead any faster in my opinion.
I am not going to reply to everybody. But most of the comments - yours too - underline my point.
For me, politics is about creating something better together. Alienating others in the way that's being expressed here achieves absolutely nothing. It creates no improvement, only more hatred and division.
One big problem with American politics is the polarization between the individuals who should be collaborating. You too are part of the problem with this approach and almost every comment in this thread is just fuel for the fire for someone else.
It's simple. Him and his policies and actions hurt the most vulnerable of communities. I wish we could see him brutally beaten to death by the folks he's disenfranchised, but I guess we'll have to settle for watching him stroke out and shit his pants on television.
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The worst part is that only scratches the surface of the damage he is responsible for. Fuck him sideways with electroboom's magic wand
As opposed to what? Being compassionate towards this piece of political garbage? I can't wait till he's in the ground.
Being callous about bad things happening to objectively evil people isn't even close to the top ten worst things about American politics. These people should know what we think of them, they literally put themselves into the public as servants to the public, by their own choice, and for a great personal profit. They manged to dodge all other accountability, I will not hold my tongue in the name of some imaginary sense of decorum because somones having a rough time after decades of putting thier constituents in rougher times. Ya get what you give, and it's his turn to get.
They actively work on keeping half the country in border line poverty.
Yeah they need to fucking die off already. And as they do, nobody will shed a single tear because fuck 'em.
His politics and actions in while power have been particularly spiteful towards people not on ‘his side’ or of his ‘station’, despite the fact that we’re supposed to be the United States of America. He hasn’t done a lot to garner good will from me.
The man literally, openly wants me to die.
I'm not allowed to reciprocate?
Fuck that.
I reserve my compassion for human beings. If Mitch McConnell ever had any humanity, he sold it a very long time ago.
I think what separates us from people like him, is that we can be empathetic about a situation. We can see human suffering and be like "Yea, that sucks"
He is clearly unwell and should be getting help, not doing press conferences and making political decisions.
Sure. But it's also a fact that he is personally responsible for causing the repeal of Roe vs. Wade leading to multiple deaths and untold suffering. It's very much a situation where I can't blame anyone wishing him harm as he has by his actions caused harm to others. FAFO applies.
I will never forget the look of absolute giddy glee as he was excitedly explaining to Colbert how SuperPACs allow for unlimited anonymous dark money to be funneled into his coffers.
This man has done untold damage and is responsible for an incalculable number of deaths. My empathy does not extend to objective evil.
I agree, but I also recognize that people need to vent their anger and frustration.
it's called schadenfreude, and most people have some sense of it, especially when it comes to seeing bad things happen to people who richly deserve it.
Nobody enjoys watching mitch mconel.
At least theres some comfort in knowing it might die soon.
Have you been conscious since 2016? If so, maybe you’d understand people being a little bit spiteful.
You're being downvoted but I agree with you. This man is a garbage human and don't agree with him on anything politically, but I don't understand how anyone can put themselves above others and revel in another person's suffering. I say this as a McConnell hater, but I may also be biased. I had a stroke at 30, which caused epilepsy from the damage later. It fucking sucks and I couldn't wish that on anyone.
This person empathizes. Thank you.
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I have empathy. I don't want McConnell to suffer. I just want him gone for the sake of the country. That doesn't have to be death; he could simply retire and stop being the vampire on democracy that he is.
Wow. That does not look good.
Can we have some term limits, please?
Can you imagine how many problems simple term limits would fix?
Term limits empower lobbyists and career staffers and encourage legislators to give less of a shit about their constituents. I know "career politician" is often considered a dirty word, but having competent, knowledgeable elected officials is a good thing.
I don't think term limits will solve anything near what people pitching term limits as a panacea think they will solve.
the tribe wont allow this
Do you think Trump could have beaten Obama in 2016?
Dude went full Beaker.
I hope y'all remember this when you ask for Bernie Sanders geriatric ass again
Bernie, Joe, and the other guy are all within 4 years of age with each other. Bernie is the only one in that group who's decided NOT to run, so I'm not sure why you're singling him out. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Generally the opinion I've seen from his supporters is that he can do better from his current position and that his chance at the presidency has passed.
When there's only one politician of any consequence out there who represents your views....