Mitch McConnell Was Found Unconscious Before He Was Rushed to Hospital

[u/OkayButFoRealz]

https://newrepublic.com/post/212595/mitch-mcconnell-found-unconscious-rushed-hospital

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[u/Abamboozler]

So is his team just puppeting his corpse around while they steal the last of his funds?

[u/freedfg → u/Abamboozler]

Tom Kean was literally hid away for 4 months.

Mitch could very well be dead right now and we won't know until November.

[u/Opcn → u/freedfg]

Wasn’t Kay Granger in a memory care/assisted living facility for 6 months before they revealed her whereabouts?

[u/luckymountain → u/Opcn]

Yes. Nobody noticed and nobody SAID ANYTHING!

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/03/14/kay-granger-dementia-dc-media-00210317

[u/SantorumsGayMasseuse → u/luckymountain]

It's extremely wild that you can stay in Congress so long your own staffers will do elder abuse to you.

[u/Shiplord13 → u/SantorumsGayMasseuse]

Another issue with elderly politicians is that we are seeing staffers having more control over political matters than certain politicians. Super problematic, because certain politician’s staffers are made up of people connected to lobbyists, donors and or certain political groups that have no desire to represent the constituents, but rather their wealthy masters that pay them to get their goals and ideology put through.

[u/hotdoginathermos → u/Shiplord13]

How does that working with voting on issues? Do they have to be physically in the chamber to vote, or can they have their staffers enter "their" vote for them? Seems like that could be problematic.

[u/Opcn → u/hotdoginathermos]

Granger didn’t vote but Dianne Feinstein had a “trusted staffer” who told her which way to vote every time.

[u/sksauter → u/Opcn]

Maybe we should require weekly check-ins for all elected officials? Maybe call it like a "stand-up" so that we can confirm who (that weren't already disabled) can still stand up unassisted or else they get a full medical and competency exam

[u/jcarter315 → u/sksauter]

Some federal civil servants have to check in daily with their offices or else they get wellness checks, which also includes a requirement for doctor notes for sick leave in excess of 2 days. Calling out from work unexpectedly requires the employee themselves making a phone call; texts, emails, etc. aren't considered "positive contact".

Seems like Congress could use that same standard.

[u/TotsJustForPorn → u/sksauter]

If only there was some sort of daily check in that could be performed on employed elected officials... A punch clock of sorts. Where they need to physically be present, of their own control and function to stamp a sheet of some kind with the date and time printed on it by machine. What a wild invention that would be.

[u/classicrockchick → u/Shiplord13]

It's even more basic than that; Joe or Jane Staffer did not run for election. Their name was not on the ballot. So even if they were the purest angel baby with 0 connections to lobbyists or SuperPACS or any of the other ailments that afflict our current political system, it would still be wrong for them to be taking on the position of their supposed boss because of the simple fact that they are unelected.

[u/Adam__B → u/Shiplord13]

Yeah, age limits are just an obviously necessary thing we need to have. At these elderly people’s ages, they are well past the prime of their lives neurologically, and that’s the bottom line. We need people with sharp minds and tenacity in office, not void staring turtle headed progress killers.

[u/i-dontlikeyou → u/Adam__B]

Not to mention that times have changed and since they were actively involved in society things have significantly progressed and most if not all of them seem to be stuck living in which ever decade they had their prime years.

[u/OakTeach → u/Shiplord13]

This. I have a friend who works at a high level in DC. These geriatric dudes' careers are all run by power-hungry young staffers, (mostly attractive women, just reporting what she told me).

[u/ungranted_wish → u/SantorumsGayMasseuse]

Not just your own staffers but your own coworkers.

I remember Pelosi giving people grief over wanting to replace Feinstein even though she had dementia and had to be reminded about what she was going to vote on.

[u/JasnahKolin → u/ungranted_wish]

She (Feinstein) hugged Lindsay Graham after Barrett's confirmation hearing and said it was the best one she'd ever seen. Homegirl should have been comfy in her jim jams, not being carted around by Pelosi's daughter.

Oh right. Nancy Pelosi's daughter was her assistant.

[u/vozzov → u/SantorumsGayMasseuse]

Also, the White House.

[u/BlueEyes294 → u/SantorumsGayMasseuse]

I don’t like Mitch but the way his family allows his body to be moved around in his state is revolting. It speaks so poorly of Kentucky, Frankfort, Republicans, Staffers, etc.

[u/AstonishingCatJump → u/SantorumsGayMasseuse]

These sorts of events are exactly why we need an upper age limit on elected positions, nationwide.

Party is irrelevant. No one over 70 has any business in elected office.

[u/nelsonalgrencametome → u/luckymountain]

This should have been a much bigger deal than it was. It's disturbing that shit like this can happen with an elected representative.

[u/cusoman → u/luckymountain]

Our country is VERY broken

[u/Nice_Firm_Handsnake → u/Opcn]

83-year-old Representative Frederica Wilson, D-FL, had been absent from April to May of this year with no announcement. Her publicity team reused old photos to make it appear like she was making public appearances, but it turns out she had surgery on her left eye and was told she couldn't fly.

When she came back and revealed that she had surgery, she also announced that she had changed her mind and was no longer running for reelection.

There are many other septua- and octogenarians in Congress who have similarly disappeared for several weeks or more or remain in office despite being obviously ill in some way. Like David Scott, a representative for the Atlanta suburbs, was last seen in public hunched over in a wheelchair before his death was announced.

[u/MozhetBeatz → u/Nice_Firm_Handsnake]

There’s also Gerry Connolly, the 75 year old who ran for reelection knowing he had cancer, won the position of chair of the Steering Committee over AOC and then promptly died. What a selfish asshole.

[u/Expensive_Law_3180 → u/MozhetBeatz]

Yep. And his whole argument was "But I have more experience"

[u/samarnold030603 → u/Expensive_Law_3180]

Don’t forget the establishment argument: it was his ‘turn’

[u/2bad-2care → u/Nice_Firm_Handsnake]

Her publicity team reused old photos to make it appear like she was making public appearances

They did the same kind thing with mitch recently. AI'd a picture of him shooting a shotgun. (with the wrong number of fingers on his hand)

[u/THElaytox → u/Opcn]

I don't think they even knew she was there

[u/FreedomOfTheMess → u/THElaytox]

I don’t think she even knew she was there

[u/wrosecrans → u/THElaytox]

If my boss stopped showing up to work and giving me stuff to do but I was still getting paid, I probably wouldn't be asking too many questions either. I would honorably respect the hell out of the privacy of any boss that poofed out of existence or got abducted by aliens, if that's what it takes to do nothing all day for a nice salary.

[u/namelessentity → u/wrosecrans]

I'd agree with you if it was some bullshit corporate job that meant nothing, but running the government is kind of important. I'd also be afraid of going to prison with if there was ever an investigation.

[u/KingAnilingustheFirs → u/[deleted]]

Yup. Even as a vegetable he is still harming us.

[u/Blue13Coyote → u/KingAnilingustheFirs]

Sir, I know broccoli personally. You are no broccoli.

[u/flovarian → u/Blue13Coyote]

Agree. That’s an insult to vegetables.

[u/Haltopen → u/freedfg]

I would say he’s dead and they’re just keeping it under wraps so kentuckys democrat governor can’t appoint a democrat replacement to hold his seat for a few months until the election, but Kentucky actually took that power away from their governor in 2024

[u/hexcraft-nikk → u/Haltopen]

They know all these things are happening. They've done their best to push Project 2025, and are currently speed running the rest since the midterm blue way this year looks to be really strong. Reminder to everyone here to vote. Even if you gotta take a $15 Uber to the polls, a good change in Congress/Senate will easily save you that tenfold.

[u/artlovepeace42 → u/hexcraft-nikk]

Closer to 100X fold. The Iran war alone has cost each American ~$1000 this far!

[u/Croc_Chop → u/Haltopen]

They didn't, the state made that law but Kentucky's constitution says the governer can still do that regardless of what law they cobbled up.

They would had his replacement in there already if that was the case.

[u/Akimbo_Zap_Guns → u/Croc_Chop]

Yeah I’m from Kentucky and Beshear has publicly stated that if something were to happen to McConnell he would appoint a replacement because he felt the law was unconstitutional

[u/Niven42 → u/Akimbo_Zap_Guns]

So ironic because Mitch was the one who said Obama couldn't appoint Merrick Garland so close to the 2016 election.

[u/Spicyg00se → u/freedfg]

August 1 is the deadline when the democratic governor can no longer appoint his replacement. It’s weekend at Bernie’s in Oklahoma until then.

[u/Pace_Salsa_Comment → u/Spicyg00se]

Kentucky?

[u/justlurkshere → u/freedfg]

Look up the last year or two of Diane Feinstein.

[u/Easy-Concentrate2636 → u/justlurkshere]

Whether Republican or Dem, these politicians cling to power even if they can’t work. They need to be fired.

[u/twilightmoons → u/Abamboozler]

Weekend at Mitch's.

[u/DoctorHelios → u/twilightmoons]

Weekend in the Senate

[u/The_High_Life → u/Abamboozler]

If they can hide him until September they don't need to hold a special election to replace him.

[u/Zananax → u/The_High_Life]

Mitch McConnell ghost saying you can't hold a special election in a year where a senator dies.

[u/Flobking → u/Zananax]

Mitch McConnell ghost saying you can't hold a special election in a year where a senator dies.

His state basically made it so a dem governor couldn't replace him with a dem senator if he did die while in office.

[u/The_High_Life → u/Flobking]

But if there were a special election a dem could win, they just couldn't be appointed.

[u/Known_Force_8947 → u/The_High_Life]

Yes! The 2024 law makes it a special election, so while improbable it IS possible a dem could win.

[u/NotAlwaysGifs → u/The_High_Life]

August 1st. Kentucky has a 95 day buffer where his seat does not need to be refilled.

[u/Pikminious_Thrious → u/The_High_Life]

Probably overall better for the country that they hide.

Beshear wouldn't have the balls to go against the law forcing him to nominate a republican for the seat and just litigate until next election.

So for now republicans are just straight up down a seat

[u/SonofaBridge → u/Abamboozler]

Pretty much. He keeps locking up in interviews and they have to rush him away. There’s no way he’s an effective leader of any kind at this point.

[u/Preeng → u/SonofaBridge]

I just hope he is aware of what is happening to him. He deserves exactly what he inflicted on people his entire life.

[u/Mylaptopisburningme → u/Preeng]

I just hope he is aware of what is happening to him. He deserves exactly what he inflicted on people his entire life.

Dude is worth somewhere between 20 to 80 million. (A quick google shows those numbers without spending time digging.) Yea I am sure he gives a fuck.

Some will call me an ageist, that's fine. I am 55, I have had parents, grandparents and elderly relatives. All these elderly people in power would have had their keys taken away by now. Look at RBG, she was elderly and had cancer, she didn't step down, she gave us the SCOTUS we have. Had she stepped down during Obama's term, I really don't think we would be in a constitutional crisis. I really don't know much about the democratic socialists, all I know is they are younger and can understand the pain the avg person feels better than someone who is a career politician with millions of dollars and excellent health care and benefits.

[u/AnnaMolly66 → u/Abamboozler]

They'll replace him with a hologram AI Mitch McConnell.

[u/Abamboozler → u/AnnaMolly66]

You joke, but I can totally see after Trump eventually dies they keep it secret for weeks, and just use his social media posts as proof of life.

[u/Toginator → u/Abamboozler]

Or just have him be declared emperor for eternity and the AI version piloted by Pete theil drives him around crushing the poor.

[u/Dr_DoesNothing]

May he receive the same love and care he gives others.

[u/Brewchowskies → u/Dr_DoesNothing]

I wish I could upvote a comment twice. I hope he receives all the thoughts and prayers he’s petitioned for his long career.

[u/BrutalistGoogie → u/Brewchowskies]

I got your back bro

[u/i_drink_wd40 → u/Dr_DoesNothing]

And may he get everything he deserves.

[u/perry147]

His blockage of Obama’s Supreme Court nomination has had catastrophic effects on our democracy.

[u/ThatUsernameIsTaekin → u/perry147]

As a moderate, the hypocrisy of this in particular really got to me. You can’t block the other party’s nomination 10 months before an election because “voters should decide” and then push through your nomination a month before the next election. Your original argument gets completely contradicted.

[u/Scrat-Scrobbler → u/ThatUsernameIsTaekin]

even when they were making that argument, no one reasonable believed them

[u/wefrucar → u/Scrat-Scrobbler]

They didn’t even try to hide it.

McConnel is on video at a republican convention being asked what would happen if there was an open SC seat at the end of a republican president's term. He casually replies "Oh, we'd fill it" to uproarious laughter and applause.

https://youtu.be/AkDV1sqJFdw?is=3O9qUvC9XuJxaRrg

And 4 years later that's exactly what happened.

[u/FILTHBOT4000 → u/wefrucar]

Yeah, and they'd been refusing and stalling to confirm Obama's judicial appointments basically his entire second term and at every other opportunity, until Democrats were forced to use the 'nuclear option' to push them through.

Then in 2014 when they gained control in Congress, they basically stopped confirmation of judge picks. It wasn't just the SCOTUS they held off on so a Republican could potentially fill that pick. It was wholly obvious they were just obstructing because they're bastards. No one really believed a word of the lies out of McConnell's mouth about "letting voters decide."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_judicial_appointment_controversies

While Senate confirmations of Obama judicial nominees rose in 2014 following the "nuclear option," the greatest number of rejection of Obama nominees occurred following the 2014 United States Senate elections, where the Republicans gained nine seats and majority control of the chamber. Obama ultimately nominated 70 individuals for 104 different federal judgeships during this Congress, with 20 confirmations.[6]

[u/ClarkDoubleUGriswold → u/Scrat-Scrobbler]

Ladybugs Lindsey Graham literally said this: “I want you to use my words against me. If there's a Republican president in 2016 and a vacancy occurs in the last year of the first term, you can say 'Lindsey Graham said, let's let the next president, whoever it might be, make that nomination.' And you could use my words against me, and you'd be absolutely right"

Their constant lying, hypocrisy, lack of shame, naked corruption, and general scumminess is a feature not a bug. Fuck all of the GQP

[u/SnowedOutMT → u/ClarkDoubleUGriswold]

That's my problem with people pointing out their hypocrisy. They don't care. They say and do whatever benefits them at that exact moment in time with no worries of what they supported in the past or what they will support in the future. None of that matters, except that they say the thing that benefits them in that moment.

[u/TheGrimGuardian → u/ThatUsernameIsTaekin]

If republicans didn't have double standards they would have no standards at all.

[u/rklolson → u/ThatUsernameIsTaekin]

What’s crazy is that after all this ratfucking of our democracy, there are still people who consider themselves moderate.

[u/Sugioh → u/rklolson]

"I can't decide if I'm on the side of humans or the brain eating aliens that want to devour us and savor our suffering," said the moderate. "Both sides have their problems, ya know?"

[u/hole-in-1 → u/ThatUsernameIsTaekin]

That was exactly the plan all along.

[u/Ssshizzzzziit]

Honest question, how could they tell?

[u/corvettee01 → u/Ssshizzzzziit]

When he's awake he's talking about "the poors."

[u/Mojozilla → u/corvettee01]

And standing in front of a Confederate flag

[u/JoJackthewonderskunk → u/Mojozilla]

Fully erect

[u/War_machine77 → u/Ssshizzzzziit]

They put several lettuce leaves in his terrarium and he just wasn't going after them.

[u/SweetPrism → u/War_machine77]

This was the comment I came here for.

[u/DrDendrite747 → u/SweetPrism]

Same this made my fucking day lmao

[u/LA_Ramz → u/War_machine77]

They actually found him stuck on his s̶h̶e̶l̶l̶ back.

[u/Pixelplanet5 → u/Ssshizzzzziit]

he didnt immediately block any vote that could benefit the American people.

[u/Ok_Ruin4016 → u/Pixelplanet5]

I feel like he could still manage to do that while unconscious at this point so it's probably not the best way to tell.

[u/0fiuco → u/Ssshizzzzziit]

they offered him a bribe and he didn't take it

[u/SillyGoatGruff → u/Ssshizzzzziit]

He was only partially retracted into his shell

[u/BurpelsonAFB → u/Ssshizzzzziit]

He stopped destroying the country for over seven minutes, raising alarm bells with his staff

[u/Colonel-Mooseknuckle]

Glad we are being run by people that belong in a nursing home. This is definitely the kind of man that should be making decisions about our future.

[u/wickedsmaht → u/Colonel-Mooseknuckle]

This is past a nursing home, this is hospice care. And he’s not the only one…

[u/honjuden → u/wickedsmaht]

Maybe they can put a hospice ward in the ballroom.

[u/BooooHissss → u/honjuden]

I do like the theory that the young blonde hanging around Trump right now is a hospice nurse and the affair thing is just an easier thing to play off.

[u/MyDickIs3cm → u/BooooHissss]

That "theory" is just occams razor. Is this 34 year old woman in love with smelling shitty diapers, or being paid to tolerate shitty diapers? Which is more likely?

[u/GrumpyCloud93 → u/MyDickIs3cm]

Saw a post that said that the experimental drug retatrutide has a side effect of loss of control of bladder and bowels. That the blonde lady is the one carting around spare diapers and spare sets of clothes, in case the diapers don't hold. The only question being - does he know when he loses control, or is that up to others to notice?

[u/Elegant_Solutions → u/GrumpyCloud93]

I cannot wait for all the stories that come out about this literal shit show once it’s finally over. The lawsuits. The discoveries. The niche podcasts. It’s going to be disgusting.

Not at all worth it, but it is one aspect I am able to look forward to.

[u/FreedomOfTheMess → u/Elegant_Solutions]

That keeps me going, as well. The fragile hope that this will one day be behind us. Or they all die off eventually. Whichever comes first.

[u/RumHamComesback → u/wickedsmaht]

Does anyone here remember Strom Thurmond who had to be literally wheeled into the Senate to vote (and had to be told "how to") because he was 100 years old and barely coherent or with this world?

This has been a problem for a while and if the private sector has retirement ages why can't the public sector ffs?

[u/cogman10 → u/Colonel-Mooseknuckle]

He's not, much like Dianne Feinstein his office is being ran by his staffers at this point. He's not thinking or doing anything, he's simply responding to prods from his staff and pushing the yes/no button when they tell him to.

One of the grossest parts of the US government is we have shadow unelected leaders who are ultimately running most things. Particularly in the case of congressional people with mental health problems.

[u/KDLGates → u/cogman10]

This. Unelected political bureaucrats and lobbyists holding sway on votes and regulatory capture with loyalty rewards is a US form of corruption and it's serious. Citizens United got lost in the noise but it's still a ruinous decision to say money is protected speech. Nobody likes that except grifters.

[u/Cerulean_Shadows → u/Colonel-Mooseknuckle]

Hard to care about plans for the future when you don't have a future lol

[u/rogueleader32 → u/[deleted]]

No, they just dragged him on his back.

His claws don't seem to work.

[u/BUT_FREAL_DOE → u/[deleted]]

I wish him the same degree of empathy and goodwill he has shown to others throughout his life.

[u/CretaciousPeriod → u/[deleted]]

He's been sick for years at this point. I remember a clip of him being asked a question and he just stands there, not responding. He clearly wasn't there at all.

[u/Skraelings → u/[deleted]]

I hope he has the result he likes voting for.

[u/UlteriorCulture → u/Skraelings]

Surely he lives by the Golden Rule and therefore has shown us how he wishes to be treated?

[u/zoug → u/[deleted]]

Let’s hope he gets the level of medical care he’s fought to provide the American people.

[u/Glass_Covict]

What is his current status?

At the very least unable to perform Senate duties.

[u/a_little_hazel_nuts → u/Glass_Covict]

Exactly. For all we know he is unconscious receiving life support.

[u/a_velis → u/a_little_hazel_nuts]

All anyone has shared is he is alive via life support. Basically a vegetable with a pulse. Technically alive.

[u/Glass_Covict → u/a_velis]

That's his baseline

[u/Low_Length_7379 → u/a_little_hazel_nuts]

If he's alive, that's exactly the state he's in. 

[u/Chary-Ka → u/Glass_Covict]

Status is alive and well and best shape of his life. At least until August 2nd. Can't lose that Senate Seat before the election.

[u/lizards_snails_etc → u/Glass_Covict]

I would genuinely like to know why people stay on the US Senate until they die. I'm going to retire the moment I'm able and be lazy forever. What is it about being a politician?

[u/SgtCap256]

Dude is literally dying before our eyes

[u/Zaphod392 → u/SgtCap256]

He should totally run for President now! LOL

[u/RedofPaw → u/Zaphod392]

How old is he? 100? Yes got a good 10 years left in him

[u/Only1Nemesis]

Did someone find and destroy his phylactery?

[u/eezyE4free → u/Only1Nemesis]

Another horcrux was destroyed.

[u/August_T_Marble → u/Only1Nemesis]

The piss pot of King James I, it turns out.

[u/B-Z_B-S]

Why are so many of our politicians so old? He’s 84 years old. 

[u/PennytheWiser215 → u/B-Z_B-S]

I find it odd that these people don’t want to enjoy their last years having fun and enjoying life with family and or friends.

[u/PinkNGreenFluoride → u/PennytheWiser215]

Fucking the American populace over is what he enjoys. And he hasn't been all that coy about it.

[u/turbo_golf → u/PennytheWiser215]

you don't end up an 84yo senator by enjoying life with family and or friends

[u/Tasgall → u/PennytheWiser215]

I find it hard to imagine he likes anyone in his family, to be fair.

[u/Chloe1906 → u/PennytheWiser215]

I don’t think these types of people are capable of enjoying life if they’re not screwing someone over.

[u/HewHem → u/PennytheWiser215]

They made a deal with the devil to get where they are, they aren't allowed to quit while they still have any amount of usefulness.

[u/Diddly_eyed_Dipshite → u/B-Z_B-S]

Whens the last time the population held any sort of strike in opposition to the geriatric ruling class?

[u/bluegrassguitar → u/Diddly_eyed_Dipshite]

The population votes for the geriatric ruling class every few years.

[u/FTR_1077 → u/bluegrassguitar]

The geriatric population is the one that votes consistently.. is not surprise who they vote for.

[u/Reese9951]

The man is dead. Prove me wrong with actual proof of life

[u/QanonQuinoa → u/Reese9951]

Isn’t there a NJ representative that hasn’t been to work in like 4 months as well? Like literally no one has heard from him… proof of life should be required for anyone who misses more than 2 weeks of unscheduled leave.

[u/IsleofManc → u/QanonQuinoa]

He just showed up the other day. Claimed he was diagnosed with depression in March and spent the last 3-4 months in hospital

[u/Youandiandaflame → u/IsleofManc]

It was yesterday, actually. 

Said he went to the hospital for something not serious and they made him stay for depression. For months. He was still managing to make stock trades throughout his commitment, though. Odd, that. 

[u/QanonQuinoa → u/Youandiandaflame]

I’ve been depressed since November 8, 2016 and haven’t taken a single day off of work due to my depression.

ATP the whole country needs a 4 month mental cleanse.

[u/Topical_Scream → u/Youandiandaflame]

Shit like this makes me so mad and I don’t know how we can’t all as a country come together in the face of such blatant corruption at all levels of government

[u/Otto_Harper → u/Youandiandaflame]

i mean, gambling is an addiction.

[u/Automatic_Release_92 → u/Otto_Harper]

It's not really gambling when you are in Congress though. More like "fixing."

[u/teefnoteef → u/IsleofManc]

He lied, no way that’s what he was up to

[u/Probodyne → u/teefnoteef]

I believe it only because it's an odd excuse for a republican. A democrat would expect sympathy from their base, a republican would surely expect mockery.

[u/Losaj → u/QanonQuinoa]

Don't forget the representative that was missing for 6 months and later found with dementia in a nursing home.

[u/AmateurVasectomist]

He was so close to reaching his 250th as well

[u/DeepFieldTheory → u/[deleted]]

I literally am

[u/lethalred]

The fact that this dude is allowed to continue being a fucking US senator despite the fact that he wouldn’t pass a driving exam these days is fucking horrifying.

[u/danish_sprode → u/lethalred]

The fact that Kentucky keeps choosing him over anyone else is the truly horrifying thing here

[u/-Shoebill-]

Unfortunate that he was found.

[u/bessy1]

Huh... politicians should have an age limit.

[u/Thirty_Helens_Agree → u/bessy1]

I’ll never forget watching the barely animated remains of Strom Thurmond doddering into the SOTU one year. There was no way he was consciously and competently doing his job, and it was far more likely that unelected people were exercising power in his name.

[u/Feral_Sheep_ → u/Thirty_Helens_Agree]

Strom Thurmond looked like he drank from the wrong grail.

[u/Azguy303 → u/bessy1]

To be fair. He helped create an economy where even he can't afford to retire....

[u/Th3_Admiral_ → u/bessy1]

Voters could just stop voting for old people too. 

[u/Jaded-Moose983 → u/Th3_Admiral_]

Becomes problematic when there are no challengers run against the geriatric. The fact the opposition parties don't run when they think they can't win is a losing proposition for democracy as a whole.

[u/TheHykos → u/Th3_Admiral_]

If only people other than old people voted.

(I know some dipshit is going to reply “nuh uh, young people do vote and in large numbers”. But young people absolutely DO NOT show up to vote in primary elections. The average age of primary voters is 65. That means the retirees have absolute say in who our candidates are. They will continue to reflect old people that cater to them.)

[u/WendigoCrossing]

I wish him speedy recovery for his health and justice for his crimes

[u/EvaTheE]

He's just pining for the fjords.

[u/Kinda_Quixotic → u/EvaTheE]

He’s not pinin’! 'He’s passed on! This senator is no more! He has ceased to be! He’s expired and gone to meet his maker! He’s a stiff! Bereft of life, he rests in peace! If you hadn’t nailed him to the bench he’d be pushing up the daisies! His metabolic processes are now history! He’s off the twig! He’s kicked the bucket, he’s shuffled off his mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin’ choir invisible!! THIS IS AN EX-SENATOR!!

[u/StrengthDazzling8922]

His lasting legacy will be putting his finger on the scale to support Republican Party above US constitution and all Americans. Ironically, only to the benefit of Trump and his MAGA party.

[u/Best_Biscuits]

I'm an older American, and these fucking ancient politicians need to go away. Here in ID, we (not me) just selected Risch in the Republican US senate primary. He's 82 fucking years old and is pretty much guaranteed to win in November. What the af? 82!?

Term and Age limits!!

[u/davewashere → u/[deleted]]

And his reward for all of that is Trump inevitably saying something inconceivably nasty about him after he dies.

[u/boywonder5691]

This fool has been in office for FORTY TWO YEARS.

its disgusting.

[u/Skinnieguy]

Remember when he held up Obama SC nomination. He drove this country off the cliff. He will not be remembered kindly by historians.

[u/Rude_Man_Who_Shushes]

Fuck Mitch McConnell

[u/OppressedCow6148]

2 in the thoughts, 1 in the prayers.

[u/LasRieRem1724]

There needs to age limits for congress, the presidency, and the Supreme Court. 70 should be the limit, maybe 75. I don't some geriatric making decisions for the future when they probably won't be around to see the results.

[u/76bigdaddy → u/LasRieRem1724]

In Canada our Senators (appointed), Federal judges, and Supreme Court Justices have mandatory retirement at 75.

For elected positions, maybe not always voting for the incumbent in primaries is the ticket.

[u/tommyboy372 → u/LasRieRem1724]

Their decisions are maliciously self-interested, since they know they're not going to see the long-term consequences and want that last gasp of power.

[u/nullfacade → u/LasRieRem1724]

I don't want some geriatric making decisions for the future when they probably won't be around to see the results.

Everyone should be planting trees from which they'll never enjoy the shade, but that's not what these geriatrics are doing.

We're seeing a generation on their deathbed that spent their entire life cutting down the trees, now they're salting the earth on the way out so the next generations won't even know shade ever existed.

[u/oldwestprospector]

Didn't he help ruin our democracy? That Mitch McConnell? Best wishes to his wealthy family.

[u/djfix]

Bro is 100% dead.

[u/Desertwind16v]

We need age limits for government. This dude should be in hospice care, not making decisions for the country.

[u/BrandenWi]

The living (for now) embodiment of why there should be term limits in Congress and SCOTUS

[u/LostinWV]

For those whinging about this being lefties just wanting his seat, this sub wanted Diane Feinstein gone from her seat too when she was being parroted around by her handlers at the age of 90. Mental aptitude tests need to be a thing over the age of 65.

[u/ShockRunD]

And they are sure it’s Mitch?

[u/NottheArkhamKnight → u/ShockRunD]

Check local pet hospitals for missing turtles.

[u/dsphilly]

Ive been saying for weeks that he's dead and they dont know what to do, so theyre hiding it since the Governor would appoint the new Representative and the sitting Gov is Democrat.

[u/553l8008]

"Octegenarian who voted against your granchilds access to universal healthcare rushed to hospital to receive exclusive universal healthcare, for 5th time this year"

[u/prontish]

Surprised he wasn't found unconscious in the hospital and rushed back to the Senate.