1 yr. ago • 96%

Sen. Mitch McConnell appears to freeze again at a Kentucky event

www.nbcnews.com Sen. Mitch McConnell appears to freeze again at a Kentucky event

The Republican leader was silent for more than 30 seconds after being asked if he will run for re-election. He froze at a news conference in July.

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.

Politics @beehaw.org Sen. Mitch McConnell appears to freeze again at a Kentucky event

98 comments

If that behavior is typical, he belongs in a home, certainly not Congress.

110
- unfortunately that behavior is more and more typical... in congress
  
  60
- 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.
  
  0
- Absence seizures are pretty benign. I knew a classmate who used to get them back in high school. She was totally competent. Looks exactly like what happens to Mitch
  
  -6
I mean, why not have a dying sociopath representing us?..

98
- We had an Alzheimer's patient as president, so this is just the status quo.
  
  37
  
  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.
  
  29
- 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"
  
  12
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.

85
- I hope they're painful. He deserves it.
  
  37
  
  McConnell is a partisan hack and an absolute hypocrite, whose actions in the Senate have damaged the country in far-reaching ways.
  
  I aim to be better than him in every way, including not being happy about his physical pain or other complications due to medical issues.
  
  Edit: Really, setting aside the mild editorializing, McConnell did not choose to experience medical problems. We can disagree fervently with the choices he does make, and criticize in the context of those choices as much as we want. It is wrong to criticize or wish ill of people when those criticisms are in the context of something not chosen.
  
  That is rightly offensive when the context is race, gender, LGBTQ+, physical (mental should arguably be here, too) disability. It's equally offensive when the context is illness or some other medical concern.
  
  12
- I think he's having focal seizures actually. Which usually late in life is caused by a brain tumour or something.
  
  9
  
  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).
  
  6
- 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.
  
  8
The children’s blood he drinks is probably deficient in iron and magnesium.

70
- The vaccines depleted the adrenochrome supply. Hardest of /s.
  
  23
  
  Someone was talking about adrenochrome at my work last night. Thought my head was going to explode.
  
  9
- I always thought he would look like this when eating
  
  6
- You're confusing him with a democrat. /s
  
  5
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.

56
- Yay older people on Lemmy! High five.
  
  17
  
  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.
  
  9
- 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.
  
  16
  
  I agree. They both need to retire, along with some others. Leaving us with the young insane ones.
  
  1
- he's like 1.5 generations separate from you, don't worry. not that he represents people his age either
  
  3
  
  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.
  
  1
The older they get, the more senile they become

43
- 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.
  
  32
  
  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
  
  9
  
  Weird. Diane Feinstein has the same issue and she doesn't have many apologists.
  
  4
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.

42
Will somebody please reboot Mitch again?

All that Russian malware in him is really fucking things up.

41
- Will somebody please reboot Mitch again?
  
  What if we didn't? Just let this thing run its course?
  
  17
  
  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.
  
  6
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.

34
- It's uncanny!
  
  5
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.

27
- 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.
  
  38
  
  Well said.
  
  If anything, this is one small, token bit of karmic justice that we're witnessing.
  
  8
- but one still feels some compassion for and old man losing the plot
  
  Maybe one does, but that's probably about the limit.
  
  17
- 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.
  
  11
- 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
  
  9
Who had two simultaneous weekend at Bernie's situations in the US senate on their Bingo card?

27
People will suffer and die because of his decisions. Lovely.

23
"A reboot is required to complete installation of at least one update.". Always happens at the worst time.

22
- 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.
  
  15
  
  If anyone is interested, he's running the P operating system. Otherwise known as POS.
  
  3
Seeing him freeze up was like watching the equivalent of a human blue screening. Have you tried turning your politician off and on again?

22
- Naw you need to hit it in the back of the head to reset it.
  
  2
Even with his mental health declining, he's probably still against mental health care for US citizens.

22
- Doesn't matter to him, he gets his regardless.
  
  9
- 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.
  
  -7
  
  Profoundly false--McCain famously defied Trump to save the ACA.
  
  https://youtu.be/hT2pp_KrJGg?si=Zdonan0ZUO0PeMjn
  
  13
  
  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/
  
  11
The only reason he didn't fall down is that it would require him to let a motion reach the floor.

19
poopt his pants

16
- twice now. Need another diaper
  
  7
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?

16
- 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.
  
  21
  
  They’ve been planning for this eventuality. The state legislature passed a law requiring the governor to appoint someone of the same party.
  
  11
  
  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.
  
  4
- 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.
  
  5
- Pretty much a matter of people actually voting and republicans being less successful at voter suppression.
  
  1
Sometimes the ghosts catch up to him.

10
I think he's having focal seizures.

6
Lmfao

6
"Glitch McConnell"

(Stolen proudly from another thread. Will credit f I can find it again!)

5
4
Anyone else remember the shit about Hillary that McConnells right would not shut the fuck up about? Anyone?

3
He looks a lot like Adrian Ripburger from Full Throttle with that massive upper lip gap.

2
Lemme guess: he ran out of unicorn blood again...

2
Permanently Deleted

-1
- Hard to have any compassion for him considering the purposeful damage he's done to Americans and their quality of life over his career.
  
  6
- He and Feinstein both need to retire. When a person is clearly unable to fulfill their duties, is time to go.
  
  3

You've viewed 98 comments.