Mitch McConnell's office said it's not a stroke or seizure, it's "stage fright"
#mcconnell #gop #republicans #memes

TheOnion: Point/Counterpoint: To My Constituents, My Health ... America ... Purple ... Bees vs. The Country ... Milkshake ... Vietnam ... Hello? https://www.theonion.com/point-counterpoint-to-my-constituents-my-health-ame-1850805188?utm_source=regular #georgeworshington #robertwashington #diannefeinstein #frankievalli #mcconnell #sherbet #monsday #jerry #elmer #jack

Can you even diagnose a seizure after it has happened through scans? I thought they would have to be actively scanning during the seizure to know if it happened. #McConnell

Capitol Hill Doctor says "no evidence" Mitch McConnell suffered a stroke https://politicaliq.com/2023/09/05/doctor-says-no-evidence-mitch-mcconnell-suffered-a-stroke/ #MitchMcConnell #McConnell #BrianPMonahan #CapitolHillDoctor #FreezingEpisodes #politicaliq #news #politics

@JuliusGoat

When talking about the McConnell legacy we NEED to address the misinformation that kept him in office, and interfered with so much other functioning of the Senate, from SCOTUS nominations through legislative progress.

Under Senate rules, not even the majority leader has free hand to dictate what happens.

We’ve had a generation of this myth that McConnell had such power, when he absolutely didn’t. BUT, it was a win-win-win-win to promote that myth.

D’s got to blame McConnell for their own failures, and fundraise off of his specter, R’s had McConnell get them out of tricky votes, the press got a ton of sensational stories out of the whole thing, and McConnell himself gained reelection without challenge.

All because we overlook that a simple majority of senators can override McConnell, just like any other senator, if they really wanted to.

It’s been sad to watch. Can we finally tear him, and the leader position, down now?

#USPolitics #Senate #McConnell #parliamentaryprocedure

Kentucky governor won't commit to GOP appointment if McConnell steps down

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/rcna103068

#KentuckyGovernor #GOPAppointment #McConnell #StepDown #PoliticalNews #KentuckyPolitics #Politics #News

“Mental Health Incompetence”: #Republicans Demand Mitch #McConnell Resign https://newrepublic.com/post/175328/republicans-resign-mitch-mcconnell-second-freezing-incident

Michael Tomasky predicts Republicans will throw Mitch McConnell under the bus. Why?:

"Donald Trump wants to talk, and talk, about Biden’s age. But he can’t do that effectively if his own party is keeping an 81-year-old man in his rigorous job. Especially when that 81-year-old man has had episodes like these last two.

And besides that, Trump hates McConnell, as we know."

#McConnell #Biden #Trump #Republicans #age

https://mailchi.mp/tnr/tr0nxklx3j-169203?e=3b92356f5b

TheOnion: Capitol Physician Medically Clears Mitch McConnell After Second Freezing Episode https://www.theonion.com/capitol-physician-medically-clears-mitch-mcconnell-afte-1850797343?utm_source=regular #mitchmcconnell #emilflocchini #kimberlygara #larshigdon #mcconnell

Nikki Haley Calls Senate A 'Privileged Nursing Home' After McConnell Freezes

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nikki-haley-mcconnell-senate-nursing-home_n_64f0fe36e4b03bdff3ae0c2d

#NikkiHaley #Senate #McConnell #Privileged #NursingHome #Freezes #Politics #News

Lag

#mitchmcconnell
#mcconnell
#republicans

Being "medically cleared" is NOT the same as "fit for duty". It just means #mcconnell isn't likely to die on the job today or this week. But he's too damn old, and if he hadn't been such a vicious partisan bastard, maybe he could have retired with dignity instead of holding out, pretending to be a normie counterweight to the MAGA black hole that's sucking half the country into political nihilism.

Heads up, #feinstein stans, get her out of there too, asap. Let her keep a shred of dignity ffs

Man muss in den letzten Tagen schon ganz genau hinschauen, ob der Tattergreis auf dem Foto Mitch #McConnell oder Harald #Schmidt ist.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nikki-haley-mcconnell-senate-nursing-home_n_64f0fe36e4b03bdff3ae0c2d
“she (Nikki Haley) described the Senate as the “most privileged nursing home in the country.”

She’s not wrong (and I am not a fan!)

#SenateTooOld
#Mcconnell
#Feinstein
#SenateNotRepresenting

Some Republicans want more details on McConnell's health after another freeze-up. McConnell's office released a 51-word statement from a Capitol physician Thursday. A GOP lawmaker said McConnell needs to be more transparent if he wants to remain Senate minority leader.

#Politics #McConnell

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-want-details-mcconnells-health-another-freeze-rcna102778

Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: Republicans Are Starting to Call on Mitch McConnell to Resign https://jezebel.com/republicans-are-starting-to-call-on-mitch-mcconnell-to-1850793846?utm_source=regular #Jezebel #marjorietaylorgreene #marjorietaylorgreen #diannefeinstein #mitchmcconnell #johnfetterman #socialissues #nancypelosi #andybeshear #charliekirk #mcconnell #joebiden #politics #greene

In essence, the congressional physician is saying it’s perfectly normal to occasionally freeze upupupupupupupupupupupupup in certain circumstances. And people wonder why we’re loosing trust in leaders and so-called experts. This is really doing a disservice to the country AND to House Speaker Mitch.

#mcconnell
#mcconnellretirenow

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/31/us/politics/mcconnell-letter-medically-clear.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

GOP propagandists try to portray Biden as doddering and senile, while Mitch McConnell has to be fucking *rebooted* from time to time. It has always been time for you to go, Mitch, but FFS, go into standby mode on your own dime.

#GOP #MoscowMitch #McConnell #Senate

Not that I really disagree with her but she needs to be careful who she's says isn't fit for office. :eyeroll:

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4179663-greene-calls-mcconnell-unfit-for-office-after-2nd-freeze-up/
#Greene calls #McConnell #unfit for #office after 2nd freeze-up

#mtg #USPol #news #USNews

#IAmDB

This language of "freezing" and "lightheadedness" is such a disservice. It would really be great if the #WashingtonPost would stop only ventriloquizing what #McConnell's spokespeople are saying. Is it too much to interview a #doctor, with #medical expertise, who could tell us what might be happening? Not a #diagnosis (a doctor wouldn't do that) but what the #medical reasons could be. We all have ideas but it sure would be nice to hear the voices of #experts.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/08/30/mcconnell-freeze-speaking/ (paywalled)