I see a lot of hate towards him and it looks like he deserves it. But why is he still in the Senate? Do people vote for him?
I'm not an American, just trying to understand how it works.
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do people vote for him?
yes. incumbents have a lot of staying power in elections just because they are the incumbent. there's also a giant coordinated rightwing media propaganda machine that has been driving hatred into the hearts of vulnerable Americans for the past 60 years telling them to vote R no matter what. even if it hurts them.
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Kentucky voters have historically LOVED him. Until recently that state has voted consistently for Republicans for a while, and McConnell is the most powerful Republican in the US. He is vastly responsible for the horrible shape our government is in right now.
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Everyone in elected office over the age of 65 should be forced to retire. At best, they've done their duty and deserve to rest and enjoy the fruits of their labor. At worst, they're nonfunctional skeletons that don't even have skin in the game when it comes to government.
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They're seriously going to let this man stroke his brain to swiss cheese, for what? To save what little is left of the GOP?
I'm convinced Glitch McConnel is to GOP what Tito was to Yugoslavia. After he's gone, what he once held together will tear itself apart from the inside.
Glitch McConnell has me wheezing
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Political version of Weekend at Bernie's. Too bad it's not just a shitty movie.
Exactly what I was thinking.
That guy isn't making any big decisions behind the scenes. He's just being puppeteered until he dies.
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The reaper must have been in the crowd again. You can't run from the reaper, mcturtle.
feel that Mitch? that's the Devil's hands on your ass, boy.. oh yes it is..
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This is why we shouldn't have old people rule a country, not only do they make decisions that only benefit them in the short term they're also incapable of just talking in public
There are old people capable of talking to the public. Bernie for example
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I want him to drop dead in front of a live camera feed during his next press event.
Give the American people what they want for once in the nearly 40 years that you've been in Congress, Mitch.
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Hello, republican department, have you tried turning him off and on again?
He's stuck in line after Kissinger. Is there a strike happening at Reaper Inc.?
Who had two simultaneous weekend at Bernie's situations in the US senate on their Bingo card?
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Error 404: Coherent Thought Not Found. Buffer Overflow in Verbal Output Stream. Senator.exe has encountered an unexpected filibuster in cognitive process.
Initiating System Reboot... Please Stand By.
Estimated time to resume 'functionality': 30 seconds.
I know people are quick to jump on this as a sign of cognitive impairment, but could this be a form of aphasia resulting from his fall a few months ago?
I just ask because it's possible it's a motor issue (knows what he wants to say but can't physically say it) rather than a cognitive issue (can't think of something to say).
As much as I'd love for McConnell to GTFO, and certainly support age/term limits in Congress, if it is a motor issue it'd be similar to what Fetterman has dealt with since his stroke (auditory issue vs. cognitive issue).