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.
If that behavior is typical, he belongs in a home, certainly not Congress.
unfortunately that behavior is more and more typical… in congress
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.
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The children’s blood he drinks is probably deficient in iron and magnesium.
The vaccines depleted the adrenochrome supply. Hardest of /s.
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I always thought he would look like this when eating
You’re confusing him with a democrat. /s
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.
I think he’s having focal seizures actually. Which usually late in life is caused by a brain tumour or something.
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).
Sure, it could be post TBI seizures, or maybe even a brain tumour or he’s had a stroke… I imagine he’s has CT and/or MRI since his first event though, but he really needs an EEG.
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.
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.
Yay older people on Lemmy! High five.
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.
I was an original Livejournal member, and Lemmy has the same feeling.
Usenet forums representing! That is what Lemmy feels like to me right now. Those Usenet newsgroups.
Its too soon to tell, but right now Lemme seems more hospitable than Reddit towards the end. But I reckon we’ll have to see how the inevitable incursion of bots and trolls affects the atmosphere.
he’s like 1.5 generations separate from you, don’t worry. not that he represents people his age either
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.
Will somebody please reboot Mitch again?
All that Russian malware in him is really fucking things up.
Will somebody please reboot Mitch again?
What if we didn’t? Just let this thing run its course?
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.
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.
The older they get, the more senile they become
Who had two simultaneous weekend at Bernie’s situations in the US senate on their Bingo card?
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.
Seeing him freeze up was like watching the equivalent of a human blue screening. Have you tried turning your politician off and on again?
Naw you need to hit it in the back of the head to reset it.
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?
Pretty much a matter of people actually voting and republicans being less successful at voter suppression.
poopt his pants
twice now. Need another diaper
Sometimes the ghosts catch up to him.
I think he’s having focal seizures.
Lmfao
