I’m also hearing an unconfirmed report that he fell a second time once inside a room or office, but you know how the rumor mill is.

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Sorry, but all my sympathy is being used for the victims of this administration that McConnell could have prevented not once but twice.

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McConnell is a big reason why we’re here to begin with. He broke the obstruction record during Obama’s administration.

However, Dems should be taking note of how exactly McConnell obstructed so effectively and start doing it themselves ASAP.

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Agree, but one thing McConnell typically had, even as Minority Leader, was his people in line. I’m not sure the dems will ever be able to form a solid block as fragmented as we all are. Doesn’t meant they shouldn’t try though.

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There were two impeachment votes, but he for damn sure could have prevented it at an absolute myriad of junctures between 2015 and now.

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Yep. Though I set the bar low at two and he still failed.

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McConnell had the following response to questions of his political aptitude:

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wake me up when they start falling out of windows.

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Maybe Trump and his family, Musky and just all the Republicans can take up sky diving without a parachute?

Actually, most the Democrats can join them. Especially that cunt Fetterman.

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Idk. Knowing that he knows he’s old, weak, frail, and vulnerable, and knowing that he’s probably in ongoing pain from toppling down stairs, makes me happier than him just straight up passing.

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When you’re old, a bad fall can indicate the final 2 years of your life. Reduced mobility, depression, and injury sap what little remains of you. Despite hating him, I sympathize. There’s nothing to be gained from his current state. Were he still leading the country to its ruin, I’d be ecstatic, but now he’s just an old idiot potentially headed for hospice. Trump should take the stairs more often

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40 fucking years of actively supporting the destruction of the United States and you feel pity for him?

God, when you ask yourself why this is happening - it’s this. Blind empathy has been the 1%s greatest tool. I will not feel an ounce of sympathy nor empathy for this fucking ghoul, I hope he lives every single moment of the rest of his life in agonizing pain - it still isn’t enough. 40 fucking years.

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I’d prefer instant just because it would mean less time for him to be/do something horrible.

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Consider if he’s incapacitated. That takes away 1 vote in the senate. If he dies, the KY governor is required to pick from choices provided by the party of the departing senator. So they would necessarily be republican.

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How fuck did he not break his neck or die? Fucking old man like him falls down stairs and lives? I think my hunch is correct and all the freezing up and falling down is because the man been dead for years. It’s whatever spell allowing his corpses to continue to function is wearing off.

Wasn’t it not 2 years ago there was a picture and he showed his hands were almost completely black and he had frozen up?

Anyway wish Fucker retire or better yet go off another way. He destroyed enough of this country already and allowed Trump to do what he doing now.

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How fuck did he not break his neck or die?

He withdrew his head and neck inside his torso which can offer a great deal of protection.

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Do you think he’s turtle-y enough, for the turtle club?

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The human body is surprisingly resilient. Even when a standard fall like this (as opposed to falling off a roof or out of a window) directly leads to death, it usually doesn’t happen right away.

It seems likely that he’s near the end, but I don’t think that really matters. He won’t be replaced by anyone better.

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Wouldn’t surprise me if he lives another 5 years. Think pure evil can keep a body moving for quit some time.

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He also has that “campaign contributor” money for healthcare. Grandma may be dead in a few hours after sitting too hard on a chair, but you better believe he is pumped full of every life prolonging, stem cell, rubber bones, heart pumping, illness treating, expensive drug to keep him fogging a mirror and hurting poor people.

The difference in end of life care between poor and rich people is drastic and it shows with stuff like this.

Plus it’s always the shitty ones that get lucky and live longer.

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At his age not dying from the fall itself often just means dying slower.

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Oh my god! Are the stairs okay?!

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I love seeing your comments. They always make me smile.

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👊

Glad I could put a smile on your face! We could all definitely use more of that.

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