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

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.

Madison420,

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

meldroc,

Lemme guess: he ran out of unicorn blood again…

Kirkkh,

HIs (awful) politics aside I hope he’s okay. I’m shocked he’s still out there. Whose looking out for this guy?

tider06,

Hard to have any compassion for him considering the purposeful damage he’s done to Americans and their quality of life over his career.

CeruleanRuin,

He and Feinstein both need to retire. When a person is clearly unable to fulfill their duties, is time to go.

bradorsomething,

The only reason he didn’t fall down is that it would require him to let a motion reach the floor.

solidgrue,
@solidgrue@lemmy.world avatar

“Glitch McConnell”

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

TheBlue22,

Lmfao

BonesOfTheMoon,

I think he’s having focal seizures.

SnowdenHeroOfOurTime,

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

arc, (edited )

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

Red_October,

It doesn’t help that the system is old hardware running an outdated OS that just isn’t really compatible with a lot of current programs.

bobzilla,

If anyone is interested, he’s running the P operating system. Otherwise known as POS.

InternetTubes,

Sometimes the ghosts catch up to him.

hOrni,

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.

bingbong,

It’s uncanny!

Shotgun_Alice,

Seeing him freeze up was like watching the equivalent of a human blue screening. Have you tried turning your politician off and on again?

Eezyville,
@Eezyville@sh.itjust.works avatar

Naw you need to hit it in the back of the head to reset it.

FReddit,

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.

vivadanang,

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.

FReddit,

I agree. They both need to retire, along with some others. Leaving us with the young insane ones.

BonesOfTheMoon,

Yay older people on Lemmy! High five.

FReddit,

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.

BonesOfTheMoon,

I was an original Livejournal member, and Lemmy has the same feeling.

FReddit,

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.

RBWells,

Usenet forums representing! That is what Lemmy feels like to me right now. Those Usenet newsgroups.

jcit878,

he’s like 1.5 generations separate from you, don’t worry. not that he represents people his age either

FReddit,

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.

Boldizzle,
@Boldizzle@lemmy.world avatar

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

Smacks,
@Smacks@lemmy.world avatar

The older they get, the more senile they become

CmdrShepard,

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.

Smacks,
@Smacks@lemmy.world avatar

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

Serinus,

Weird. Diane Feinstein has the same issue and she doesn’t have many apologists.

YeetPics,
@YeetPics@mander.xyz avatar

It’s almost like there is a cult that has foRmed around some gRoup.

assassin_aragorn,

The only reason she’s still on the committee too is because Republicans refuse to let Democrats vote on a replacement.

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