New Turtle wrote: ↑Tue Aug 22, 2023 12:06 pm
If they still follow their internal pecking order, John Cornyn would be the next GOP leader in the Senate.
But how many ballots would it take him to get there?
New Turtle wrote: ↑Tue Aug 22, 2023 12:06 pm
If they still follow their internal pecking order, John Cornyn would be the next GOP leader in the Senate.
But how many ballots would it take him to get there?
BREAKING NEWS: Sen. Mitch McConnell appearing to have another scary episode in the media gaggle in Covington today. Aides had to step in to help him out and repeat questions. He was eventually lead away. We'll have the full video on @WLWT
My Mister said it looked like some kind of seizure and I agree. My sister had horrible seizures and come to think of it she did freeze up from time to time.
MsDaisy 2 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 3:27 pm
My Mister said it looked like some kind of seizure and I agree. My sister had horrible seizures and come to think of it she did freeze up from time to time.
Yep. One time is probably a TIA but if this is a regular thing, it's seizures.
I’m no expert, but it does appear to be like, (as my mom described), a petit mal seizure, as opposed to a grand mal, which is what most people associate with epilepsy.
Grumpy Git wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 5:48 pm
I loathe the guy's politics but it's sad to see him like this.
Yeah, I agree.
I'd like to think the difference between them and us is we share a little genuine sympathy, empathy. And we'll admit our mistakes when we make them. It's not the quickest path to get rich or achieve power, but I gotta respect my parenting.
WASHINGTON — One day after Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell appeared to freeze up at a public event, Brian Monahan, the attending physician for the U.S. Capitol, said that he told McConnell “he is medically clear” to continue to work.
Monahan said in a statement that he had “conferred” with McConnell’s neurology team and determined that McConnell is “medically cleared to continue with his schedule as planned.”
“Occasional lightheadedness is not uncommon in concussion recovery and can also be expected as a result of dehydration,” the doctor said.
Heartland Signal @HeartlandSignal wrote:
“That didn't bother him when he appointed Elaine Chao Secretary of Transportation.”
-- Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), referring to his wife, responds to former President Trump claiming that immigrants are "poisoning the blood of [our] country."
Republican Accountability @AccountableGOP wrote:
Q: “You had argued, after voting to acquit the former president that presidents are not immune from prosecution is that still your view?”
McConnell: “I choose not to get involved...and comment about any of the people running for the Republican nomination.”
Mfg Guy @guy_mfg wrote:
@LeaderMcConnell Too late. You ARE involved, and you said, on the Senate floor, on the record, that Trump can be prosecuted after he leaves office even though he wasn't convicted by the Senate.
McConnell gave no specific reason for the timing of his decision, which he has been contemplating for months, but he cited the recent death of his wife’s youngest sister as a moment that prompted introspection. “The end of my contributions are closer than I’d prefer,” McConnell said.
But his remarks were also light at times as he talked about the arc of his Senate career.
He noted that when he arrived in the Senate, “I was just happy if anybody remembered my name.” During his campaign in 1984, when Reagan was visiting Kentucky, the president called him “Mitch O’Donnell.”
McConnell endorsed Reagan’s view of America’s role in the world and the senator has persisted in face of opposition, including from Trump, that Congress should include a foreign assistance package that includes $60 billion for Ukraine.
“I am unconflicted about the good within our country and the irreplaceable role we play as the leader of the free world,” McConnell said.
I lived in Louisville, KY in the early 1980s when this rising star in the Republican party named Mitch McConnell was the Judge-executive for Jefferson County (the top executive of the county in Kentucky). He ran for the Senate from Kentucky and won in 1984. He was always the recipient of money from the tobacco and whiskey industries who both big players in Kentucky. It's too bad he hung around as long as he did. He was someone who could get things done and they were mostly bad for the country.
