Lemmy.ca
  • Communities
  • Create Post
  • Create Community
  • heart
    Support Lemmy
  • search
    Search
  • Login
  • Sign Up
DocMcStuffin@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 years ago

McConnell has fallen multiple times this year, sources say | CNN Politics

www.cnn.com

external-link
message-square
129
link
fedilink
682
external-link

McConnell has fallen multiple times this year, sources say | CNN Politics

www.cnn.com

DocMcStuffin@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 years ago
message-square
129
link
fedilink
Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell, who froze during a news conference Wednesday and earlier this year suffered a concussion after falling down, has also endured two other falls this year, according to multiple people familiar with the matter.
alert-triangle
You must log in or # to comment.
  • StanSmith@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    175
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    2 years ago

    Ah man that sucks. For the ground that he fell on. I hope the evil can be scrubbed off it.

    • BROOT@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      37
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      2 years ago

      No way. That eldritch black ooze gets into things and STICKS

      • ummthatguy@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        24
        ·
        2 years ago

        I hear thats what got Tasha Yar.

        • BROOT@lemm.ee
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          15
          ·
          2 years ago

          What an absolutely banger of a TNG reference my friend!

    • danc4498@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      2 years ago

      His evil will take decades to scrub away.

  • Rom@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    90
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    edit-2
    2 years ago

    deleted by creator

    • BarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      22
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      2 years ago

      If it was a TIA they’ll probably put him on eliquis. Few months of that and his blood will be so thin, the next time he falls he’ll bleed out from a subdural or a hip fracture. Can’t wait.

      • Zombiepirate@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        6
        ·
        2 years ago

        Wonder if that’s why his hands were so bruised a while back?

        • PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          edit-2
          2 years ago

          All old people get like that once you hit your 70s.

          My mom degloved her hand a few weeks back when reaching into a kitchen drawer on the wood. And she didn’t even feel it.

  • xc2215x@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    81
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    2 years ago

    Yikes. Might be time to retire.

    • coyootje@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      37
      ·
      2 years ago

      I think the only way he’ll retire is in a coffin or if he gets confined to a hospital, otherwise they’ll keep him going somehow.

      • oocdc2@kbin.social
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        19
        ·
        2 years ago

        They’ll give him the Weekend at Bernie’s treatment if they can get away with it…

        • maniclucky@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          21
          ·
          2 years ago

          I think they’re getting away with it right now.

      • Uniquitous@lemmy.one
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        2 years ago

        Your terms are acceptable!

    • bobs_monkey@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      21
      ·
      2 years ago

      He isn’t turtley enough for the turtle club

      • Jay K@lemmy.ml
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        2 years ago

        Duuuuuude.

    • Cerbero@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      18
      ·
      2 years ago

      Over his dead body.

      • DarkGamer@kbin.socialBanned from community
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        17
        ·
        2 years ago

        Your terms are acceptable.

      • Kerrigor@kbin.social
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        7
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        2 years ago

        Stop, I can only get so erect

    • sci@feddit.nl
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      2 years ago

      i doubt they would let him

      • somas@kbin.social
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        2 years ago

        @sci Why not? The establishment can replace him in a heartbeat and Kentuckians will vote for whomever is picked for them.

        @DocMcStuffin @xc2215x

        • Panja@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          15
          ·
          2 years ago

          Because a Democrat governor would appoint until a special election is held and he would rather die than let that happen

          • MostlyBirds@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            22
            ·
            edit-2
            2 years ago

            and he would rather die

            Oh god, we can only hope.

          • Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            9
            ·
            edit-2
            2 years ago

            Perversely, KY legislature passed a law specifically requiring the Governor to appoint a replacement from the same party. It was vetoed, and veto was overturned. No dem replacement despite Beshear in the governor’s seat

            • Bucky@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              11
              arrow-down
              1
              ·
              2 years ago

              Republicans change the rules if they ever see that they’ll hurt them in the future.

            • ArugulaZ@kbin.social
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              6
              ·
              2 years ago

              Funny how it’s called KY when its politicians fuck us without lube.

            • Captainvaqina@sh.itjust.works
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              2
              arrow-down
              2
              ·
              2 years ago

              Straight up fascism.

          • somas@kbin.social
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            2
            ·
            2 years ago

            @panja

            @DocMcStuffin @xc2215x @sci

            I guess Kentucky is one of those states where the governor isn’t required to pick someone from the same party? I’d written Kentucky off so long ago that I haven’t been paying attention.

          • Buelldozer@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            2
            arrow-down
            4
            ·
            2 years ago

            Nope. In Kentucky the Governor must select from a pool of 3 candidates that the GOP gives them.

  • betheydocrime@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    58
    ·
    2 years ago

    Average lifespan of a tortoise: 80-150 years

    Mitch McConnell’s age: 81

    🤔🤔🤔

    • Djeikup@lemmy.world
      cake
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      24
      ·
      2 years ago

      Better roll him over on his back then.

      • dutchkimble@lemy.lol
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        2 years ago

        He’s trying to, himself

  • Poob
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    57
    ·
    2 years ago

    Don’t you think he looks tired?

    • Taako_Tuesday
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      38
      ·
      2 years ago

      He’s got the gaunt face of a man who’s withering away. My grandpa, a much better man than McConnell, looked like that for the last few months of his life, despite spending the majority of his life with a slightly pudgy face. It is truly ghoulish the way they parade politicians like McConnell and Feinstein around as if they still have all their wits, when really they should have retired years ago. Hell, half the senate should have retired over a decade ago, but both parties value incumbency too much

      • III@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        9
        ·
        2 years ago

        Incumbency, ah yes, the low hanging fruit of retaining party control.

      • PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        6
        ·
        edit-2
        2 years ago

        My boomer parents are adamant that feinstein is still “young.” They don’t want to admit to their own mortality (they are in their 70s). I believe that’s what is driving a lot of this bullshit.

        Americans don’t believe they will ever die.

    • ummthatguy@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      21
      ·
      2 years ago

      At least Harriet Jones, Prime Minister, acknowledged her mistakes and did her best to help humanity in the end.

    • NegativeCool@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      7
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      2 years ago

      I understood that reference.

    • Final Remix@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      2 years ago

      Ooooh, the six words to topple a tyrant.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      2 years ago

      If only that actually worked…

  • Ducks@ducks.dev
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    52
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    edit-2
    2 years ago

    I for one hope he is healthy enough to live the rest of his life in pain over years, and forced to step down and lose his power. This man has inflicted terrible damage to this country and its citizens. This is a man who put corporations and profit over anything and has sold our democracy to the highest bidder while empowering radical religious fanatics and fascists.

    He’s partly responsible for so much pain, suffering, and excess deaths in this nation via his support for gun lobbies and removing healthcare rights of Americans, for his support of Trump, and the excess deaths resulting from his administration.

    I hope he gets exactly what he deserves.

    • such_fifty_bucks@lemmy.one
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      25
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      2 years ago

      Zero chance this decrepit human garbage will ever step down. I hope I can be proven wrong but I’d rather just see him stroke out and it be the end. Retribution won’t undo what he’s done. Putting him in the dirt will be the only chance to invite that opportunity.

      • vivavideri@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        2 years ago

        I mean if we just poke him he may very well just topple on over

      • Ducks@ducks.dev
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        5
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        2 years ago

        You’re probably right, but one can hope

  • TwoGems@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    49
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    edit-2
    2 years ago

    Ribbit

    • yip-bonk@kbin.social
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      26
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      2 years ago

      YOU get a ban! And YOU get a ban! EVERYONE gets a ban for wishing nature to take its inevitable due course! Muwahahahaha! Power Trump Mod powers - activate!

      • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        10
        ·
        2 years ago

        One thing I will give the mods of Worldnews credit for. Right when Ukraine invasion started a whole mess of accounts with odd history (3 karma, 2 comments, 8 years old) started posting Kremlin propaganda. Every single one I reported was knocked off.

    • Uniquitous@lemmy.one
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      20
      ·
      2 years ago

      Seriously. Lemmy is the Wild West and I love it for that.

      • vaultdweler13@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        2 years ago

        Okay so if its the wild west ive got questions, namely whos gonna get ripped apart by coyottes?

        • Uniquitous@lemmy.one
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          3
          ·
          2 years ago

          If you look around the room and can’t tell who’s gonna get ripped apart by coyotes, it’s gonna be you.

  • FelonMusk@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    32
    ·
    edit-2
    2 years ago

    deleted by creator

    • Mdotaut801@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      5
      arrow-down
      8
      ·
      edit-2
      2 years ago

      deleted by creator

  • inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    32
    ·
    2 years ago

    Too many people in Congress that falls under the “Help I’ve fallen and I can’t get up” crowd. That’s not the foundation of a healthy democracy.

    • cybersandwich@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      6
      ·
      edit-2
      5 months ago

      deleted by creator

  • Piecemakers@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    33
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    2 years ago

    Sincerely? I don’t want to hear another word about him until he doesn’t get back up. 🤷🏼‍♂️

  • GreenBottles@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    31
    ·
    2 years ago

    Looking forward to this guy fucking right on off.

  • thorbot@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    31
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    2 years ago

    His ghoulish flesh-suit is finally starting to sluff off. Soon he will be without his precious goo and will melt away into a sewer drain

    • Smk
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      7
      ·
      2 years ago

      I really lol’ed at this. Mitch melting away like smeagol, with his hand in the air trying to keep his goo around him to survive.

      • pinkdrunkenelephants@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        2 years ago

        Ugh, I did not need that mental image at 7 in the morning X_x;;;

        • thorbot@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          2 years ago

          I think you did

          • pinkdrunkenelephants@lemm.ee
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            2 years ago

            No I did not. Lies. Ick. Eww. I don’t want to imagine Bitch Mitch in any respect

            • thorbot@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              2
              ·
              2 years ago

              I dunno picturing him disappearing from the earth is a pretty nice image in my head

              • pinkdrunkenelephants@lemm.ee
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                1
                ·
                2 years ago

                …Fair. But still

  • Default_Defect@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    30
    ·
    2 years ago

    Gotta pump those numbers up.

    • HRDS_654@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      2 years ago

      Rookie numbers honestly.

  • Mdotaut801@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    47
    arrow-down
    23
    ·
    edit-2
    2 years ago

    deleted by creator

  • MomSpaghetti@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    22
    ·
    2 years ago

    Good. Stay down.

politics @lemmy.world

politics@lemmy.world

Subscribe from Remote Instance

Create a post
You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: [email protected]

Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!

Rules:

  1. Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.

Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.

Example:

  1. Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
  2. Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
  3. No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to “Mom! He’s bugging me!” and “I’m not touching you!” Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
  4. Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
  5. No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.

That’s all the rules!

Civic Links

• Register To Vote

• Citizenship Resource Center

• Congressional Awards Program

• Federal Government Agencies

• Library of Congress Legislative Resources

• The White House

• U.S. House of Representatives

• U.S. Senate

Partnered Communities:

• News

• World News

• Business News

• Political Discussion

• Ask Politics

• Military News

• Global Politics

• Moderate Politics

• Progressive Politics

• UK Politics

• Canadian Politics

• Australian Politics

• New Zealand Politics

Visibility: Public
globe

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

  • 3.33K users / day
  • 7.28K users / week
  • 12.5K users / month
  • 29K users / 6 months
  • 534 local subscribers
  • 24.2K subscribers
  • 22.9K Posts
  • 624K Comments
  • Modlog
  • mods:
  • outrageousmatter@lemmy.world
  • aidan@lemmy.world
  • jordanlund@lemmy.world
  • 🌱 🐄🌱 @lemmy.world
  • Theonetheycall1845@lemmy.world
  • JuBe@lemmy.world
  • Lasherz@lemmy.world
  • BE: 0.19.12
  • Modlog
  • Legal
  • Instances
  • Docs
  • Code
  • join-lemmy.org