Home for the aged in the US Capitol

Nancy Pelosi (age 84) has just had a hip replacement after a fall.  I'm guessing she may have to quit wearing spike heels.  Or should, anyway.

And 82-year-old Mitch is going down, literally.

Mitch McConnell’s fall this week in the U.S. Capitol — his fourth public health episode in the past 21 months — is spurring fresh calls from Republicans for his resignation and underscores the fragility of what’s expected to be his final two legacy-affirming years in the U.S. Senate.

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The 82-year-old suffered a sprained wrist and a cut to the face after falling Tuesday afternoon.

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Donald Trump’s allies showed no mercy toward their longtime nemesis, who they see as a relic from a pre-Trump Republican Party far past his prime.

“This guy needs to get out of the Senate,” posted Ryan Fournier, the chair of Students for Trump.

“It’s time for Mitch McConnell to retire. Enough is enough,” added Gunther Eagelman, a MAGA influencer from Texas.

  McClatchy

Oh, no. He still has two years to finish his crusade to destroy America.

A “violent” and “concussive” fall in March 2023 caused bleeding to the back of McConnell’s head, a loss of consciousness and a cracked rib, according to a biography of the Kentuckian published in October.

At a press conference on July 26, 2023, a freezing episode before cameras had some McConnell aides wondering if their boss might die.

A month later it happened again, igniting widespread speculation that McConnell’s health was in severe decline.

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McConnell has said he plans to finish his six-year term, which expires in early 2027. While he has not formally announced his decision about a reelection campaign, a political aide told the Herald-Leader in March he would not run for an eighth term in 2026 when he would be 84.

How reasonable of him. FFS.

No single person, no matter how wide or deep their MAGA influence, can push McConnell from his beloved Senate.

But he’s already on the cusp of handing over a copious amount of power.

In less than a month, he’ll no longer be in Senate leadership and his fractured relationship with the incoming president will likely relegate him to the periphery of debates around legislation and political strategy.

He's in the running to beat Dianne Feinstein, who was ushered around the halls in a wheelchair asking where she was going in her last year (age 90), for most fragile old nutter in Congress.

In his interview with the author Michael Tackett, McConnell complained that his health troubles were being lumped in with Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, who at age 90 died in the Senate, as well as President Biden’s lagging capacity due to his age.

“I am thrown into the mix with them?” McConnell asked Tackett. “Really? There’s no evidence of that.”

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Still, he’s made clear he’ll dedicate his time as a rank and file member pressing for a robust U.S. foreign policy to ensure national security at home.

Oh, yeah? Let me see him vote against installing Kash Patel and Tulsi Gabbard in the Trump administration. Then maybe I'll consider that as truth.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

UPDATE 12/18/2024: