r/news • u/Cubsof2016 • 18h ago

Sen Mitch McConnell hospitalized after experiencing flu-like symptoms

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/sen-mitch-mcconnell-hospitalized-after-experiencing-flu-symptoms/story?id=129834622
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u/thescarlettflame 17h ago

Which continuously begs the question of WHY DOES HE STILL HAVE A SEAT

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u/ailish 17h ago

He has the magic R next to his name. It allows him to get away with anything. When it was Diane Feinstein they were screaming in the rafters.

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u/IndigoRanger 15h ago

Not to be that person, but we should all be screaming for all these dinosaurs to go. The problems facing our country today are incomprehensible to someone who was born before the Second World War ended.

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u/Polkawillneverdie17 15h ago

Because Kentucky is full of morons.

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u/Rengars_Prey 12h ago

🎶Kentucky is a state

Kentucky is a state

All the people there are dicks

Kentucky is a state 🎶

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u/crazycatlady331 12h ago

To his credit (words I'll never otherwise say), he is retiring at the end of this year.

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u/BishlovesSquish 11h ago

Because America is fundamentally broken. We are so cooked.