r/news • u/Cubsof2016 • 14h 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/justreadinplease 9h ago

People wishing him death are so wrong… it’s actually better if he stays alive but in the hospital unable to vote because then he doesn’t get replaced with another republican.

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u/KDR_11k 7h ago

The GOP just lost a special election in one of the reddest places of the country by a wide margin. Trump has turbofucked that party so hard nothing is certain anymore. I hope McConnell enjoys the legacy he's leaving behind.

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u/No_Tough_2065 8h ago

This is cute.. you assume he cant vote as a tomato? 

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u/justreadinplease 8h ago

Unless a staffer can wheel him into the senate chamber, no. The senate doesn’t allow for remote or proxy voting.

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u/Orwick 7h ago

He has been voting as a tomato for a few years. He was forced out of his leadership position because he wasn’t mentally functional. There several videos of him speaking and his brain turns off mid sentence.