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Sounds kind of like when my maternal grandma had a series of micro strokes for a few months before having the Big One.
Time to retire, Mitch. For both our sakes.
Maybe Mitch and Dianne can agree to retire at the same time
A little ditty about Mitch and Diane...
Oh yeah, their terms go on
Long after their cognitive functions are gone.
Jesus, that's some dark humor there. Hilarious, but dark.
Dark humor or sad truth?
Yes.
A+
"Okay, fine. On three... One... Two... ... ... ... ..."
four hours later, we are still not sure if they're waiting for the other to blink, have bluescreened, or both
I'm surprised Dianne Feinstein isn't running again. I thought she would have been stubborn enough to try to stay in office well into her 90s until she achieves lichdom just to troll us.
She is currently 90, and her term isn't up until 2024. Apparently she isn't running again, but she might think she is...
Its either happening frequently and just happens to have been caught on camera twice, or it could instead be related to hearing well enough to understand.
My grandparents were like this. Even if they could hear you, a lot of times it seemed out of context to them because they missed some other important piece.
The people handling him knew exactly what was going on there. This happens all the time, I'm guessing.
Source: youngest grandchild of a huge family.
You'd think if it were a hearing issue he would just say "Could you repeat the question?" and not stand there like a deer in headlights.
🦌💡💡
He did ask them to repeat the question, several times, before just standing there blankly.
Yeah idk if auditory processing goes with age but you can also have delays from that.
That said if this were that you’d think he’d get hearing aids after the last one
Schrödinger's McConnell: competent enough to lead the Republicans in Senate, not competent enough to answer questions about Trump under oath.
All these old fossils need to GTFO. Him, Feinstein, all of em.
But McConnell in particular has royally fucked this country. No member of Congress should have that much power. But he used it quite effectively for his own ends. So fuck him
My sister's absence seizures turned out to be stage four brain cancer. I know he's an arsehole, but doesn't he have anyone looking out for him? At all? He needs help.
Nah.
Have him die as he lived, peddling lies and attacking democracy.
Silly, he's still young for a senator
I'm pretty sure that time was in 1984.
I'm good with him staying on in a state where he can't fuck us over more. My worry is who then pulls the puppet strings.