Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell appeared to freeze during a GOP news conference Wednesday on Capitol Hill. McConnell was escorted away by other sena...

We already have age limits at the lower end. Why are people so against age limits at the upper end?

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The worst part is having to send a technician all the way to Washington to reset the system. Do they still have anyone posted on the detail who is closer than Moscow or Beijing?

(quick edit - I’m making light because it’s political, but I legitimately sucked in a breath when I saw it happen, as both my father and FIL are in their 80s and I’m not ready to lose either of them yet.)

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Same (to your edit). It’s sad, really.

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Yeah, it is. I think McConnell has been a blight on our political system and he has the capacity to be a pretty awful dude, but it’s tough to see a human being going through stuff like this.

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Agreed

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