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Zorro

(18,424 posts)
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 08:43 PM 23 hrs ago

Mitch McConnell, 83, Hospitalized

Source: Daily Beast

The former Senate majority leader missed Senate votes on Monday and Tuesday.

Mitch McConnell has been hospitalized after experiencing what a spokesperson described as “flu-like symptoms.”

The 83-year-old Kentucky senator checked himself into a hospital on Monday evening “in an abundance of caution,” senior advisor David Popp said in a statement.

“His prognosis is positive and he is grateful for the excellent care he is receiving,” Popp added. “He is in regular contact with his staff and looks forward to returning to Senate business.”

The former Senate majority leader missed crucial Senate votes on Monday and Tuesday, Politico reported.

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/mitch-mcconnell-83-hospitalized/

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Mitch McConnell, 83, Hospitalized (Original Post) Zorro 23 hrs ago OP
It would be a shame if he just fucking died already. Orrex 23 hrs ago #1
Can we have a twofer? llmart 23 hrs ago #2
🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞 SheltieLover 23 hrs ago #8
I want to see him in prison for helping overthrow American democracy. Initech 2 hrs ago #44
Fingers crossed! JoseBalow 23 hrs ago #3
"...and he is grateful for the excellent care he is receiving," IcyPeas 23 hrs ago #4
Exactly my thoughts. What an entitled asshole. chicoescuela 23 hrs ago #5
On our dime. llmart 22 hrs ago #13
ON OUR DIME!!! niyad 20 hrs ago #18
While he still tries to kill the ACA from his hopefully death bed Bengus81 2 hrs ago #43
Moscow Mitch UpInArms 23 hrs ago #6
May he live long and Floyd R. Turbo 23 hrs ago #7
His insurance covers 'Abundance of Caution' PuraVidaDreamin 23 hrs ago #9
Drop dead, go to hell and take the fucking moron with you! BigmanPigman 22 hrs ago #10
Would not surprise me a bit... 2naSalit 15 hrs ago #24
DU'ers! Shame on you! Do not rejoice in Mitch McConnel's demise. usonian 22 hrs ago #11
I want him to live and suffer for the shit he has pulled. Botany 22 hrs ago #12
Thoughts and Prayers groundloop 22 hrs ago #14
Things change quickly with someone that age already Phoenix61 21 hrs ago #15
. Hassin Bin Sober 21 hrs ago #16
Oh. Iggo 21 hrs ago #17
May he receive everything he deserves. niyad 20 hrs ago #19
I offer him the same hopes and prayers I'm sure he offered for Ruth bader Ginsburg. cstanleytech 20 hrs ago #20
Congressmen get admitted for the sniffles Warpy 19 hrs ago #21
I think he's going to die there. Haggard Celine 13 hrs ago #27
seize his assets The Wizard 13 hrs ago #29
Yes, that is how you get to someone like that. Haggard Celine 12 hrs ago #30
The real sons of bitches hang on forever Warpy 5 hrs ago #40
IHDY? fujiyamasan 19 hrs ago #22
Sadly, per a nasty little law the pukes rammed through, Beshear niyad 14 hrs ago #25
Oh yeah I forgot about that fujiyamasan 7 hrs ago #39
The man can't serve anymore iemanja 18 hrs ago #23
To quote Winston Churchill: boonecreek 14 hrs ago #26
They've called in top herpetologists from all over the country. Conjuay 13 hrs ago #28
huh, how about that... Javaman 12 hrs ago #31
Just finished two this morning. niyad 11 hrs ago #32
Started a new one myself :) nt Javaman 11 hrs ago #33
Showoff... Aristus 10 hrs ago #35
What can I say? I didn't sleep much last night. niyad 8 hrs ago #37
Hope he leaves the hospital soon... Aristus 10 hrs ago #34
Out the back door? niyad 8 hrs ago #38
And feet first... Aristus 5 hrs ago #41
But of course! niyad 2 hrs ago #42
Which votes was he skipping out on? n/t Hugin 10 hrs ago #36

Bengus81

(9,958 posts)
43. While he still tries to kill the ACA from his hopefully death bed
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 05:59 PM
2 hrs ago

FUCK YOU TURTLE..........

BigmanPigman

(54,774 posts)
10. Drop dead, go to hell and take the fucking moron with you!
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 09:34 PM
22 hrs ago

I'd rather see him drawn and quartered AND tarred and feathered to be honest. He deserves Karma and dying is not good enough for me. That greedy, sadistic asshole has caused thousands to suffer and die needlessly for 30 years through his evil, maniacal political aspirations.

2naSalit

(100,866 posts)
24. Would not surprise me a bit...
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 05:20 AM
15 hrs ago

If he were somewhere in the dregs of the Epstein files too, sick fucker.

usonian

(24,055 posts)
11. DU'ers! Shame on you! Do not rejoice in Mitch McConnel's demise.
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 09:43 PM
22 hrs ago

prematurely

They're working tirelessly to restore him to health.



Does anyone have the Washington ⚡⚡ weather forecast ⚡⚡?

Botany

(76,662 posts)
12. I want him to live and suffer for the shit he has pulled.
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 10:14 PM
22 hrs ago

Piece of human filth. He fucked up America but good. In 2016 he was told of Trump’s campaign
connections to Russia and help to hide them, after that he could have voted to remove Trump from
office after J-6th and ended his political career, he blocked Obama’s right to pick a member of the
SCOTUS to have a hearing in front of the Senate, and he posed with a Confederate Flag too.

Phoenix61

(18,761 posts)
15. Things change quickly with someone that age already
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 10:40 PM
21 hrs ago

in poor health. I can dream right?

Warpy

(114,492 posts)
21. Congressmen get admitted for the sniffles
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 12:48 AM
19 hrs ago

while me and thee have to be close to death before some bean counter at an insurance company willl authorize an admission.

Oh, right, McConnell. He's 83. He needs to retire, already. He's poisoned the Senate quite long enough.

Haggard Celine

(17,744 posts)
27. I think he's going to die there.
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 06:33 AM
13 hrs ago

He's going to stare off into space one last time and then flames will shoot up through the Senate floor and claim his body and soul. Wouldn't that be sweet? It's people like him who make people want to believe in Hell. I don't believe in it myself. I think that eternal damnation isn't just punishment for sins committed over a 70-80 year period. But Mitch McConnell does make me hope that there is some reckoning in the afterlife for what we do down here. He doesn't deserve eternal damnation, but I hope it feels like it is!

Haggard Celine

(17,744 posts)
30. Yes, that is how you get to someone like that.
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 07:43 AM
12 hrs ago

In his case, he is remarkably candid about power as an end in itself. Taking away his power would probably kill him. That's why I think he'll probably croak in office, if not on the Senate floor.

Warpy

(114,492 posts)
40. The real sons of bitches hang on forever
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 02:53 PM
5 hrs ago

until they are carried out feet first. Then they get cast in bronze and pigeons shit on their heads for at last a couple of centuries.

fujiyamasan

(1,425 posts)
22. IHDY?
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 01:00 AM
19 hrs ago

Please tell me he is.

What’s state law on appointing a replacement? Can Beshear do it as soon as he rammed ACB to replace RBG?

niyad

(130,371 posts)
25. Sadly, per a nasty little law the pukes rammed through, Beshear
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 06:07 AM
14 hrs ago

can only appoint a puke-approved puke.

fujiyamasan

(1,425 posts)
39. Oh yeah I forgot about that
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 01:23 PM
7 hrs ago

I remember they did that specifically to protect McConnell’s seat.

Gotta give them credit on that one.

Dems should make sure to do that in states like Vermont (not wishing Bernie ill, but he is old), blue states with a GOP governor.

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