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Zorro

(18,418 posts)
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 08:43 PM 5 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 5 hrs ago OP
It would be a shame if he just fucking died already. Orrex 5 hrs ago #1
Can we have a twofer? llmart 5 hrs ago #2
🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞 SheltieLover 4 hrs ago #8
Fingers crossed! JoseBalow 5 hrs ago #3
"...and he is grateful for the excellent care he is receiving," IcyPeas 5 hrs ago #4
Exactly my thoughts. What an entitled asshole. chicoescuela 5 hrs ago #5
On our dime. llmart 3 hrs ago #13
ON OUR DIME!!! niyad 2 hrs ago #18
Moscow Mitch UpInArms 4 hrs ago #6
May he live long and Floyd R. Turbo 4 hrs ago #7
His insurance covers 'Abundance of Caution' PuraVidaDreamin 4 hrs ago #9
Drop dead, go to hell and take the fucking moron with you! BigmanPigman 4 hrs ago #10
DU'ers! Shame on you! Do not rejoice in Mitch McConnel's demise. usonian 4 hrs ago #11
I want him to live and suffer for the shit he has pulled. Botany 3 hrs ago #12
Thoughts and Prayers groundloop 3 hrs ago #14
Things change quickly with someone that age already Phoenix61 3 hrs ago #15
. Hassin Bin Sober 3 hrs ago #16
Oh. Iggo 3 hrs ago #17
May he receive everything he deserves. niyad 2 hrs ago #19
I offer him the same hopes and prayers I'm sure he offered for Ruth bader Ginsburg. cstanleytech 2 hrs ago #20
Congressmen get admitted for the sniffles Warpy 1 hr ago #21
IHDY? fujiyamasan 1 hr ago #22
The man can't serve anymore iemanja 37 min ago #23

BigmanPigman

(54,770 posts)
10. Drop dead, go to hell and take the fucking moron with you!
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 09:34 PM
4 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.

usonian

(24,038 posts)
11. DU'ers! Shame on you! Do not rejoice in Mitch McConnel's demise.
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 09:43 PM
4 hrs ago

prematurely

They're working tirelessly to restore him to health.



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

Botany

(76,651 posts)
12. I want him to live and suffer for the shit he has pulled.
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 10:14 PM
3 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.

Warpy

(114,487 posts)
21. Congressmen get admitted for the sniffles
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 12:48 AM
1 hr 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.

fujiyamasan

(1,419 posts)
22. IHDY?
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 01:00 AM
1 hr 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?

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