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Zorro

(18,478 posts)
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 08:43 PM Feb 3

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 Feb 3 OP
It would be a shame if he just fucking died already. Orrex Feb 3 #1
Can we have a twofer? llmart Feb 3 #2
🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞 SheltieLover Feb 3 #8
I want to see him in prison for helping overthrow American democracy. Initech Feb 4 #44
Fingers crossed! JoseBalow Feb 3 #3
"...and he is grateful for the excellent care he is receiving," IcyPeas Feb 3 #4
Exactly my thoughts. What an entitled asshole. chicoescuela Feb 3 #5
On our dime. llmart Feb 3 #13
ON OUR DIME!!! niyad Feb 3 #18
While he still tries to kill the ACA from his hopefully death bed Bengus81 Feb 4 #43
Moscow Mitch UpInArms Feb 3 #6
May he live long and Floyd R. Turbo Feb 3 #7
His insurance covers 'Abundance of Caution' PuraVidaDreamin Feb 3 #9
Drop dead, go to hell and take the fucking moron with you! BigmanPigman Feb 3 #10
Would not surprise me a bit... 2naSalit Feb 4 #24
DU'ers! Shame on you! Do not rejoice in Mitch McConnel's demise. usonian Feb 3 #11
I want him to live and suffer for the shit he has pulled. Botany Feb 3 #12
Thoughts and Prayers groundloop Feb 3 #14
Things change quickly with someone that age already Phoenix61 Feb 3 #15
. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 3 #16
Oh. Iggo Feb 3 #17
May he receive everything he deserves. niyad Feb 3 #19
I offer him the same hopes and prayers I'm sure he offered for Ruth bader Ginsburg. cstanleytech Feb 3 #20
Congressmen get admitted for the sniffles Warpy Feb 4 #21
I think he's going to die there. Haggard Celine Feb 4 #27
seize his assets The Wizard Feb 4 #29
Yes, that is how you get to someone like that. Haggard Celine Feb 4 #30
The real sons of bitches hang on forever Warpy Feb 4 #40
IHDY? fujiyamasan Feb 4 #22
Sadly, per a nasty little law the pukes rammed through, Beshear niyad Feb 4 #25
Oh yeah I forgot about that fujiyamasan Feb 4 #39
The man can't serve anymore iemanja Feb 4 #23
To quote Winston Churchill: boonecreek Feb 4 #26
They've called in top herpetologists from all over the country. Conjuay Feb 4 #28
huh, how about that... Javaman Feb 4 #31
Just finished two this morning. niyad Feb 4 #32
Started a new one myself :) nt Javaman Feb 4 #33
Showoff... Aristus Feb 4 #35
What can I say? I didn't sleep much last night. niyad Feb 4 #37
Hope he leaves the hospital soon... Aristus Feb 4 #34
Out the back door? niyad Feb 4 #38
And feet first... Aristus Feb 4 #41
But of course! niyad Feb 4 #42
Which votes was he skipping out on? n/t Hugin Feb 4 #36
I'll never understand these damned fools that hang on to an office... Mark.b2 Feb 4 #45
That's not good enough, Mitch. Captain Zero Feb 5 #46
Thoughts n prayers Earth Bound Misfit Feb 5 #47
I was so sad to see the post title. Aristus Feb 5 #48
Time for Final Reckoning eringer Feb 5 #49

Bengus81

(9,985 posts)
43. While he still tries to kill the ACA from his hopefully death bed
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 05:59 PM
Feb 4

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

BigmanPigman

(54,862 posts)
10. Drop dead, go to hell and take the fucking moron with you!
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 09:34 PM
Feb 3

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

(101,357 posts)
24. Would not surprise me a bit...
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 05:20 AM
Feb 4

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

usonian

(24,290 posts)
11. DU'ers! Shame on you! Do not rejoice in Mitch McConnel's demise.
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 09:43 PM
Feb 3

prematurely

They're working tirelessly to restore him to health.



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

Botany

(76,823 posts)
12. I want him to live and suffer for the shit he has pulled.
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 10:14 PM
Feb 3

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

(114,523 posts)
21. Congressmen get admitted for the sniffles
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 12:48 AM
Feb 4

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

(17,757 posts)
27. I think he's going to die there.
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 06:33 AM
Feb 4

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

(17,757 posts)
30. Yes, that is how you get to someone like that.
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 07:43 AM
Feb 4

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

(114,523 posts)
40. The real sons of bitches hang on forever
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 02:53 PM
Feb 4

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

(1,455 posts)
22. IHDY?
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 01:00 AM
Feb 4

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

(130,859 posts)
25. Sadly, per a nasty little law the pukes rammed through, Beshear
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 06:07 AM
Feb 4

can only appoint a puke-approved puke.

fujiyamasan

(1,455 posts)
39. Oh yeah I forgot about that
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 01:23 PM
Feb 4

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.

Mark.b2

(785 posts)
45. I'll never understand these damned fools that hang on to an office...
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 09:26 PM
Feb 4

at his age. Pols do their constituents and parties a disservice clinging to their positions with their bony, crepey-skinned hands like this.

Aristus

(71,922 posts)
48. I was so sad to see the post title.
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 09:47 AM
Feb 5

I was hoping it would say "Mitch McConnell, Dead At 83."

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