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In reply to the discussion: Mitch McConnell falls during Senate Republican lunch [View all]sheshe2
(88,153 posts)54. Not Biden...
The better analogy would be Nancy.
If Nancy Pelosi did a face plant they would have talked about it endlessly before shoving her out of the House! Look what they did to her after her husband was attacked.
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Same here. I am 88 and a few years back I stubbed a toe and evidently broke it.
justhanginon
Dec 10
#25
That must have been very unsettling for poor Mitch ... like losing your footing in front of a pack of hyenas.
eppur_se_muova
Dec 10
#6
Ah, vanity. The hallmark of GOP pols. Doesn't appear weak, except those weird brain farts on national TV
Attilatheblond
Dec 11
#61
This, along with the "freezes" he's had, reinforces the theory that he has serious neurological problems.
LudwigPastorius
Dec 10
#11
If only he'd fallen and broken his neck 20 years ago along with about 70 million other assholes.
cstanleytech
Dec 10
#15
He may have vertigo. I have to sit immediately when it comes on. I hate it. n/t
SheilaAnn
Dec 10
#18
Moscow Mitch didn't fall hard enough or soon enough. Needed to be about 120 G and 40 years ago.
Hermit-The-Prog
Dec 10
#37
Is anyone in the media going to suggest he should step down because of his age, or that only is reserved for Democrats.
JohnSJ
Dec 11
#51
McConnell, fu_k, you're 82. It was long past time to hang 'em up the last time you fell.
brush
Dec 11
#52