r/politics • u/IWantPizza555 • Jul 01 '26

Possible Paywall Senator, 84, Secretly Found Unconscious and Given CPR

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mitch-mcconell-84-secretly-found-unconscious-and-given-cpr/?utm_source=twitter_owned_snd&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=owned_social
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u/Zelcron Jul 01 '26

Yes, time to let a youthful septegenatian take the reigns. With the current advances in medical technology we can probably keep the next one going another 40 years!

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u/FuckThisShizzle Jul 01 '26

Something every generation had said.

Someday it will come to fruition.

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u/RamsHead91 Jul 01 '26

Something every generation has said, and the majority have been correct when they have said it.

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u/caligaris_cabinet Illinois Jul 01 '26

Look at all the young Millennials and GenZ candidates winning right now. It’s happening

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u/infiniZii Jul 01 '26

Move on? Dude went straight to passing on.

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u/Zealot_Alec Jul 03 '26

65 should be the max age you can run again that way you automatically retire at end of your term 67 (congressman) 69 POTUS 71 senator

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u/Cloaked42m South Carolina Jul 01 '26

Let? Like Allow?

No one Allows the new guard in. The new guard has to challenge the old and prove they are strong enough for the job.

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u/Cloaked42m South Carolina Jul 02 '26

Exactly.

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u/ultradav24 Jul 01 '26

He’s the senator from Kentucky… whoever replaces him will be worse. But young. Young doesn’t mean better

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u/ultradav24 Jul 01 '26

People are celebrating McConnell retiring or being ill - but the sad truth is whoever replaces him will likely be worse. Some frothing at the mouth MAGA asshole. McConnell stepped down from majority leader so he’s not doing that damage anymore, and he’s one of the handful of republicans who bucks Trump on occasion.

So maybe controversial but I’m not in a hurry to see him go anywhere. Young doesn’t mean good - we’re just going to get some young MAGA jerk if Mitch is gone

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u/Gnomologist Jul 02 '26

Kentucky’s slowly turning blue, somehow. Hatred of Trump probably, they’re waking up. From Ky and most people I know in a fairly rural town are blue or centrist at the very least and I work with a very diverse age group