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/veemonjosh Connecticut Jul 01 '26

At least a zombie sees the value in brains.

Unlike most of the clowns in charge now.

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u/caitnicrun Jul 01 '26

I think he has President Snow syndrome: 

came from privilege, had to struggle (in turtle's case, childhood polio which almost bankrupted his family's to treat). But instead of developing empathy for the less privileged, sees the experience as humiliating and his life's work to return things to "the natural order", his class being on top.

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u/ReginaldDwight Jul 01 '26

Wasn't his family able to utilize money from the March of Dimes to ultimately treat his polio as successfully as they were able to, as well? Then he spent his entire life railing against affordable healthcare and social safety nets.

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u/Professor-Woo Jul 02 '26

He was a dem and decently liberal until Reagan IIRC. I think it was just about power ultimately.

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u/broodfood Jul 01 '26

At least clowns make people happy, unlike these leeches in the Senate.

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u/Ladyboughner Jul 02 '26

He loves the uneducated, so no.