Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-FL) online reaction to a decision from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to step down as GOP Senate leader in November boomeranged badly on him, resulting in complete humiliation for the controversial Floridian.
Gaetz expressed his glee on Twitter/X, posting, “We’ve now 86’d: McCarthy McDaniel McConnell Better days are ahead for the Republican Party.”
It didn’t take long before others reminded Gaetz that failed former president Donald Trump had once supported McCarthy, McDaniel, and McConnell. They also pointed out that the GOP has been on a major losing streak since it chose to fully embrace Trump despite his legal woes and attempts to overturn the 2020 election.
Better days are ahead for America as the Republican party crumbles into failure brought about by MAGA.
-Trump lost the House in 2018 -Trump lost the Senate and White House in 2020 -Republicans have lost elections all across the country ever since -Republicans just lost NY-3 -The…
Failed one-term, twice-impeached, and oft-indicted former president Donald Trump and his supporters love to make fun of President Joe Biden, suggesting that Biden is too old and senile to be head of state, even though he’s only three years older than the Donald.
Trump has also attacked Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) as being too feeble to remain in the upper chamber of Congress, especially in light of recent public episodes McConnell had in which he “froze” in public, unable to answer questions asked by the press.
But could it be that the disgraced ex-president had his own “freezing” moment during a rally in South Dakota over the weekend?
That’s the question being asked by podcast host Dean Obeidallah, who posted a video of Trump at the South Dakota rally in which Donnie stops speaking in the middle of his speech.
Watch this clip closely from Saturday's Trump rally. MAGA spinning it as Trump got emotional. Trump NEVER gets emotional. In reality Trump-who will be 78 next year–has a Mitch McConnell moment where he freezes and looks confused. Please Look at his eyes at he stands in silence pic.twitter.com/8wLJzzvtzW
Be sure and note what can only be called a look of terror on Trump’s face at frames 0:37-0:39 of the video. It’s almost as if he knows he can no longer speak and realizes he’s experiencing an episode he may not be able to recover from.
Granted, Trump could have been posing for effect, to heighten the gravity of what he’s saying. Or perhaps he got lost and wasn’t sure what his next line should be.
Watch the video closely a second time and ask yourself: Is Donald Trump too old and senile to be president? Based on the visual evidence, it would seem the answer is a resounding yes.
Twitter users had some thoughts on the Trump freeze.
Infants do this as well when they're filling their diaper. It happens with Alzheimer's & also with drug-addled brains. It's difficult to talk & shit at the same time.
Looks like the teleprompter failed to advance. So he waited a few seconds, then shifted over to the other one, but obviously, that one wasn't advancing, either.
So he did the only thing he knows how to do without a script – he stood there looking like the ignoramus he is.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) made a complete fool of herself (as she so often does) during a Sunday appearance on Fox “News” when she asserted that President Joe Biden isn’t “capable of leadership,” but Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is “on top of his game” despite two recent episodes when he froze while speaking and had to be led away.
Host Jason Chaffetz asked Blackburn about McConnell’s health.
“You have people that are having medical issues and seriously cognitive issues in their ability to do their job, not just Joe Biden, which is well documented. Sen. Feinstein, Sen. Fetterman are also dealing with hard, difficult issues, as well as the Senate minority leader, Mitch McConnell, who’s had two medical episodes.
“Can these people continue to be in leadership positions, let alone serve in their capacities in the House and the Senate?”
Blackburn responded, “Jason, I think the one that deserves our attention at the top of the list is President Biden, who is to be the leader of the free world. And when you see Joe Biden struggle with words, with days, with times, with places, then it drives home the point of how important it is to have someone who is capable in leadership.”
Surprisingly, Chaffetz pressed again.
“But Senator, I do need to ask you about Mitch McConnell. Twice he’s been at the microphone and had a dramatic pause. There’s some belief that he had an accident, a slip, a fall, perhaps a concussion. Can he continue to lead the Senate Republicans in that capacity?”
Blackburn: “I’ve talked to people who were with him right after that, and he was alert and fine and moving forward, asking questions, very involved with the meeting that he was attending and seemed to be on top of his game.”
On top of his game? Is that what you call this?
Maybe it’s time we had Sen. Blackburn checked to see if she still has a brain.
Something appears to be very wrong with the health of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), and it was on full view for the world during a daily Senate GOP press conference today.
During his opening remarks Wednesday, McConnell uttered a couple of words and was then unable to continue any further, clearly losing the ability to talk.
The Kentucky Republican was quickly escorted away from the podium by Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) as Sen. John Thune (R-SD) took McConnell’s place at the microphone.
Odd moment: McConnell freezes at start of Senate GOP leadership press conference and is escorted to the side by his colleagues pic.twitter.com/hT5bLnstOS
Flag: McConnell just stopped abruptly during his opening statement during the gop leadership presser and appeared to be unable to restart talking. He then stepped away and walked away with Barrasso: pic.twitter.com/f1kFUjggzm
McConnell returned to the presser several minutes later, according to CNN’s Manu Raju and later appeared “sharp” when it was time for questions from the media.
From a McConnell aide: “He felt light headed and stepped away for a moment. He came back to handle Q and A, which as everyone observed was sharp.” https://t.co/MnuUzkpmLo
CNN medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta said in his opinion McConnell “needs an exam…Time is critically important.”
McConnell is 81 and was hospitalized for a concussion and broken ribs after he fell earlier this year. Friends and colleagues say he has been moving with more caution (and more slowly) since the fall that caused the earlier injuries.
Don’t hold your breath waiting for Republicans to say that McConnell needs to step down from his Senate seat even though they repeatedly say President Joe Biden, 80, is unfit for office. The GOP, we’ve all seen, is little more than a collection of hypocrites collecting government salaries.
Even though both Christmas and Festivus have ended, failed, one-term, twice-impeached former president Donald Trump is still airing his grievances, suggesting on his failing Truth Social site that Democrats “must have something really big” on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).
Trump’s latest remarks come less than a week after McConnell told NBC News that “I think the former president’s political clout has diminished.”
The NBC report added:
“McConnell also blamed Trump for tarnishing the party’s image among crucial independent and swing voters, who rejected GOP Senate contenders in the states that decided the majority. He said that the party underperformed in ‘every state’ — including the red state of Ohio, which Republicans narrowly won — and that its performance was ‘fatal’ in Arizona, New Hampshire and Georgia.”
Additionally, McConnell also voted with 17 other Senate Republicans to pass a $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill that funds the federal government through September of 2023.
McConnell’s remarks must have enraged the notoriously thin-skinned and insecure ex-president, because he went on his financially failing Truth Social site and viciously attacked McConnell, whom he referred to as the “old crow” before he launched a racist attack on the senator’s wife, Elaine Chao.
“The Marxist Democrats must have something really big on Mitch McConnell in order to get him and some of his friendly ‘Republican’ Senators to pass the horrendous ‘All Democrat, All the Way’ OMINOUS Bill. It gives Border Security to other countries, but ZERO $’s to the U.S., it fully funds the corrupt ‘Justice’ Department, FBI (which RIGGED the Presidential Election!), and even the Trump Hating Special ‘Prosecutor.’ It is also a massive giveaway & capitulation to CHINA, making COCO CHOW so happy!”
Trump added:
“If the Old Crow waited just 10 days, the Republican Majority in the House could have made the ‘Ominous” Bill MUCH, MUCH, MUCH BETTER. Just another win for the Democrats, Mitch, that wouldn’t have happened if ‘Trump’ were President!”
The thing that terrifies Trump most of all is that the GOP seems to be moving on from him. Irrelevancy is the only thing Donnie fears more than prison.
