While everyone’s been focused on Dianne Feinstein’s absence from the Senate since she was diagnosed with shingles back in February, fewer seem to have noticed that her Republican colleague Mitch McConnell has also been MIA from work since he tripped and fell at a fundraising dinner in Washington, DC five weeks ago.
The gay-hating 81-year-old was hospitalized and treated for a broken rib and a concussion. He has spent the last several weeks at an inpatient rehab facility doing physical therapy.
But he just announced he’ll be returning to work next week.
“I am looking forward to returning to the Senate on Monday. We’ve got important business to tackle and big fights to win for Kentuckians and the American people,” the Senate Minority Leader tweeted yesterday.
I am looking forward to returning to the Senate on Monday. We've got important business to tackle and big fights to win for Kentuckians and the American people.
People, however, seem to be looking less forward to his impending return. Here’s just a few of the responses McConnell’s tweet got from Democrats and Republicans alike…
Not exactly the warmest welcome back, if you ask us.
Elsewhere on Twitter, rumors that McConnell might actually be considering retirement after 38 excruciating years as Kentucky’s senator have kicked up about ten notches.
Perhaps it’s just wishful thinking among those who despise the guy’s politics and political tactics.
Perhaps it’s just extreme pro-Trump media outlets that hate him simply trying to manifest his departure so they can replace him with someone even worse.
Either way, people of all political stripes seem to be united in their extreme dislike for the guy and their excitement about his potential exit…
Drop a 👍 and RT if you support the immediate retirement of Mitch McConnell from the senate! pic.twitter.com/pFxYQuHpcn
Moscow Mitch McConnell is one of the most evil corrupt beings on earth and who has done irreparable damage to US democracy. That just needs to be said every day.
BREAKING: Sources reveal that Republican senators are secretly reaching out within their party to prepare for a leadership vote to replace Mitch McConnell because he will finally soon retire — McConnell has been MIA for weeks after a serious fall sent him to the hospital. RT IF…
Those asking where is Feinstein and she needs to be replaced, John Fetterman has a body double, But where is Mitch McConnell? All we have are statements.
He was the one with a concussion and broken ribs and a history of health issues, but not one picture of him being released.… pic.twitter.com/XdRl7aFAtR
Rumor has is that GOP Senators are preparing for a possible McConnell retirement and starting to vie internally for who will be next Republican Senate leader. Who do YOU think it should be?
Is Mitch McConnell gonna retire soon? He’s ruined the GOP, and now they’re so far gone even his own party wants him out. Byeeeeeeee
— Pin Young 🇺🇦🌊🏳️🌈📽🎙🎻 (@PinYoungActress) April 13, 2023
We can’t image what it must feel like to be so universally hated… Not that McConnell hasn’t done everything to deserve it.
The guy has been a hugely divisive figure in American politics for decades, but especially since the Obama years when he vowed to make the country’s first Black commander-in-chief a “one-term president” then did everything he could to stonewall his agenda.
Look at this embarrassing picture of Alexandria Ocasi– oh wait it's just Mitch McConnell with a Confederate battle flag. pic.twitter.com/cj1Zf7QhIq
During the Trump years, McConnell served as the one-term, twice-impeached, once-indicted ex-president’s lapdog, turning a blind eye to his crass and criminal behavior and even giving him a free pass for staging a failed coup.
Earlier this year, McConnell became the longest-serving party leader in Senate history. This is also not his first fall. A few years back, he fractured his shoulder in a fall at his home in Kentucky. Then there was that time he tripped on stage at a primary event eight years ago.
The garbage girlies are living their worst damn lives and now they are beat for the gawds too!
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It was more for the concussion. I have an elderly relative that fell and hit his head. Developed a a hematoma (bleeding) on the brain that led to symptoms related to stroke and Alzheimer’s. They caught it in time, but he has to endure 6 months of rehab to learn how to walk again. Unlike Moscow Mitch who as the Gold Platinum Government healthcare, my relatives health insurance stopped paying for the PT and OT when the 6 months were up, and now his family is taking it one day at a time if they can find a compassionate doctor or medical staff who can work the ropes to get him services when he has relapses.
For the time being, McConnell is useful to maintain the infighting in the Repuglican party…its not like his replacement is going to be an improvement.
Having said that, McConnell, having turned the Senate into an inflexible center of inaction and gridlock, has done more to undermine American democracy than any other national politician and he should burn for all eternity in the fires of hell. There, I’ve said it.
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We can all thank the moronic people of Kentucky for inflicting this worthless corrupt politician on us for 38 years while never being smart enough to see he does nothing for his state and only lines his own pockets. In 2019-2021, the Census Bureau estimates 14.6% of Kentuckians lived below the poverty line. Kentucky had the sixth-highest rate behind Mississippi, Louisiana, New Mexico, Arkansas, and West Virginia. Since helping poor people is socialism, I guess he’s doing a great job and one he gets re-elected for.
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VTIcarus
What therapy for a broken rib takes five weeks of in-house rehab??? I think there is more to the story.
RIGay
It was more for the concussion. I have an elderly relative that fell and hit his head. Developed a a hematoma (bleeding) on the brain that led to symptoms related to stroke and Alzheimer’s. They caught it in time, but he has to endure 6 months of rehab to learn how to walk again. Unlike Moscow Mitch who as the Gold Platinum Government healthcare, my relatives health insurance stopped paying for the PT and OT when the 6 months were up, and now his family is taking it one day at a time if they can find a compassionate doctor or medical staff who can work the ropes to get him services when he has relapses.
Screw Mitch.
Fahd
For the time being, McConnell is useful to maintain the infighting in the Repuglican party…its not like his replacement is going to be an improvement.
Having said that, McConnell, having turned the Senate into an inflexible center of inaction and gridlock, has done more to undermine American democracy than any other national politician and he should burn for all eternity in the fires of hell. There, I’ve said it.
abfab
Another dick from Texas
SALON
Dan Crenshaw boycotts Bud Light — by filling his fridge with one of its parent company’s beers
In the words of one Instagram commenter, the Texas congressman’s social media post was a “tremendous self-own”.
SFMike
We can all thank the moronic people of Kentucky for inflicting this worthless corrupt politician on us for 38 years while never being smart enough to see he does nothing for his state and only lines his own pockets. In 2019-2021, the Census Bureau estimates 14.6% of Kentuckians lived below the poverty line. Kentucky had the sixth-highest rate behind Mississippi, Louisiana, New Mexico, Arkansas, and West Virginia. Since helping poor people is socialism, I guess he’s doing a great job and one he gets re-elected for.
scotty
same with rand paul. except for that part about him doing a great job.