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[–] osanna@lemmy.vg 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

rushed

damn. ambos should have taken their time.

[–] MrEff@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

*best read in the voice of sir David Attenborough

As EMS arrived they found McConnell had been flipped onto his shell, with his legs flailing the responders were able to flip him back.

Controversy surrounds his age of 84 years old, but others of his species have lived in captivity up to 150 years old.

His Kentucky Republican breed is well known for not only surviving on the typical Republican diet of banks, oil and gas, and occasional telecommunications companies, but also has a diet supplemented from his wife's income streams of insider informed stocks.

[–] BeUnique@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 day ago

I got all excited til I saw the part about "last month". I don't wish death on many, but boy will I be happy once all these geriatrics in my government kick the bucket.

[–] dektep@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

so he’s either already dead or just braindead mush with a heartbeat

if they hide his death until less than ninety days before election he can’t be replaced until mid-terms

[–] zd9@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

of course you know they're gonna try that shit

[–] lemmyng@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If only they found him late.

[–] Bbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If it helps, proper CPR breaks the ribs andis very traumatic. Being old as fuck, Bitch Mcconnel is guaranteed to be in a lot of pain

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Not only that but CPR...is less than 10% success rate. I think it goes up a bit if you're in a hospital already, but if you're having CPR done, you're chances of survival is not super great.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., has said that McConnell "sounded good" and "wants to be back" when they spoke the day after McConnell was hospitalized.

"He is clearly dialed in to what's going on. He's following along with stuff we are doing this week up here. Very much so," Thune said June 15, ABC News reported at the time.

[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 day ago

Bro has been freezing up like a YouTube video on dialup for years now. There is simply no way that he is "clearly dialed in".

[–] 0ndead@infosec.pub 13 points 1 day ago

Just let go Mitch

[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 2 points 20 hours ago

Mason Verger-looking motherfucker

[–] zd9@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

I hope he is gone. He has done more harm to the United States of America, than maybe anyone else in the last 15 years.

[–] santa@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

You would think all of these medical events would knock the shell off the turtle and prompt an early retirement. Nope. I wish him the worst.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Your ride awaits, Moscow.

[–] CobblerScholar@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

New gender neutral bathroom in 3...2...

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