Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell suddenly stopped speaking during a weekly Republican leadership news conference Wednesday afternoon, appearing to freeze, and then went silent and was walked away.

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    1 year ago

    There are too many politicians in DC who are too old to handle the most basic parts of their job without the assistance of aids. People need to stop voting for these dinosaurs.

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        1 year ago

        Kentuckian here to say there’s a good third of us or more that have some sense, but 30-40% doesn’t win elections

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          They do though, but only when they bother to vote, gerrymandering not withstanding. Republicans historically have higher turnout than Democrats which is sadly why they have disproportionate representation.