Mitch McConnell hospitalized after fall
in hotel
CNN,
by
Morgan Rimmer
Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought,
3/9/2023 1:34:35 AM
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has been hospitalized after a fall at a hotel in Washington, DC.
“This evening, Leader McConnell tripped at a local hotel during a private dinner. He has been admitted to the hospital where he is receiving treatment,” a spokesperson for the Kentucky Republican said in a statement.
No additional details were provided.
The 81-year-old is the Senate’s longest-serving GOP leader, known for helping the party achieve key Republican priorities, including stocking the Supreme Court with conservative justices, passing Trump-era tax cuts and frequently thwarting Democrats’ legislative agenda.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
SALady 3/9/2023 1:43:28 AM (No. 1420772)
Anyone want to start a betting pool on if he was tripped or pushed?!?!?!?
The Communist News Network (CNN) is so full of baloney (which is a nicer thing to say than what they are really full of). What a pile of BS:
The 81-year-old is the Senate’s longest-serving GOP leader, known for helping the party achieve key Republican priorities, including stocking the Supreme Court with conservative justices, passing Trump-era tax cuts and frequently thwarting Democrats’ legislative agenda.
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We can only hope, for the good of the Republic.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Ketchuplover 3/9/2023 1:46:33 AM (No. 1420774)
Hope this was a "push" towards retirement. (You can't say EARLY retirement for him, but I wish him a full recovery and remaining years at home with his wife and family)
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
ronniethek 3/9/2023 2:15:18 AM (No. 1420778)
Slipped on a Chinese banana peel.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
danu 3/9/2023 2:58:32 AM (No. 1420779)
oh that richard widmark...sneaking about... pushing ppl down the stairs
btw mr widmark, fairness requires a visit to chock schemer
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Trigger2 3/9/2023 3:14:30 AM (No. 1420783)
81 years old? McConnell& Joey seem to have the same problem - always falling. Time to resign.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
chumley 3/9/2023 3:37:48 AM (No. 1420788)
Please die.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Socio 3/9/2023 4:05:29 AM (No. 1420790)
Sounds like his handlers got a little to rough.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
mifla 3/9/2023 4:12:52 AM (No. 1420793)
Lots of older folks in the Senate who worship power and will have to be carried out.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Jesuslover54 3/9/2023 5:19:01 AM (No. 1420808)
Check his neck for a dart.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
5 handicap 3/9/2023 5:27:55 AM (No. 1420809)
FTA: 'The 81-year-old is the Senate’s longest-serving GOP leader, known for helping the party achieve key Republican priorities"
But did nothing without CCP Approval, one has to know where one's bread is buttered!
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Lala 3/9/2023 5:45:06 AM (No. 1420812)
After my mom turned 80, her doctor repeatedly said, “Once you fall at your age, it’s the beginning of the end.” Just go home to Kentucky, Senator, and enjoy the time you have left. There are more important things in life than accumulating power and sucking up to Commies. Hope you can figure that out before it’s too late.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
jayjeti 3/9/2023 5:46:25 AM (No. 1420814)
The article gives a glowing appraisal of McConnell's career. He's not dead. You need to wait and write that BS after he passes.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Mizz Fixxit 3/9/2023 5:47:56 AM (No. 1420815)
What is with the ruling class? They never know the right time to retire.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Amoeba 3/9/2023 5:51:27 AM (No. 1420817)
I am glad he can feel pain. Go home and retire. I have a feeling that his time is coming to an end. The problem is .....what or who will replace him as Leader? I hope MAGA has a good bench in the senate
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 3/9/2023 6:32:47 AM (No. 1420826)
Too bad.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
spacer 3/9/2023 6:39:25 AM (No. 1420828)
Was Harry Reids brother in the neighborhood.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Safari Man 3/9/2023 6:58:53 AM (No. 1420839)
Shows what we can do when we all put our minds together and will it to be.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
skacmar 3/9/2023 7:01:17 AM (No. 1420840)
Did McConnel enjoy a little to much Kentucky happy juice (bourbon whiskey) to wash away the guilt he should be feeling for siding with Chuck Schumer and the Democrats regarding the release if the January 6 video?
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
FunOne 3/9/2023 7:50:16 AM (No. 1420865)
Probably had his head so far up Schumer's rear end that he didn't see the step.
This story would have had a better ending if he fell off the balcony of a ten-story hotel penthouse.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
cThree 3/9/2023 8:03:39 AM (No. 1420876)
Call the king’s horse! Call the king’s men!
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
TJ54 3/9/2023 8:04:30 AM (No. 1420879)
Drop Dead China Mitch and Schumer’s B-Boy
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
homefry 3/9/2023 8:05:46 AM (No. 1420881)
Well, OK then.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Kutchk 3/9/2023 8:10:13 AM (No. 1420883)
only around 40 years past expiration date
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
GustoGrabber 3/9/2023 8:11:34 AM (No. 1420886)
Private dinner at a hotel. Is that what the kids are calling it these days?
Or was he writing a book on his chinese art collection?
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
K620 3/9/2023 8:21:32 AM (No. 1420899)
What a shame . . .
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
Strike3 3/9/2023 8:29:53 AM (No. 1420908)
Very soon now, his kids can begin spending all of that Chinese money that Mitch has spent years accumulating and has no time to enjoy. The Uniparty funeral will be splendid.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
downnout 3/9/2023 8:30:48 AM (No. 1420909)
How nice. A private dinner? At a hotel? I wonder who he was meeting with….
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
udanja99 3/9/2023 8:46:22 AM (No. 1420919)
I won’t click on CNN. What was the injury? A broken hip WILL do him in at his age. See post #12.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
griddog1 3/9/2023 8:48:03 AM (No. 1420923)
Drunk out of his mind my guess! The walls are closing in on him, soon to meet his Maker!
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
cor-vet 3/9/2023 8:50:15 AM (No. 1420925)
What really happened, someone dropped a fist full of Chinese Yuan and he tripped and fell in his rush to retrieve it!
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
john56 3/9/2023 8:50:48 AM (No. 1420927)
I'm okay with Mitch moving on from Minority Leader, but we do need him to stay in the Senate until the good people of Kentucky elect a Republican Governor in Fall 2023. Then Mitch can retire to his Scrooge McDuck lifestyle, counting his Chinese-provided wealth, and that Governor can appoint a solid conservative to the post before the 2024 election.
Double or nothing when Mitch does retire, he stays in the Swamp.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
Venturer 3/9/2023 9:08:18 AM (No. 1420953)
Mitch's way of giving the Democrats back their majority in the Senate.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
Marzipan4 3/9/2023 9:08:54 AM (No. 1420954)
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall…
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
Kate318 3/9/2023 9:10:37 AM (No. 1420956)
Hmmm…another Harry Reid moment? Yes, they always say that, don’t they #12? Makes me wonder if they set the stage for older people right then and there.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
Trump'sCousin 3/9/2023 9:13:05 AM (No. 1420962)
HOORAY!!!
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
GoodDeal 3/9/2023 9:24:21 AM (No. 1420985)
I bet he was drunk on his arse and did a smooth Harry Reid tumble.
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
MickTurn 3/9/2023 9:28:15 AM (No. 1420995)
He's behind on his Jabs, we fully expect 10 Jabs and 5 Boosters, all within 5 minutes. That ought to FIX HIM!
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
chagrined 3/9/2023 9:30:26 AM (No. 1421001)
It's really not nice to cheer someone else's misfortune. Then again, 'ol Mitchie has definitely earned the acrimony. A pox upon ALL rinos, who truly are the scum of the earth.
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
Californian 3/9/2023 9:31:13 AM (No. 1421002)
I hope Mitch retires so he can take care of his health and spend more time with his family.
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
Birddog 3/9/2023 9:42:26 AM (No. 1421016)
Private dinner?? That is DC speak for "fundraiser/Lobbyist meeting"...or was it a small group strictly social?
My 91yo father had a fall friday, nothing broken, not even any major bruising, but pain and increasing weakness because of it ended up with an ambulance on sunday, 3 days in the hospital...transferred yesterday to a skilled nursing facility for rehab.
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The hatred and lack of empathy among the commenters here reminds me of, well, left-wing Democrats.
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Reply 43 - Posted by:
udanja99 3/9/2023 10:00:22 AM (No. 1421035)
#35, they say it because it’s true. My step mother fell and broke her hip and wrist at age 79. She had other health issues as I’m sure all people who reach that age do. She lasted one week.
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Reply 44 - Posted by:
Indy8166 3/9/2023 10:06:59 AM (No. 1421041)
We could cancel McConnell and Fetterman and call it even.
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Reply 45 - Posted by:
fysammy 3/9/2023 10:15:04 AM (No. 1421048)
"Will no one rid me of this turbulent traitor!" King Henry II (sort of)
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Reply 46 - Posted by:
Knotwyrkin 3/9/2023 10:29:26 AM (No. 1421062)
'Tis a shame,I say.
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Reply 47 - Posted by:
Thos Weatherby 3/9/2023 10:33:12 AM (No. 1421067)
I wonder if they'll show a picture of his black eye?
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Reply 48 - Posted by:
moebellini3 3/9/2023 10:39:44 AM (No. 1421072)
He probably tripped over Chuck Schumer, that's how close up his rear end he is.
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Reply 49 - Posted by:
BrightonCO 3/9/2023 10:44:36 AM (No. 1421076)
RINO trips but survives and takes a face plant. I certainly don't want to see anybody dead, but a sudden retirement would be nice.
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CNN's description of McConnell is so complimentary you'd think they've found common cause with the supposed Republican. McConnell's hatred for Donald Trump and his lock-step stance with Senate Democrats would seem to indicate he does not represent Republican voters so much as he represents what's wrong with elective politics these days. It's a get-rich-quick scheme used by both Dems and Repubs alike and to hell with principles and what their voters want.
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Reply 51 - Posted by:
MindMadeUp 3/9/2023 11:01:07 AM (No. 1421092)
Wonder if he'll have big, black eye when he leaves the hospital...
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Reply 52 - Posted by:
BarryNo 3/9/2023 11:10:18 AM (No. 1421100)
I think it's a fake. Yesterday they were wringing hands because two democrats were out medically for extended periods, with Mitch out, they can relax.
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Reply 53 - Posted by:
zoidberg 3/9/2023 11:21:32 AM (No. 1421111)
"Ah've follen, en ah cain't git up."
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Reply 54 - Posted by:
Italiano 3/9/2023 11:43:47 AM (No. 1421128)
My alibi is air-tight.
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Reply 55 - Posted by:
Harlowe 3/9/2023 11:45:34 AM (No. 1421130)
#42~ Needed and well stated. / Reading such venom posted at this salon is a tremendous disappointment and begs the question, what is happening to this salon's heretofore dignified and compassionate reputation that becomes sullied by such shameful venomous language. While there may be agreement and justification in annoyance with the behavior of others, especially when that behavior jeopardizes the nation, wishing evil on individuals at the root of or participating in putting this country in harm’s way is not appropriate from people of faith. It is written:
“Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles, lest the LORD see it and be displeased, and turn away his anger from him. Fret not yourself because of evildoers, and be not envious of the wicked, for the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be put out.” (Proverbs 24:17-20)
Ldotter #3 is commentary more appropriate to this salon and, most certainly, from people of faith. An opinion is expressed kindly and followed by compassion. Commendable.
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Reply 56 - Posted by:
Italiano 3/9/2023 11:47:54 AM (No. 1421131)
Let's not forget that whatever his faults, he kept the vile, corrupt gerbil Merrick Garland off the Supreme Court. That makes up for a lot of transgressions.
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Reply 57 - Posted by:
DVC 3/9/2023 12:04:38 PM (No. 1421142)
Well, perhaps he'll retire and make the world a better place.
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Reply 58 - Posted by:
broken01 3/9/2023 12:07:50 PM (No. 1421146)
As a Conservative I'm really, really, really, really, really, really broken up about this news. Did I say that I'm really broken up.
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Reply 59 - Posted by:
smokincol 3/9/2023 12:35:15 PM (No. 1421166)
I don't like snitch - A LOT!!! - so anything I'd say I would probably have to alter or delete but I'm not about to do that so, here's my posting.
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Reply 60 - Posted by:
GustoGrabber 3/9/2023 12:43:42 PM (No. 1421176)
To our Rove Romney Ryan and Bush ( and possibly DeSantis) globaliist, big government lovin elitist associates PP SC and any other chosen names ---nobody is fooled. No one should take enjoyment in another's suffering. If only that were true of Mitch and his open detestation of democracy loving, small government, limited government, antibeltway, antiCrony capitalists who find the Trump reallignment necessary to the continued preservation of America as something other than a Chinese Workers paradise colony.
Take your fake outrage elsewhere.
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Reply 61 - Posted by:
Harlowe 3/9/2023 1:28:56 PM (No. 1421194)
#60~ Sometimes the written word can be misunderstood. If “Take your fake outrage elsewhere” is aimed at #55, it is not “outrage” and it is not “fake.” It is heartfelt disappointment seeing such rhetoric posted to this highly esteemed website. If not aimed at #55, an apology is extended for assuming the criticism was so intended. This said, an attempt was made in #55 to make clear that destructive actions by others (that includes politicians) is not appropriate and warrants justified anger; however, such anger can be expressed in ways other than being malicious. What is clear, evil people and their evil deeds will be judged accordingly in time to come.
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Reply 62 - Posted by:
cold porridge 3/9/2023 1:38:09 PM (No. 1421199)
Did it knock any sense into him? Why couldn't it have been a tall building instead of a dinner? I will pray for his funeral to be as soon as possible. It seems the only way to get some critters out of congress.
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Reply 63 - Posted by:
GustoGrabber 3/9/2023 1:58:48 PM (No. 1421207)
LV, not you. Long time poster known for using multiple aliases to amplify self importance is highly selective in use of outrage to control the discussion. Seldom in the direction of limited government antiSwamp, anti lobbyist, antiBush, antiRove conservatives. Admittedly, the tone here is a little too gleeful, but McConnell has made it all to clear that this is us against them, elitists vs populist grass roots ProTrump republicanism, and the most recent revelations of J6 exaggerations if not coordination, and his post Tucker anger at the release of the tapes suggests that he knew all along what a sham this was and is.
Hope he heals, Maybe the hospital chaplain will marry his mother and father when they visit.
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Reply 64 - Posted by:
Harlowe 3/9/2023 10:08:52 PM (No. 1421506)
LXIII, thank you! Curiosity has been piqued regarding the long-time poster with multiple aliases.
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Reply 65 - Posted by:
Kate318 3/10/2023 9:38:37 AM (No. 1421763)
You would know, #42.
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