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Zorro

(18,806 posts)
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 09:43 PM Feb 2026

Mitch McConnell, 83, Hospitalized

Source: Daily Beast

The former Senate majority leader missed Senate votes on Monday and Tuesday.

Mitch McConnell has been hospitalized after experiencing what a spokesperson described as “flu-like symptoms.”

The 83-year-old Kentucky senator checked himself into a hospital on Monday evening “in an abundance of caution,” senior advisor David Popp said in a statement.

“His prognosis is positive and he is grateful for the excellent care he is receiving,” Popp added. “He is in regular contact with his staff and looks forward to returning to Senate business.”

The former Senate majority leader missed crucial Senate votes on Monday and Tuesday, Politico reported.

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/mitch-mcconnell-83-hospitalized/

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Mitch McConnell, 83, Hospitalized (Original Post) Zorro Feb 2026 OP
It would be a shame if he just fucking died already. Orrex Feb 2026 #1
Can we have a twofer? llmart Feb 2026 #2
🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞 SheltieLover Feb 2026 #8
I want to see him in prison for helping overthrow American democracy. Initech Feb 2026 #44
Fingers crossed! JoseBalow Feb 2026 #3
"...and he is grateful for the excellent care he is receiving," IcyPeas Feb 2026 #4
Exactly my thoughts. What an entitled asshole. chicoescuela Feb 2026 #5
On our dime. llmart Feb 2026 #13
ON OUR DIME!!! niyad Feb 2026 #18
While he still tries to kill the ACA from his hopefully death bed Bengus81 Feb 2026 #43
Moscow Mitch UpInArms Feb 2026 #6
May he live long and Floyd R. Turbo Feb 2026 #7
His insurance covers 'Abundance of Caution' PuraVidaDreamin Feb 2026 #9
Drop dead, go to hell and take the fucking moron with you! BigmanPigman Feb 2026 #10
Would not surprise me a bit... 2naSalit Feb 2026 #24
DU'ers! Shame on you! Do not rejoice in Mitch McConnel's demise. usonian Feb 2026 #11
I want him to live and suffer for the shit he has pulled. Botany Feb 2026 #12
Thoughts and Prayers groundloop Feb 2026 #14
Things change quickly with someone that age already Phoenix61 Feb 2026 #15
. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2026 #16
Oh. Iggo Feb 2026 #17
May he receive everything he deserves. niyad Feb 2026 #19
I offer him the same hopes and prayers I'm sure he offered for Ruth bader Ginsburg. cstanleytech Feb 2026 #20
Congressmen get admitted for the sniffles Warpy Feb 2026 #21
I think he's going to die there. Haggard Celine Feb 2026 #27
seize his assets The Wizard Feb 2026 #29
Yes, that is how you get to someone like that. Haggard Celine Feb 2026 #30
The real sons of bitches hang on forever Warpy Feb 2026 #40
IHDY? fujiyamasan Feb 2026 #22
Sadly, per a nasty little law the pukes rammed through, Beshear niyad Feb 2026 #25
Oh yeah I forgot about that fujiyamasan Feb 2026 #39
The man can't serve anymore iemanja Feb 2026 #23
To quote Winston Churchill: boonecreek Feb 2026 #26
They've called in top herpetologists from all over the country. Conjuay Feb 2026 #28
huh, how about that... Javaman Feb 2026 #31
Just finished two this morning. niyad Feb 2026 #32
Started a new one myself :) nt Javaman Feb 2026 #33
Showoff... Aristus Feb 2026 #35
What can I say? I didn't sleep much last night. niyad Feb 2026 #37
Hope he leaves the hospital soon... Aristus Feb 2026 #34
Out the back door? niyad Feb 2026 #38
And feet first... Aristus Feb 2026 #41
But of course! niyad Feb 2026 #42
Which votes was he skipping out on? n/t Hugin Feb 2026 #36
I'll never understand these damned fools that hang on to an office... Mark.b2 Feb 2026 #45
That's not good enough, Mitch. Captain Zero Feb 5 #46
Thoughts n prayers Earth Bound Misfit Feb 5 #47
I was so sad to see the post title. Aristus Feb 5 #48
Time for Final Reckoning eringer Feb 5 #49

Bengus81

(10,320 posts)
43. While he still tries to kill the ACA from his hopefully death bed
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 06:59 PM
Feb 2026

FUCK YOU TURTLE..........

BigmanPigman

(55,453 posts)
10. Drop dead, go to hell and take the fucking moron with you!
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 10:34 PM
Feb 2026

I'd rather see him drawn and quartered AND tarred and feathered to be honest. He deserves Karma and dying is not good enough for me. That greedy, sadistic asshole has caused thousands to suffer and die needlessly for 30 years through his evil, maniacal political aspirations.

2naSalit

(103,790 posts)
24. Would not surprise me a bit...
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 06:20 AM
Feb 2026

If he were somewhere in the dregs of the Epstein files too, sick fucker.

usonian

(26,311 posts)
11. DU'ers! Shame on you! Do not rejoice in Mitch McConnel's demise.
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 10:43 PM
Feb 2026

prematurely

They're working tirelessly to restore him to health.



Does anyone have the Washington ⚡⚡ weather forecast ⚡⚡?

Botany

(77,727 posts)
12. I want him to live and suffer for the shit he has pulled.
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 11:14 PM
Feb 2026

Piece of human filth. He fucked up America but good. In 2016 he was told of Trump’s campaign
connections to Russia and help to hide them, after that he could have voted to remove Trump from
office after J-6th and ended his political career, he blocked Obama’s right to pick a member of the
SCOTUS to have a hearing in front of the Senate, and he posed with a Confederate Flag too.

Warpy

(114,650 posts)
21. Congressmen get admitted for the sniffles
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 01:48 AM
Feb 2026

while me and thee have to be close to death before some bean counter at an insurance company willl authorize an admission.

Oh, right, McConnell. He's 83. He needs to retire, already. He's poisoned the Senate quite long enough.

Haggard Celine

(17,890 posts)
27. I think he's going to die there.
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 07:33 AM
Feb 2026

He's going to stare off into space one last time and then flames will shoot up through the Senate floor and claim his body and soul. Wouldn't that be sweet? It's people like him who make people want to believe in Hell. I don't believe in it myself. I think that eternal damnation isn't just punishment for sins committed over a 70-80 year period. But Mitch McConnell does make me hope that there is some reckoning in the afterlife for what we do down here. He doesn't deserve eternal damnation, but I hope it feels like it is!

Haggard Celine

(17,890 posts)
30. Yes, that is how you get to someone like that.
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 08:43 AM
Feb 2026

In his case, he is remarkably candid about power as an end in itself. Taking away his power would probably kill him. That's why I think he'll probably croak in office, if not on the Senate floor.

Warpy

(114,650 posts)
40. The real sons of bitches hang on forever
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 03:53 PM
Feb 2026

until they are carried out feet first. Then they get cast in bronze and pigeons shit on their heads for at last a couple of centuries.

fujiyamasan

(1,977 posts)
22. IHDY?
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 02:00 AM
Feb 2026

Please tell me he is.

What’s state law on appointing a replacement? Can Beshear do it as soon as he rammed ACB to replace RBG?

niyad

(133,692 posts)
25. Sadly, per a nasty little law the pukes rammed through, Beshear
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 07:07 AM
Feb 2026

can only appoint a puke-approved puke.

fujiyamasan

(1,977 posts)
39. Oh yeah I forgot about that
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 02:23 PM
Feb 2026

I remember they did that specifically to protect McConnell’s seat.

Gotta give them credit on that one.

Dems should make sure to do that in states like Vermont (not wishing Bernie ill, but he is old), blue states with a GOP governor.

Mark.b2

(807 posts)
45. I'll never understand these damned fools that hang on to an office...
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 10:26 PM
Feb 2026

at his age. Pols do their constituents and parties a disservice clinging to their positions with their bony, crepey-skinned hands like this.

Aristus

(72,440 posts)
48. I was so sad to see the post title.
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 10:47 AM
Feb 5

I was hoping it would say "Mitch McConnell, Dead At 83."

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