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[–] KaChilde@sh.itjust.works 70 points 4 days ago (5 children)

This image from the article is rough. I have watched three grandparents decline mentally before they passed, and that is the face of someone who is not sure where they are but is doing their best to pretend they aren’t lost and scared.

As much as I hate the man for evil he has put into the world, that is not Mitch anymore, and I legitimately feel sorry for the lost mind trapped inside his body. I hope he passes soon, for everyone’s sake.

[–] sportsjorts@lemmy.zip 84 points 4 days ago (6 children)

That man has helped kill millions of people.

[–] Goldmage263@sh.itjust.works 22 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Look, I want to piss on his grave as much as anyone, but it isn't retribution or justice when the individual suffering no longer remembers who they are or what they did. Makes me think of Nier: Automata with

spoiler___ Popola and Devola
I'm just ready for Kentucky to get another chance at a thinking representative.

[–] sportsjorts@lemmy.zip 38 points 4 days ago (7 children)

Great game. Still don’t care. Dude has done imessurable harm to innocent and oppressed people. My grandma went like this and it’s horrible to watch. My grandma never heald a seat of power and helped destroy the United States and murder women and children. Fuck Mitch. Fuck the shell of Mitch and may his mindless bitch ass be as scared and unaware until he shuffles off this mortal coil. This is the great equalizer and just more evidence why we should be kind to each other and not tolerate Nazis. Mitch has been instrumental to where we are as a nation of Nazis right now. And we aren’t even fucking getting started. Sincerely one of his constituents.

Vote trump into prison. No quarter. No more sympathy. America lives or dies this November.

[–] Goldmage263@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I understand, and if you get satisfaction then great! I just can't.

Absolutely vote Trump into prison for life. All 5-15 remaining years of it.

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[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.today 15 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Kentucky would proudly vote for him again if he ran. They are dumb as fuuuuuuck.

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[–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 8 points 3 days ago

Yeah, I think it's possible (and sometimes valuable) to have both disdain for someone's actions and decisions and compassion for things they didn't and couldn't decide. I hope he is removed from all positions of influence, but I wouldn't wish dementia on him any more than I would on anyone else.

[–] hardcoreufo@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago

I get it had the same thing happen to my granma it was awful to watch and something I'd normally not wish on anyone. However, I can only hope Mitch suffers the same fate and survives a decade as a husk. Its the karma he deserves.

[–] NewSocialWhoDis@lemmy.zip 11 points 3 days ago

If it helps, remind yourself that this is what he would have wanted for himself.

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

He deserves all the suffering you can imagine and more

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 226 points 4 days ago (3 children)

This was already happening...

I forget which vote, but he voted the opposite of how he was supposed to and a bunch of aids had to jump in.

They just yelled at him to vote the other way, didn't even attempt to explain what was happening.

There's an army of staffers running our government thru geriatric puppets.

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 52 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Sheesh, I hate that we're at the point where I feel bad for Mitch McConnell. This is elder abuse.

[–] ThatFuckingIdiot@sh.itjust.works 80 points 4 days ago (3 children)

That asshole deserves whatever elder abuse he's getting, times a hundredfold.

[–] DaveyRocket@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Ya, but that’s not happening to him, it’s happening to someone who is probably no longer him and is just a frightened old man like any other. I wish bad things upon the past Mitch who was aware and doing terrible shit, but this isn’t him anymore.

It’s important to remember that an outlet for rage rarely aligns with our usual morals.

So instead, let’s fight elder abuse while ensuring future generations understand that this man was a fucking nazi who brought nothing but shame to the nation and state he swore to serve, while enriching himself.

This prick gleefully made this country worse for millions of people for the next 3+ generations.

I don't care if he remembers his name in hell, may he burn there all the same.

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[–] MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk 60 points 4 days ago (1 children)

No, it's exactly what he would have wanted.

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 24 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It is entirely fitting that Mitch McConnell is fillibustering Death itself

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[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 32 points 4 days ago

Why is that even allowed. That's so fucked up.

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[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 42 points 3 days ago (2 children)

He's lost it obviously, he's not all there. Yet another embarrassment for all Americans.

Let's elect him as President.

[–] Catma@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago

Fucking over democracy even in a catatonic state? If young Mitch could see him now he would have the orgasm of a lifetime.

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[–] Malica@lemmy.zip 27 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Not just McConnell, all those geriatric fucks are too old to be clinging to power.

[–] veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

So I brought my boombox and hit the turbo bass and what happened next was a total disgrace

[–] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 days ago

Uncanny resemblance...

[–] PokerChips@programming.dev 99 points 4 days ago (5 children)
[–] fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com 52 points 4 days ago

I love watching him yearn for death, trapped in his own body.

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[–] sportsjorts@lemmy.zip 40 points 4 days ago (6 children)

If someone has to be told how to vote they should be removed from office immediately. Fucking zombies.

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[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Is he also being told who/what to vote for?

[–] joelectron@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

More than usual, you mean?

Yes.

[–] LoonyLenny 94 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 13 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Lindsey Graham was one of his few remaining horcruxes.

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[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 24 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Fucking ghoul. Why in Congress a nursing home??? Get these geriatric ass fucks OUT OF OUR GOVERNMENT AND OUT OF OUR LIVES!

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[–] SarcasticMan@lemmy.world 60 points 4 days ago

I used to work in a hospice with stroke patients, I have seen that face a hundred thousand times on a hundred diffrent patients.

[–] Heikki2@lemmy.world 23 points 3 days ago

I know we should be sad to see his down fall from the "upstanding" individual he was by protecting the US form mandatory Paid Sick Leave, stealing a SCOTUS seat claiming 600+ days was too soon to get Neil Gorsuch, fighting against "greedy" 9/11 survivors, opposing civil rights, and filling a SCOTUS seat after an election had occurred with a Biden win. I hope the rest if his life is painful and very public

[–] lemmylump@lemmy.world 63 points 4 days ago
[–] hoppeduponcoffee@lemmy.zip 20 points 4 days ago (1 children)
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[–] maxthemummer@lemmus.org 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

So, a typical Trump voter then.

[–] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 41 points 4 days ago

I watched Cody’s showdy about Mitch, and it’s disgraceful that he was / is allowed to uhhh…. Participate, in congress. He is beyond gone.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 41 points 4 days ago (2 children)
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[–] heartSagan5@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 days ago

It's still Weekend At Mitch's, geesh.

[–] vegeta@lemmy.world 27 points 4 days ago (2 children)

give the ghola some time to relearn his past

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[–] Bakkoda@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago

For free? Fuckin commie.

[–] benjirenji@slrpnk.net 10 points 4 days ago

This is Feinstein all over again. Embarrassing, but another sign of how backsliding this democracy is.

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