{"id":1984145,"date":"2023-07-27T13:28:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T17:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-time-for-americans-to-stop-tolerating-mentally-deficient-politicians\/"},"modified":"2023-07-27T13:33:14","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T17:33:14","slug":"its-time-for-americans-to-stop-tolerating-mentally-deficient-politicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-time-for-americans-to-stop-tolerating-mentally-deficient-politicians\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans must stop tolerating mentally deficient politicians."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fits-time-for-americans-to-stop-tolerating-mentally-deficient-politicians%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1984145&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<h2>Senate Minority \u2063Leader Mitch\u200d McConnell&#8217;s Unsettling Moment<\/h2>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell made headlines on Wednesday afternoon\u200b after he froze up for 30 seconds during a Capitol press \u200cconference before \u200cstaff escorted him away from \u200cthe podium.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Odd moment: McConnell freezes\u2064 at start of\u200c Senate GOP leadership \u2063press conference and is escorted\u200d to the side by his colleagues <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hT5bLnstOS\">pic.twitter.com\/hT5bLnstOS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2062 Raquel Martin (@RaquelMartinTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RaquelMartinTV\/status\/1684263785542844433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 26, \u200c2023<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Speculation about the reason for McConnell\u2019s blank stare and\u2062 uncomfortable \u200dsilence swirled on \u200dsocial \u2064media. Approximately 15 \u200dminutes\u2062 after he was hurried\u200c away, however, McConnell returned to reporters and declared, \u201cI\u2019m fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Q: &#8220;Could you address what happened here at\u200d the start of\u200b the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yellen-eager-to-work-with-china-on-debt-other-global-challenges\/\" title=\"Yellen \u2018eager\u2019 to work with China on debt, other global challenges\">press\u2062 conference<\/a> and was it related \u2063to your injury from earlier this year where you suffered a concussion?&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Sen. McConnell: &#8220;I&#8217;m fine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Q: &#8220;You&#8217;re fine? You&#8217;re \u2062fully able to do your\u200d job?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>McConnell: &#8220;Yeah.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Can1RtzqmM\">pic.twitter.com\/Can1RtzqmM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CSPAN (@cspan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/1684269371898707969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 26, 2023<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe president called to\u200c check up\u200d on me and I told him I\u200d got sandbagged,\u201d McConnell later explained, jokingly referring to \u200dPresident Joe Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/biden-fall-trip-air-force-stage-sandbag-79427949848742048600171770e33bc9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">onstage spill<\/a> at the U.S. Air Force Academy graduation in June.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SENATE\u2063 MINORITY\u200b LEADER MCCONNELL: \u200b\u201cThe\u2063 President\u200b called \u200dto check up on me and \u2064I told\u2062 him I got sandbagged\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McConnell doesn\u2019t answer questions about \u2064what\u2064 happened, just says \u201cI\u2019m fine\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cm8tvoiLIH\">pic.twitter.com\/cm8tvoiLIH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nathaniel Reed (@ReedReports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReedReports\/status\/1684338097071300608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July \u206426, 2023<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Much like\u200c Biden, McConnell also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/mcconnell-fell-recently-dc-airport-prior-wednesdays-freeze-rcna96568\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tripped and fell<\/a> earlier this month\u2064 as he attempted to disembark from \u2062an \u2063airplane at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Before \u2062that, he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/03\/13\/1163232163\/mitch-mcconnell-discharged-from-the-hospital-after-suffering-a-concussion-last-w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hospitalized for five days<\/a> after suffering a rib fracture and concussion following a \u2063fall at an event.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck \u2063Schumer offered McConnell\u200b thoughts and prayers from the \u200cSenate floor\u2063 following McConnell\u2019s March \u200daccident.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/01\/03\/pray-for-damar-hamlin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">power of prayer<\/a> should never be underestimated. \u200dThe same\u2063 can\u2019t be said about Americans\u2019 tolerance for its declining leaders.<\/p>\n<h2>A Gerontocracy?<\/h2>\n<p>More than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/tablet\/2023\/05\/05\/april-28-may-3-2023-washington-post-abc-news-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">6 in 10 Americans<\/a> agree\u2064 that Biden \u2062does not possess \u200d\u201cthe \u2062mental sharpness or physical health to serve effectively as president.\u201d More \u200cthan 4 in 10 \u2063Democrats say Biden is \u2063\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/bidens-age-wearing-democrats-1815190\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">too old \u2062to be president<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Americans\u2019 assessments make sense. To simply\u2062 survive public addresses \u200dand events, the gaffe-prone grandfather in the \u200dWhite House is handed cue cards, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/09\/22\/joe-biden-isnt-running-for-president-his-teleprompter-is\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">teleprompters<\/a>, and even \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/04\/26\/biden-cheat-sheet-shows-he-had-advance-knowledge-of-journalists-question\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pictures of the reporters<\/a> he\u2019s supposed to call\u2062 on during his infrequent \u2064appearance press conferences.<\/p>\n<p>The same can be said\u200d about legislators like McConnell and others in \u2064Congress. To advance their political agenda, Democrats are \u2062relying on incapacitated senators like Dianne Feinstein, who spent <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/03\/07\/sen-dianne-feinstein-released-from-hospital-after-treatment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">three months away from her \u200cjob<\/a> due to physical complications only to return\u2064 to \u200bCongress as an incoherent bag of bones in a wheelchair, and stroke \u2064victims\u200c like John \u2063Fetterman, who checked into Walter Reed medical center\u2062 for his depression <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/john-fetterman-discharged-walter-reed-hospital-pennsylvania-senator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mere weeks<\/a> into his congressional \u200dtenure.<\/p>\n<p>Even former House Speaker Nancy\u2062 Pelosi\u2063 is struggling to \u2062keep up nowadays.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/05\/10\/opinion\/trump-biden-age.html\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These aren\u2019t just bloopers \u2063that \u2063can\u2063 be discounted as one-offs. They are embarrassing mistakes \u2064that the people representing our nation should not be repeatedly making.<\/p>\n<p>When\u2063 Americans criticize\u2063 the overseers of \u200dthe government for failing to execute their basic job duties without embarrassing themselves \u2062and the country, however, \u200dthe afflicted administrators rush\u200d to defend each other \u200dagainst \u201cageism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Corporate media are also <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/04\/28\/how-far-will-corporate-media-go-to-cover-for-and-re-elect-joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">quick to cover<\/a> for their preferred politicians\u2019 dwindling. In May, shortly after Biden \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/saradorn\/2023\/05\/05\/biden-gaffes-accidentally-promises-a-major-press-conference\/?sh=5bf89d243512\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">overpromised<\/a> about a \u201cmajor press conference\u201d that had already\u2063 happened,\u200c The New York Times\u2019 Charles Blow insisted that your \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/05\/10\/opinion\/trump-biden-age.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Panic Over Joe Biden\u2019s Age Is Manufactured<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What NYT\u200d and \u2063the Washington Post lack in\u200d coverage, the White House makes\u2062 up for with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1684198693858050049\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">covert transcript changes<\/a>.<\/p>\n[RELATED:[RELATED:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/07\/08\/repeat-the-line-white-house-retroactively-alters-transcript-to-smooth-bidens-gaffe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2018Repeat The Line\u2019: White House Retroactively Alters Transcript To Smooth Biden\u2019s\u2063 Gaffe<\/a>]\n[ALSO:[ALSO:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/07\/15\/fake-fact-checkers-think-if-they-repeat-the-line-about-bidens-flawless-teleprompter-delivery-americans-will-forget-hes-losing-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fake Fact-Checkers \u2063Think If They \u2018Repeat The Line\u2019 About Biden\u2019s Flawless Teleprompter Delivery, Americans \u200bWill Forget \u200dHe\u2019s \u200cLosing It<\/a>]\n<p>There \u2062is a <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/04\/21\/feinstein-fetterman-and-biden-show-democrats-double-standard-on-mental-acuity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">clear double\u2063 standard<\/a> when it comes\u2064 to discussing Democrats\u2019 ineptitude. \u200cThe bigger \u2062double standard,\u2063 however, lies in the fact that the rulers who <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/11\/20\/your-political-leaders-hate-you-and-think-youre-stupid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">think\u200c you\u2019re \u2063stupid<\/a> are the \u200dones who are losing their minds. The walking corpses in the\u200d White\u2063 House, Senate, and \u2064the House are making decisions that, \u2064simply put, they won\u2019t \u2062have to live with. You, on \u200cthe other hand, will.<\/p>\n<h2>Age Is But A Number<\/h2>\n<p>Solutions\u200c for curbing often include age limits for Congress or impeachment under\u2063 the 25th Amendment for decrepit presidents like Biden. \u200cRegulations like these, however, still\u200b don\u2019t account for\u200b the feeble like Fetterman, who, at 53 years old, seems to \u200cspend more time wandering Capitol grounds than in the\u200b Senate rotunda.<\/p>\n<p>Nor do they account for the few healthy and \u2064robust. At\u200d 89 years\u200b old, one year younger than Feinstein, Sen. \u2062Chuck Grassley is \u200bstill <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3kj4lI-aSqg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">giving cognizant floor speeches about Biden \u200bfamily corruption<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-time-for-americans-to-stop-tolerating-mentally-deficient-politicians\/\" title=\"Americans must stop tolerating mentally deficient politicians.\">famously \u2063running multiple miles<\/a> nearly every day.<\/p>\n<p>His addresses\u200c and \u200dinteractions aren\u2019t plagued\u2062 with the gaffes and blunders that torment his colleagues and the man\u200d he\u2019s investigating.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly, capability and competency are\u200d key. Yet somehow, the \u200bguy who refused a \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/biden-cognitive-test-why-the-hell-would-i-take-a-test\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cognitive test on\u200b the\u200d campaign trail<\/a> became the one in charge.<\/p>\n<p>There is \u2062a time and\u200c place for \u200cthose in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/victor-davis-hanson-an-epidemic-of-cognitive-impairment\/\" title=\"Victor Davis Hanson: An Epidemic of Cognitive Impairment?\">clear mental decline<\/a>, \u2064and \u200cthat\u2019s not the White House or on\u2064 the Senate or House floor. The best thing for \u2062those struggling with senility is living in a \u200bcomfortable and safe place \u200bsurrounded by family.<\/p>\n<p>Keeping incompetent, mentally compromised leaders around puts their health \u200band\u2064 safety at risk. More \u2063importantly, it puts our nation\u2019s health and security at grave risk. Afflicted politicians like\u200b Biden and McConnell clearly have no intentions of retiring, which is why Americans like me and you must do\u200b it for them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader, caused a stir when he experienced a 30-second freeze during a press conference. 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