{"id":1985784,"date":"2023-07-29T12:51:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T16:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-and-feinstein-episodes-raise-age-concerns-about-us-leaders\/"},"modified":"2023-07-29T12:52:22","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T16:52:22","slug":"mcconnell-and-feinstein-episodes-raise-age-concerns-about-us-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-and-feinstein-episodes-raise-age-concerns-about-us-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Age concerns about US leaders raised by McConnell and Feinstein episodes."},"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\">22<\/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%2Fmcconnell-and-feinstein-episodes-raise-age-concerns-about-us-leaders%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=1985784&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--><h2>Are Our Political Leaders Up to\u200d the Task?<\/h2>\n<p>As the country&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-kelly-same-people-criticizing-trump-peddled-russia-collusion-hoax\/\" title=\"Mike Kelly: Same People Criticizing Trump Peddled Russia Collusion Hoax\">political leaders<\/a> continue to\u2062 get\u200c older, events and \u2062episodes of decline among\u200c politicians continue to happen publicly.<\/p>\n<p>This past week, two events involving two of the oldest politicians in Congress became highly scrutinized\u200c and \u2063again caused citizens to wonder if the country&#8217;s leaders \u2063are up to the task.<\/p>\n<h3>Lincoln Dinner: The Winners \u200cand Losers of the Iowa Fundraiser<\/h3>\n<p>First, it was Senate Minority Leader Mitch\u200d McConnell\u200b (R-KY), 81, who\u2064 froze\u200d at \u200cthe lectern for\u200d about 20 seconds while giving \u2063a press conference. He had to be led away by Sen. John\u200b Barrasso \u2064(R-WY). McConnell\u2062 eventually came back to the lectern and continued the press conference.<\/p>\n<p>Seeing the longest-serving Senate\u2064 leader in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-and-feinstein-episodes-raise-age-concerns-about-us-leaders\/\" title=\"Age concerns about US leaders raised by McConnell and Feinstein episodes.\">history temporarily break<\/a> down in front of \u2064reporters sent shockwaves\u200d through the Capitol and the press corps.\u2064 Several other incidents \u2064relating to McConnell&#8217;s age began to bubble up in news\u200d reports, including accounts\u200b of \u2062him face-planting at an airport and stories about him \u200dusing a wheelchair\u200d to get \u2063around when\u2062 he&#8217;s not at\u2063 work.<\/p>\n<p>The Kentucky senator said \u2062he doesn&#8217;t \u2063have any plans to step down as the \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schiff-nadler-call-flynn-pardon-abuse-of-power\/\" title=\"Schiff, Nadler Call Flynn Pardon 'Abuse of Power'\">minority leader<\/a> during this Congress, but his office was silent about what his plans are for anything beyond then.<\/p>\n<p>Then it \u2062was Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), \u200b90, who \u2064was confused about what\u2064 to do\u2062 when she was up \u2064to vote in committee, having to be informed\u2064 by Sen.\u2063 Patty Murray (D-WA) to &#8220;Just say aye.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Questions about Feinstein&#8217;s health have swirled around her for years as \u2063Democrats have quietly, and then loudly, started to\u2064 suggest it was past time\u2062 for her to hand off the baton to someone younger.<\/p>\n<p>Following a lengthy absence earlier this\u2064 year due \u2063to \u200ca bout of shingles and further\u200c health complications, \u2062Feinstein\u200c announced she would not seek reelection next \u2062year, \u200dsetting up a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ice-bucket-challenge-activist-dies-age-37\/\" title=\"Ice Bucket Challenge Activist Dies Age 37\">high-profile<\/a>,\u2063 high-cost primary featuring fundraising \u2064heavyweights Reps. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Katie \u200dPorter (D-CA).<\/p>\n<p>Age is especially a problem in the \u2063Senate, where the average age is 64, compared to in the House, where \u200cit&#8217;s 57.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not just in the Senate where old age is a \u200dfactor, \u200bthe top two candidates for president \u2062in their\u2063 respective parties, President Joe Biden,\u2063 80, and former President\u2064 Donald \u2064Trump, 77, have both been \u200bcriticized\u200b by their\u2064 opponents on their age.<\/p>\n<p>For Biden \u2014 who would be 86 by the end\u200c of his \u200bsecond term if he&#8217;s\u200b reelected \u2014 it&#8217;s his regular gaffes and occasional\u200c falls that bring public criticism from Republicans \u2064and\u2064 voters.<\/p>\n<p>A poll back\u200d in July from JL Partners\/DailyMail.com found that <strong>49% of Democrats said Biden is too old to be president<\/strong>, while 28% believed he is \u200cthe right age, and 23% replied they were \u2064unsure.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, \u200b <strong>71% of likely \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fetterman-voted-to-put-murderers-back-on-streets\/\" title=\"Fetterman Voted to Put Murderers Back on Streets\">general election voters<\/a> \u2064said they\u200d believe Biden is too old \u2063to be president<\/strong>, according to the poll; 94% of Republicans surveyed said they believe he is too old \u2062to be \u2062president, and\u2063 71% of independents said they believe he&#8217;s \u200btoo old.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has also \u2063been criticized for his \u2063age,\u200c including most recently this week by his closest rival, Gov. \u200bRon DeSantis (R-FL).<\/p>\n<p>When asked in an interview\u2062 if\u2062 he would \u2063pardon \u200bTrump if elected, \u2064DeSantis responded by taking\u200b a dig at his age.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What \u2063I\u2019ve said is very simple. I\u2019m \u200cgonna do what\u2019s right for the \u2064country. I don\u2019t think it would be good for the country to have \u2063an almost 80-year-old former president go \u200cto prison,&#8221; \u200cDeSantis responded.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK \u200cHERE\u2063 TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As aging political leaders persist, public episodes of decline among them persist too. Last week, two highly scrutinized events involving the oldest politicians in Congress raised concerns about their capability. Citizens once again questioned if the country&#8217;s leaders are fit for the task. 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