{"id":2019292,"date":"2023-09-01T12:10:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T16:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nikki-haley-calls-senate-most-privileged-nursing-home-in-the-country-says-politicians-need-to-know-when-to-leave\/"},"modified":"2023-09-01T12:11:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T16:11:07","slug":"nikki-haley-calls-senate-most-privileged-nursing-home-in-the-country-says-politicians-need-to-know-when-to-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nikki-haley-calls-senate-most-privileged-nursing-home-in-the-country-says-politicians-need-to-know-when-to-leave\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikki Haley deems Senate a &#8216;privileged nursing home,&#8217; urges politicians to &#8216;know when to exit.&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fnikki-haley-calls-senate-most-privileged-nursing-home-in-the-country-says-politicians-need-to-know-when-to-leave%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=2019292&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>Republican Presidential \u200cCandidate Nikki Haley Raises Concerns About \u2064Aging Senate<\/h2>\n<p>Republican\u200b presidential candidate and former South \u200bCarolina Governor Nikki Haley has sparked a conversation\u200d about\u200d the state of the U.S. Senate, referring \u2063to it as &#8220;the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nikki-haley-calls-senate-the-most-privileged-nursing-home-in-us-after-mcconnell-freeze\/\" title=\"Nikki Haley dubs Senate 'privileged nursing home' after McConnell freeze.\">privileged nursing home<\/a> \u2064in the country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Haley&#8217;s remarks came during a recent interview with Fox News, following Senate Minority Leader Mitch \u200bMcConnell&#8217;s freeze \u2064during a press conference. This \u200dwas the second time McConnell\u200b experienced a health episode\u200c while speaking\u2062 in front of\u200b the\u200b press in the \u2062past\u2063 month.<\/p>\n<p>While Haley praised McConnell&#8217;s\u2064 leadership, she also emphasized \u2062the importance of knowing when to step aside. She \u200cexpressed \u200bconcern not only about McConnell&#8217;s\u2063 health but also about\u200b the decline of \u2062other politicians,\u200c including California Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein and President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Haley suggested implementing mental competency tests for politicians aged 75 and above, or even starting them \u2062at the age of 50. She\u2064 argued that\u2062 these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nikki-haley-calls-senate-most-privileged-nursing-home-in-the-country-says-politicians-need-to-know-when-to-leave\/\" title=\"Nikki Haley deems Senate a 'privileged nursing home,' urges politicians to 'know when to exit.'\">individuals make critical decisions<\/a> regarding national security,\u2062 the economy, and the border, and it is crucial to \u200bensure they are at\u200b the top of their game.<\/p>\n<p>A video clip\u200c showed McConnell struggling to respond to a \u200dquestion \u2064about \u2063his thoughts on running for re-election in 2026. McConnell was later cleared by a doctor to continue \u200bworking, with occasional lightheadedness attributed to concussion recovery \u2064and dehydration.<\/p>\n<p>Feinstein, who recently turned 90, was absent from the Senate for 10 weeks due \u200cto shingles. She now relies \u200bon a wheelchair to navigate \u200bCapitol Hill. When asked about her absence, Feinstein initially denied\u2064 it but \u2063later acknowledged\u200b it.<\/p>\n<p>President Biden, 80, has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-jim-jordan-gives-ultimatum-on-the-upcoming-electoral-college-showdown-video\/\" title=\"WATCH: Jim Jordan Gives Ultimatum On The Upcoming Electoral College Showdown (VIDEO)\">raised concerns<\/a> about his mental capacity, with instances of\u200c falling, appearing lost, and struggling \u200cwith speech.<\/p>\n<p>It is clear \u200dthat the issue \u200cof\u200c aging politicians and their ability to effectively serve is \u2063a topic that needs further discussion and consideration.<\/p>\n<p><em>Daniel Chaitin \u200bcontributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley criticized the aging U.S. Senate, labeling it as &#8220;the most privileged nursing home in the country.&#8221; Haley&#8217;s remarks were made during an interview with Fox News, following Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell&#8217;s 30-second pause.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":2019293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2019292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2019292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2019292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2019292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2019293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2019292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2019292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2019292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}