{"id":2020032,"date":"2023-09-02T03:48:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T07:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nikki-haley-says-mcconnell-should-resign-after-freeze-up-calls-senate-most-privileged-nursing-home-in-the-country\/"},"modified":"2023-09-02T03:50:31","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T07:50:31","slug":"nikki-haley-says-mcconnell-should-resign-after-freeze-up-calls-senate-most-privileged-nursing-home-in-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nikki-haley-says-mcconnell-should-resign-after-freeze-up-calls-senate-most-privileged-nursing-home-in-the-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikki Haley urges McConnell&#8217;s resignation, labels Senate a &#8216;privileged nursing home&#8217;."},"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%2Fnikki-haley-says-mcconnell-should-resign-after-freeze-up-calls-senate-most-privileged-nursing-home-in-the-country%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=2020032&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 data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<h2>Republican Presidential Hopeful \u200cNikki Haley\u2063 Slams U.S. Senate as &#8220;Privileged Nursing Home&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley called the U.S. Senate &#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> in the country&#8221; after 81-year-old Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), the Republican leader in the upper chamber, suffered a second freeze.<\/p>\n<p>After \u2062briefly freezing up mid-sentence several weeks ago in Washington, \u200bMr. McConnell again experienced a\u200c similar episode in Covington, Kentucky, on Aug. 30. After a reporter on Wednesday asked Mr. McConnell whether he would run for reelection in 2026, the Republican\u200b lawmaker asked the reporter to repeat the question, before trailing off and staring straight ahead \u200dsilently.<\/p>\n<p>An aide standing beside Mr. \u2063McConnell asked him whether he heard the question and repeated it to him and, when he did not answer, the aide told reporters &#8220;We&#8217;re going to need a minute&#8221; \u2063while Mr. McConnell continued to\u2062 stand motionless\u2064 and looking\u200b straight ahead without uttering a word.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/new-debate-rages-over-age-limits-for-politicians-after-mcconnells-latest-freeze-5484830\">New Debate Rages Over Age\u200c Limits for Politicians After McConnell\u2019s Latest Freeze<\/a><br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">9\/1\/2023<\/span>\n      <\/li>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/capitol-doctor-says-sen-mcconnell-medically-clear-1-day-after-freeze-up-5484346\">Capitol Doctor Says Sen. McConnell &#8216;Medically \u2062Clear&#8217; 1 Day After Freeze-Up<\/a><br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">8\/31\/2023<\/span>\n      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Top U.S. Senate Republican Mitch McConnell \u2063appears to freeze up for more than 30\u200b seconds during \u200ca public appearance before\u200b he was escorted away, the second such incident in a little more than a\u2063 month, after an event with the Northern Kentucky Chamber\u2064 of Commerce in Covington, Ky.,\u200c on Aug. 30, 2023, in a still image \u200dfrom video. (ABC Affiliate WCPO via Reuters)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Following the Republican leader&#8217;s second freezing episode, Ms. Haley was asked during an interview on Fox News about the incident.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s sad,&#8221; Ms. Haley, former South Carolina governor \u2063and ambassador \u200cto the United Nations, told Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No\u2063 one \u200cshould feel good about seeing that any more than we should\u2062 feel good about seeing Dianne Feinstein, any more than \u2064we should \u2064feel good about a lot of what\u2019s happening or seeing <strong>Joe \u2062Biden\u2019s decline<\/strong>,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), who at 90 years old is the\u2062 oldest member of Congress, has been suffering from health \u2062issues and has faced calls to step\u200c down before her term ends.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Republican presidential candidate and former\u2064 South Carolina Gov. Nikki \u2064Haley speaks at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, on Aug. 12, 2023. (Madalina Vasiliu\/The Epoch Times)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>&#8216;You \u200bHave to Know\u200d When to Leave&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>In\u200d her interview on Fox News, Ms. Haley appeared \u2064to mock the Senate, calling it &#8220;the most privileged nursing home in the country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She said that Mr.\u200b McConnell &#8220;has done some great things and he deserves credit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But you have to know when to leave,&#8221;\u200b she added.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Haley&#8217;s call for \u2062Mr. McConnell to resign is one that\u2062 several Republicans have made \u200dsince the freezing\u200b incident.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. \u2063Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.)\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1696951379422536083\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">took to X<\/a>, formerly known as Twitter, to say that &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mtg-calls-out-mcconnell-after-health-scare-says-he-is-no-longer-fit-for-office-family-should-be-ashamed\/\" title=\"MTG criticizes McConnell, claims he's unfit for office after health scare: 'Family should feel ashamed'\">severe aging health issues<\/a> and\/or mental health incompetence \u2064in our nation&#8217;s leaders \u200dMUST be addressed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Biden, McConnell, Feinstein, and []Fetterman are examples of people who are not\u200c fit for office and it&#8217;s time to be serious about it,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) \u200bspeaks on the\u2064 House floor on May 23, 2023. (U.S. House of Representatives\/Screenshot via NTD)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Others calling for Mr. McConnell&#8217;s resignation include political commentator Bill O&#8217;Reilly, who <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewsNation\/status\/1697060793546645762?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told New Nation<\/a> that &#8220;every American should \u200bemail Senator McConnell&#8217;s office tomorrow, every American and say, &#8216;Please, \u2063please resign \u200cfor the sake of \u200dyour health.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While Mr. O&#8217;Reilly called for term limits on congressional representatives, Ms.\u2063 Haley said in her interview on Fox News that there should be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nikki-haley-holds-first-campaign-event\/\" title=\"Nikki Haley Holds First Campaign Event\">mental competency tests<\/a> for members of Congress who are over 75\u2063 years old.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wouldn&#8217;t care if they did them over the age of \u200c50,&#8221; she added, arguing that \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nikki-haley-says-mcconnell-should-resign-after-freeze-up-calls-senate-most-privileged-nursing-home-in-the-country\/\" title=\"Nikki Haley urges McConnell's resignation, labels Senate a 'privileged nursing home'.\">lawmakers make important decisions<\/a> about \u200bthe economy and national security\u2063 and so need\u2064 to be &#8220;at\u200b the top of their game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For his part, Mr. McConnell has been cleared to continue with his schedule as \u200bplanned by Congress&#8217;s attending physician, Dr.\u2064 Brian Monahan.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have consulted with Leader McConnell and conferred \u2064with his neurology team,&#8221; Dr. Monahan wrote in\u2062 a note viewed by The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After evaluating \u200dyesterday\u2019s incident, I have informed Leader\u2064 McConnell that he is medically clear to continue with his schedule as planned,&#8221;\u2062 Dr. \u200bMonahan added.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Senate Minority Leader Mitch \u200cMcConnell (R-Ky.) on Capitol Hill in Washington on\u200c July 26, 2023. (Drew\u200d Angerer\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>&#8216;Being \u200cHard-Headed\u2064 Has Served Me Very Well&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Following the first freezing incident, an aide\u2063 for Mr.\u2063 McConnell \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/sen-mcconnell-reveals-future-plans-after-scary-freezing-incident-5429669\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said that<\/a> the top\u2062 Republican in the Senate has no plans to step down.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Leader McConnell \u2064appreciates the continued support \u2064of his colleagues, and plans to serve his full\u200b term in\u200d the job\u200d they overwhelmingly elected him\u200b to do,&#8221; the\u2064 spokesperson said in a statement\u200d to \u2063news outlets.<\/p>\n<p>An aide told reporters that, after Mr. McConnell froze up \u200cin Washington at the end of July,\u2063 he\u2062 &#8220;felt lightheaded&#8221; but\u200c later &#8220;was sharp&#8221; when he returned.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Mr. McConnell suffered a concussion and broken ribs after taking\u200c a fall in March, which resulted in a brief stay in hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very happy\u200b to be back,\u201d Mr. McConnell said on the \u2063Senate floor in Washington in \u2062April, after returning following the fall. \u201cThere\u2019s important business for Congress to tackle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuffice it to\u200b say, this wasn\u2019t\u2062 the first \u2064time that being hard-headed has served me very well,&#8221; he also said.<\/p>\n<p>After serving in the\u200d Ford administration \u2064as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-oversight-board-member-joins-biden-doj\/\" title=\"Facebook Oversight Board Member Joins Biden DOJ\">deputy assistant attorney general<\/a>, Mr. McConnell was elected to the Senate<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley criticized the U.S. Senate, referring to it as a privileged nursing home. 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