{"id":2020236,"date":"2023-09-02T12:24:41","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T16:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-tucker-takes-shot-at-mitch-mcconnell-after-senate-leaders-apparent-stroke\/"},"modified":"2023-09-02T12:27:52","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T16:27:52","slug":"watch-tucker-takes-shot-at-mitch-mcconnell-after-senate-leaders-apparent-stroke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-tucker-takes-shot-at-mitch-mcconnell-after-senate-leaders-apparent-stroke\/","title":{"rendered":"Tucker criticizes McConnell after apparent stroke."},"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\">12<\/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%2Fwatch-tucker-takes-shot-at-mitch-mcconnell-after-senate-leaders-apparent-stroke%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=2020236&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>If Tucker \u2063Carlson is truly the representative voice of swaths of marginalized voices across America, as many often claim, then Mitch McConnell \u2062should seriously take a close look at retirement.<\/h2>\n<p>Carlson savaged the \u200bSenate \u200cMinority Leader from Kentucky Thursday in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/not-a-fan-trump-blasts-meghan-markle-for-royal-family-racism-claims-mocks-her-rumored-presidential-run\/\" title=\"\u2018Not A Fan\u2019: Trump Blasts Meghan Markle For Royal Family Racism Claims, Mocks Her Rumored Presidential Run\">wide-ranging interview<\/a> with Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the\u200b entire interview below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>WARNING: The following video contains language that some viewers\u200d may find offensive<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ep. 21 Dave \u200bPortnoy founded Barstool Sports\u2062 and\u200b just completed the most impressive business transaction\u200b of our lifetime. He also just got into an epic\u2064 fight and\u200d shared the video with us\u200d first. Watch. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/W7AJ10kZni\">pic.twitter.com\/W7AJ10kZni<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tucker Carlson \u2063(@TuckerCarlson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TuckerCarlson\/status\/1697378139729539549?\">August\u200b 31, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Portnoy and \u200bCarlson covered a number of topics, including \u2062the history\u200b of Barstool\u200d and Portnoy\u2019s well-chronicled love \u200dof pizza.<\/p>\n<p>When the conversation shifted to some down-and-dirty politics \u200ctoward \u200dthe end of the interview, however, neither man minced words when discussing the current cast of world leaders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI \u200cfeel like there\u2019s \u2062been a shift where, internally, maybe the Democrats don\u2019t think <strong>[President Joe Biden]<\/strong>  \u200c can win, and they\u2019re setting the\u2063 stage \u2063to choose somebody \u200celse. I think it\u2019s crazy if he\u2019s <strong>[the nominee]<\/strong>,\u201d Portnoy \u200bsaid.<\/p>\n<p>Why, exactly, \u200cdoes Portnoy think that \u201cit\u2019s \u2064crazy\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>Because of Biden\u2019s age \u2014 and that\u2019s \u200ba concern that both Portnoy and\u200d Carlson also\u2063 have for Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-durham-probe\/\" title=\"Everything You Need To Know About The Durham Probe\">chief political rival<\/a>, former President Donald\u2063 Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, to be honest, I think both Trump\u200d and Biden are too old,\u201d Portnoy said. \u200c\u201cI don\u2019t\u2063 you think should be\u200c able to be that old <strong>[and]  be president.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Carlson\u2063 made it clear that he was in \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tucker-carlson-sides-guest-trump-shouldnt-president-agree-100\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">100 percent<\/a>\u201d\u2063 agreement with the outspoken Barstool founder.<\/p>\n<p>Both men\u200b did make clear, however, that despite Donald Trump also \u2062being \u2062of relatively advanced age, he\u200b is far more lucid than Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Portnoy even went so far as to describe Trump as \u201cthe \u200cbest to ever\u200b play the political game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They did not have\u2062 nearly\u200c as many nice things\u2064 to say about McConnell \u2014 particularly Carlson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think \u2063Biden has got some serious dementia issues,\u201d Portnoy said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, of course,\u201d Carlson quipped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, how that \u200dis the president, I don\u2019t \u2062know,\u201d Portnoy said. \u201cAnd that\u2019s not a Democrat [issue], because I said that about \u200cboth <strong>[major U.S. political parties.]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like Mitch \u2026 Mitch \u2026 the guy \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mcconnell-appears-suffer-another-scary-health-episode-camera-keeps-rolling-aides-step\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who had the stroke<\/a> \u200d during the\u200c speech the other day \u2026 Like, how are these\u200b people running our \u200bcountry?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can \u200bwatch the scary incident involving the Kentucky senator below:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING NEWS: \u2062Sen. Mitch McConnell appearing to have \u200canother \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-appears-to-freeze-again-during-presser\/\" title=\"McConnell Freezes Once More During Press Conference\">scary episode<\/a> \u200cin\u2062 the media gaggle in Covington today. Aides had to step \u2063in to help him out and repeat questions. He was \u200ceventually lead \u200baway. We\u2019ll have the full video on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WLWT?\">@WLWT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q9ex5MHxLV\">pic.twitter.com\/q9ex5MHxLV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u200c Hannah Thomas (@HannahPThomas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HannahPThomas\/status\/1696936240040321474?\">August 30, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While\u2063 McConnell was not giving a\u2062 speech, \u200cas\u200d Portnoy alluded to, \u200che was speaking to the\u2063 press when he suffered a second major health\u200b scare on a very public stage.<\/p>\n<p>(Of note, McConnell was\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/capitol-physician-issues-statement-evaluation-mcconnells-freezing-incident\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ultimately cleared<\/a> by the Capitol physician to continue \u200chis\u200d duties. It was not determined that he suffered a stroke, despite exhibiting classic symptoms of one.)<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s at this point that Carlson actually dropped the \u2063hammer in a\u2062 manner that laid bare how he really felt about Mitch McConnell:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only defense I would say of \u2062Mitch McConnell is \u2026 McConnell post-stroke is an improvement over McConnell pre-stroke,\u201d Carlson said.<\/p>\n<p>Even Portnoy seemed unsure how best to react to the seemingly mean-spirited remark \u2064from Carlson.<\/p>\n<p>By saying that the senator\u2064 was \u201can improvement\u201d after suffering a debilitating health scare, it\u2019s unclear whether Carlson\u2019s remark was actually as cold as it seemed or whether the former Fox News firebrand actually saw some sort of\u2064 improvement in McConnell\u2019s work following a \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-tucker-takes-shot-at-mitch-mcconnell-after-senate-leaders-apparent-stroke\/\" title=\"Tucker criticizes McConnell after apparent stroke.\">nigh-identical\u2063 health scare<\/a> in July.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, those concerns about the age \u2064of the United State\u2019s leaders are only growing as the \u2063country rapidly approaches\u200c the 2024 general election \u2014 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mtg-calls-mcconnell-health-scare-says-no-longer-fit-office-family-ashamed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">calls to replace<\/a> those leaders with younger \u2062people are only going to \u200bgrow louder, as well.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-tucker-takes-shot-mitch-mcconnell-senate-leaders-apparent-stroke\/\">Watch: Tucker Takes Shot at \u200cMitch McConnell \u2064After Senate Leader&#8217;s Apparent Stroke<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If Tucker Carlson truly represents marginalized voices in America, as claimed by many, Mitch McConnell should consider retirement. Carlson strongly criticized the Kentucky Senator in a comprehensive interview with Dave Portnoy, the founder of Barstool Sports. 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