One of the top congresspeople standing between us and a government shutdown is a senile 79-year-old who missed two weeks of votes last month due to back issues
Comments
Log in with your Bluesky account to leave a comment
As a Party we need to come to an agreed to mechanism/process help transition our elders to a dignified retirement. It’s touchy, but we need to protect our position. Plus, Scott is in a safe district so this shouldn’t be hard. Just a thought.
💯 I wish people would stop giving them the benefit of mere incompetence. They are controlled opposition in the pockets of the same oligarchs who wanted Trump back
Other than expulsion (requiring a 2/3 vote), the Constitution provides no remedy when elected representatives are too incapacitated by age to dribble their oatmeal.
Dianne Feinstein could not be reached for comment.
Two Democrats — Marie Gluesenkamp Perez and Kathy Castor — voted in favor of Trump and Musk’s plan to defund programs that help kids with cancer. Let’s put them on blast! WE THE PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW WHY!!!!!
Seriously - Congress is either a haven for criminals or a retirement home - there isn't much in between - and I'm not totally sure the two aren't mutually exclusive
Comments
So they were actually successful at one thing.
Dianne Feinstein could not be reached for comment.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/dianne-feinstein-senate-17079487.php
good times
https://x.com/loochador21/status/1869582950712606950?s=46
“He’s a young 79, the painfully obvious cognitive deterioration and physical infirmity notwithstanding…”
😬
James Madison
🤦♂️
Embrace this because the most loud and obnoxious are way younger and in GOO
Cut them off at 70
OUT.
ALL.
THE.
OLDS.
Thank you Onion.
You're the best!
I mean ffs, 50% of them are senile or stroking out at this point