Haley: The Senate is the ‘most privileged nursing home in the country’
Haley: The Senate is the ‘most privileged nursing home in the country’
GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Thursday called the Senate “the most privileged nursing home in the country.” In response to a question about Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.…
GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Thursday called the Senate “the most privileged nursing home in the country.”
In response to a question about Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) apparently freezing up on Wednesday while taking questions in Covington, Ky., Haley said on Fox News that the Kentucky senator has “done some great things, and he deserves credit,” but emphasized that “you have to know when to leave.”
““No one should feel good about seeing that any more than we should feel good about seeing Dianne Feinstein, any more than we should feel good about a lot of what’s happening or seeing Joe Biden’s decline,” Haley said. “What I will say is, right now, the Senate is the most privileged nursing home in the country.”
Well what do you know? I agree with Nikki Haley on something.
She ain't wrong (huuuge edit: ON THIS SUBJECT QUOTE)
The average age IS pretty fucking high. Fresh blood would be good, methinks. Most of these codgers are career politicians who’ve just cling to their positions for decades
Be careful, she used this line to accuse Biden of being declined like McConnell or Feinstein
I agree with you and her as far as health care but I doubt McConnell and Feinstein are actually enjoying their golden years. You'd expect a nursing home to help with that part.
Oh well I don't feel sorry for them as they are power addicted idiots.
A stopped clock is still right twice a day.
Also glad to hear she didn't only target geriatric Democrats.
Joe Biden's decline? Look, I don't like having great-grandpa in the Whitehouse or Senate or Supreme Court, and I think we should have an age limit, but there's no need to invent a "decline" to make a point.
And I'd press her on naming one "great thing" McConnell has done...
His unwavering support for Ukraine.
Or if you want a dish that is well chilled but much spicier look no further than the Anti-Corruption Act of 1988
Look at the Sponsor, then look at the Co-Sponsor, then read the Summary. Look familiar? 😉
In her mind, the blocking of Merrick Garland.
I've lost all of my grandparents. Most of them I lost at an age where I could comprehend what was going on. Death is the slowest process on earth. The actual passing is quick. It's emotional and hard but it lasts for the blink of an eye. The decline can take years. To watch somebody age in those final 5-10 of their life is excruciating. It's a drip feed of watching somebody act in ways where you can tell they're just not themselves anymore.
Now with all that said I'm not saying Biden is knocking on deaths door, or that the process even started. What's clear to everybody though is that he's not the same guy as when he started his presidency. He's studders a lot more. He's lost a lot of hair. And he's clearly slower than he was just three years ago.
Hes doing the most stressful job in the world. A job that accelerates the aging process. He's already of an advanced age more so than any president in the history of this country. He's approaching the line of being too old to non functional. So if you're against him you're gonna take that to the extreme and cry he's dying right at this moment. But to everybody else he's past the "he's old" stage to "ehhh he's really fucking old, should he be doing that stage?" That's a decline.
Alot of people disregard the fact that he has a speech impediment that makes him stutter. He's trained himself to control it, taking a moment to reset, but yeah it's a stressful ass job so I imagine he has a more difficult time speaking. I'm not gonna say he's a great orater but he does know how to actually deliver a message. Also Those same people talking about his age also completely disregard that Trump is just as old.
Politician reads the room and adopts the most lukewarm, obvious, low-hanging-fruit take in an effort to score free publicity. Damn, really raising the bar here.
I actually hate Nikki Haley. Her policies, ideas, and alignment are all wrong. But she is somehow self-aware enough to realize that a bunch of old people are running our country right now, and how detrimental that is.
Her miscalculation is that she believes young voters will refill the GOP coffers with people as crazy as she is. Won't happen.
A heartbreaking story is currently unfolding that’s sure to have devastating ramifications for years to come. Just moments ago, without any warning, the worst person you know just made a great point.
https://clickhole.com/heartbreaking-the-worst-person-you-know-just-made-a-gr-1825121606/
Perfect.
100%. We need age and term limits for all elected offices.
I guess the question is: what problem are you trying to solve by instituting age limits and term limits?
If the issue is the advantage of incumbency and having entrenched politicians with large campaign funding operations behind them, then maybe a better way of solving this would be campaign finance reform that prevents private dollar donations from non-individuals and heavy restrictions on how much an individual can contribute.
All that term limits and age limits in Congress would achieve is setting an artificial barrier for those who do the job well while setting up a new group of people to benefit from the legislature's dysfunction.
Who cares what this monster says? Yall want federal abortion bans, lgbt bans, more environmental damage and worse access to medicare?
Nikki actually doesn't want federal abortion bans. She has advocated for a state's only approach.
Haley said on Fox News that the Kentucky senator has “done some great things, and he deserves credit,”
Examples?
Republicans consider damage to the country a great thing.
For one, he destroyed the legitimacy of the federal judiciary & supreme court. Which is terrible, but great. Like Voldemort.
Or Galadriel with the One Ring
She’s a fucking traitor.
"Absolutely devastating, the worse person you know just made a great point."
She's terrible, but she doesn't crack the top 100 worst American politicians. Her point is accurate, though.
Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
I suppose even a racist clock is right twice a day
And she wants to be head retiree.
The horrible evil lady is right! Let's not do what she says otherwise.
This is due to the rules of the Senate which state that committee seniority is given to the longest serving members. Both sides keep people in office as long as possible to secure these important positions.
Wow that huge bigot finally said something good. Let’s see where she is at 80.
She's not wrong...
Of course, attacking McConnell's health was part of the game plan. She's not wrong though.
As much as I think it's a good thing to have people with life experience in roles such as that, if that life experience involves being around during the invention of fire, you may be past the point of relevance.
Most of them are a day older than dirt, to them the bible is new age literature.
She doesn't think much of the people who win votes, I guess.