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Haley: The Senate is the ‘most privileged nursing home in the country’ (thehill.com)

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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.”

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[-] ATQ@lemm.ee 150 points 1 year ago

Well what do you know? I agree with Nikki Haley on something.

[-] Che_Donkey@lemmy.ml 62 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

She ain't wrong (huuuge edit: ON THIS SUBJECT QUOTE)

[-] MTLion3@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago

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

[-] DontRedditMyLemmy@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

Be careful, she used this line to accuse Biden of being declined like McConnell or Feinstein

[-] ATQ@lemm.ee 31 points 1 year ago

Biden over Trump was an easy vote. But Biden wasn’t exactly my first pick. There’s something fucked up about people who would be considered absolutely unemployable in any other profession clinging to power and running the country like it was 40 years ago. This applies all around.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Yeah admittedly my first pick was also ancient, but he was the leftest

[-] jdf038@mander.xyz 17 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] Chariotwheel@kbin.social 23 points 1 year ago

They look miserable. But I don't know if Feinstein is power addicted at this point and not just entirely confused and pupeteered by other people. I wonder what she would answer if you asked her how old she is right now.

[-] jdf038@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Good point.

[-] ProtonEvoker@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

A stopped clock is still right twice a day.

[-] thesprongler@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Also glad to hear she didn't only target geriatric Democrats.

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