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Weekend at Bernie’s: MITCH MCCONNELL Edition Must End | Luke Thomas Gets Political

Luke Thomas: Mitch McConnell can barely speak, yet he is still being wheeled through the US Senate to vote, and Luke Thomas argues the real scandal is that both parties treat this gerontocracy as normal.

From Dianne Feinstein to Joe Biden to McConnell, Washington keeps propping up leaders in visible cognitive decline while staff quietly run the office.

Luke opens with a viewer question: should anyone involved in the McConnell situation face legal consequences? That leads into a bigger conversation about what happens when Congress and the presidency become places where people die in office…

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