Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley has weighed in on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s recent public “freeze,” calling them “sad” and warning that the Senate has become a “privileged nursing home.”
Haley, 51, told Fox News Thursday that the Senate’s longest-serving Republican leader has served with distinction, but that time has come for the 81-year-old and other aging politicians — including Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) , 90 , and President Biden, 80 — to step aside.
“It’s sad,” the former South Carolina governor and ambassador to the United Nations told “The Story” host Martha MacCallum of McConnell. “Nobody should be happy to see that, any more than we should be happy to see Dianne Feinstein, any more than we should be happy about a lot of things going on or seeing the decline of Joe Biden.”
“What I will say is, right now, the Senate is the most special nursing home in the country,” Haley added. “I mean, Mitch McConnell has done some great things and he deserves credit. But you have to know when to leave.”
Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley said Thursday that the recent firing of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in public was “sad” and that the upper chamber had become a “nursing house.” FOX News
Haley, 51, told Fox News that the longest-serving Republican Senate leader has served with distinction but that she and other aging politicians — including Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), 90, and President Biden, 80 — should step aside. Reuters
Haley has repeatedly floated the idea of mental competency tests for presidential candidates over the age of 75, which would affect Biden and former President Donald Trump, who turns 77 in June.
US Capitol medical expert, Dr. Brian Monahan, on Thursday allowed McConnell to return to work after the minority leader froze during press availability on July 27 and Wednesday.
In the last instance, he was just asked if he would run again in 2026.
US Capitol medical expert, Dr. Brian Monahan, on Thursday allowed McConnell, 81, to return to work after the minority leader froze during press conferences in late July and earlier this week.AP
Feinstein was hospitalized in March with a case of shingles.
Representative McConnell said both times that the Kentucky Republican felt light-headed. Monahan said in his statement that dehydration and a concussion the senator suffered in March after a fall may have caused the symptoms.
Doctors who spoke with The Post on Thursday observed that McConnell’s symptoms were consistent with a partial seizure or mini-stroke.
Feinstein was also hospitalized in March with shingles and spent several months recovering at her home in San Francisco before returning to the Senate in May. In February, he announced he would not run again in 2024.
Rumors have also circulated that Newsom may challenge Biden for the Democratic nomination next year amid widespread speculation about the president’s declining mental acuity. AFP via Getty Images
The California Democrat has made strange comments to reporters about never showing up from the Senate — and fueled speculation about being backed by Democratic allies during his final year in office.
Upon his return, Nancy Corinne Prowda, the eldest daughter of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), was photographed by his side several times.
Pelosi, 83, supports Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) for Feinstein’s seat in 2024 after Gavin Newsom of California vowed to appoint a black woman to the Senate if Feinstein leaves office early.
“Nobody should be happy to see that any more than we should be happy to see Dianne Feinstein, any more than we should be happy about a lot of things going on or seeing the decline of Joe Biden,” Haley said on Fox News.REUTERS
Rumors have also circulated that Newsom may challenge Biden for the Democratic nomination next year amid widespread speculation about the president’s declining mental acuity. The governor of California has dismissed the rumours.
The Senate will reconvene on September 5 and some Republicans have already discussed holding an emergency meeting to consider McConnell’s leadership, Politico reported.
Biden defended the Capitol doctor’s diagnosis on Thursday to reporters, saying he had spoken with McConnell the same day and that he “sounded like his old self.”
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