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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[–] 154 points 3 years ago (5 children)

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

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  • [–] 27 points 3 years ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 35 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 18 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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    [–] 122 points 3 years ago (7 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 75 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    And I'd press her on naming one "great thing" McConnell has done...

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  • [–] 20 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    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? 😉

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Sad that “one great thing” now equates to doing their fucking job.

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    [–] 77 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

    Fuck Haley, but she is right about the nursing home part. But there is a fix that Americans don't want to admit - their voting - or LACK OF voting - is what is keeping these elderly Senators in office. Of course she is an opportunist twat that is only saying this to try to hit at Biden indirectly by bringing up the age issue.

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    [–] 72 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Damn if she's not right about that.

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  • [–] 53 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    She is but I can't help but think she has unstated motives for saying it.

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  • [–] 69 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    She's not wrong, she's just an asshole

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    [–] 54 points 3 years ago

    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.

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  • [–] 52 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 45 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    100%. We need age and term limits for all elected offices.

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  • [–] 21 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    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.

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    [–] 43 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Haley said on Fox News that the Kentucky senator has “done some great things, and he deserves credit,”

    Examples?

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  • [–] 43 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    Who cares what this monster says? Yall want federal abortion bans, lgbt bans, more environmental damage and worse access to medicare?

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    [–] 24 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    "Absolutely devastating, the worse person you know just made a great point."

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    [–] 21 points 3 years ago

    And she wants to be head retiree.

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  • [–] 19 points 3 years ago

    I suppose even a racist clock is right twice a day

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago

    The horrible evil lady is right! Let's not do what she says otherwise.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago

    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.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago

    Wow that huge bigot finally said something good. Let’s see where she is at 80.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago

    She's not wrong...

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago

    Of course, attacking McConnell's health was part of the game plan. She's not wrong though.

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