2023-09-03 00:12:00
“What I will say is that, right now, the Senate is the most privileged nursing home country,” Haley said. “I mean, Mitch McConnell has done great things and he deserves credit. But you have to know when to leave,” she added.
“I think we do need mental competency tests for anyone over the age of 75, I wouldn’t mind them starting at 50,” he said.
“But these are people who are making decisions regarding our national security. They are making decisions regarding our economy, regarding the border. We need to know that they are at the top of their game,” said the former US ambassador to the United Nations.
The McConnell episode, of 81 years oldIt is the second suffered by the Republican leader in recent months and has unleashed questions regarding the state of physical and mental health of legislators and top officials in Washington, including President Joe Biden himself.
A month ago, the veteran Republican lawmaker froze for regarding 30 seconds during a news conference with other Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
The questions following McConnell’s freezing even led his doctor to speak publicly regarding the episode, who despite everything determined that the congressman is “medically fine” and that it was only dehydration.
Several errors in names of people, states and even countries, as well as episodes of disorientation and even falls for President Biden have also led some political actors in Washington to question the state of mental health of the president, who will turn 82 on November 20. .
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