There needs to be a cognitive test of candidates at 65! 73-Year-Old Republican Senator Disassociates in Middle of Interview newrepublic.com/post/198268/... via @newrepublic.com
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That's ageist! Test them all.
jul 24, 2025, 7:35 am • 0 0 • view
Never go full Foghorn Leghorn. Your audience can’t connect with a big Confederate chicken, and next thing you know, you go senile on live tv
jul 24, 2025, 5:20 am • 5 0 • view
Fascism and racism rots the brain.
jul 24, 2025, 12:29 am • 5 0 • view
I would just love that you can't run for anything past 70. If you turn 71 before November 4th of an election year, you are not eligible to run for anything. Too many super geriatrics vote on stuff that they will never see the consequences of. I would love a younger age like 60, but 70 seems good.
jul 24, 2025, 9:08 am • 0 0 • view
Johnson is in competition with Chuck Grassley for the title of “Senate Fossil”.
jul 24, 2025, 2:25 am • 2 0 • view
I get that he's old but I know a few septuagenarians and this may be confirmation bias but like...I've never seen any of them just freeze up mid-speech. Even outside of his age, this should be considered very alarming.
jul 24, 2025, 2:39 pm • 3 0 • view
He’s only a year older than me and I forget words or thoughts sometimes. That’s just age. But this is different,like McConnell a few years ago.
jul 24, 2025, 7:40 pm • 1 0 • view
McConnell Buffering Syndrome.
jul 24, 2025, 3:05 am • 4 0 • view
He's a poor excuse for a human being.
jul 24, 2025, 1:49 am • 3 0 • view
For Republicans try 30. 80% gone.
jul 24, 2025, 6:58 pm • 0 0 • view
Is Mitch contagious? Same thing we saw with him, no?
jul 24, 2025, 3:12 am • 1 0 • view
If only it was a an aneurysm...
jul 24, 2025, 1:05 am • 1 0 • view
Alot a republicons are turning retardican !!
jul 24, 2025, 4:37 pm • 0 0 • view
He’s 73? I had him pegged at 80 at least.
jul 24, 2025, 12:30 am • 3 0 • view
I would normally feel bad for someone having this happen. But that guy is neck deep in destroying our country, so I’ll keep my thoughts to myself.🤐
jul 24, 2025, 12:59 am • 8 0 • view
The same amount of compassion this dude gives to undocumented immigrants...
jul 24, 2025, 3:29 am • 2 1 • view
Which is none. So that certainly represents my level of fucks given for him.🤷♂️
jul 24, 2025, 3:36 am • 0 0 • view
Really…😖
jul 24, 2025, 1:44 am • 3 1 • view
How about: No candidates above 65. They should be retired by then instead of thinking they can still perform the tasks needed for the job.
jul 24, 2025, 4:04 am • 1 0 • view
He probably froze trying to come up with a sexual metaphor.
jul 24, 2025, 9:52 am • 0 0 • view
This must be the subject of the current book @jaketapper.bsky.social is writing. Because if it's not a chapter in his book about Trump's massive cognitive decline and the decline of others in the GOP, that would mean Tapper is a vile, toadying, self-serving hypocrite.
jul 24, 2025, 5:00 am • 2 0 • view
It’s health, not age. IMO everyone should pass some sort of qualification bar. Health, age, education, criminal record.
jul 24, 2025, 12:28 am • 2 0 • view
One of my senators is almost 92 years old!!! We need term limits in every corner of the government! Eat your pudding grassley
jul 24, 2025, 1:07 am • 11 5 • view
Yes! Yes ! Yes!
jul 24, 2025, 1:17 am • 1 0 • view
Holy cow, Todd!💙 Really wrong to have senile people in control of our government!
jul 24, 2025, 1:09 am • 1 0 • view
He announced that he would run for another term! True
jul 24, 2025, 1:12 am • 0 0 • view
WTF!
jul 24, 2025, 1:43 am • 2 0 • view
Yeah right
jul 24, 2025, 1:45 am • 0 0 • view
Term limits especially the supreme court justices, no more of this lifetime appointment bullshit!
jul 24, 2025, 1:14 am • 8 3 • view
Stroking just like #MoscowMitch! BTW, where is #MoscowMitch!
jul 24, 2025, 1:02 am • 2 0 • view
Oh please a cognitive test will not cure the problem of entitlement, racism, cultural hate and all of the other reasons men like him are who they are. Voters need to care.
jul 24, 2025, 4:18 pm • 0 0 • view
Gerontocracy!
jul 24, 2025, 12:30 am • 1 0 • view
Put them all out to pasture.
jul 24, 2025, 12:32 am • 3 0 • view
TERM LIMITS!
jul 24, 2025, 2:49 pm • 1 1 • view
There needs to be a citizenship test given before being allowed to run for office!
jul 24, 2025, 12:37 am • 1 0 • view
He looks & sounds like a pedophile
jul 24, 2025, 1:36 am • 1 0 • view
Sounds like dementia
jul 24, 2025, 3:07 am • 2 0 • view
They need to do mri of the brain and constitution test to run for office. There needs to be a cut off age too. We need more Crockett, less trumpets.
jul 24, 2025, 10:24 am • 0 0 • view
No kidding, so many positions have mandatory retirement at a certain age. For sure cognitive test should be an expectation(Trump will fail miserably). None of this lifetime stuff, get some younger blood in with fresh ideas...not your great grandpa's age. Not ageism just being real y'all
jul 24, 2025, 3:28 am • 2 0 • view
To be fair, there should be sanity tests for all candidates.
jul 24, 2025, 1:15 am • 0 0 • view
No kidding & felons are not permitted to run for presidency
jul 24, 2025, 3:31 am • 2 0 • view
Uhmn,…yeah. ”Foghorn Leghorn the Barnyard Big Mouth”, just zoned out a bit, imagining pecking corn kernels from DJT’s shit. Really. MAGA! Making Americans Gallinas Again 👊🇺🇸🐔
jul 24, 2025, 3:14 pm • 4 0 • view
Or just stop allowing it. They’ve earned enough, are out of touch with current reality’s-they are just hanging on and providing now benefits besides filling up a seat.
jul 24, 2025, 4:13 am • 2 0 • view
There needs to be an age limit but that would not be popular.
jul 24, 2025, 1:04 am • 1 0 • view
How about mandatory retirement?! They have lined their pockets enough to last the rest of their lives. Get them out and bring in some new blood and brains that actually know how the rest of us live.
jul 24, 2025, 3:45 am • 1 0 • view
There just needs to be an age limit, period.
jul 24, 2025, 1:13 am • 2 0 • view
That’s what happens when you sound like a fucking idiot every time your mouth is flapping without your dentures! He’s always been an asshole!
jul 24, 2025, 4:20 pm • 0 0 • view
May his dentures were falling out.
jul 24, 2025, 12:27 am • 3 0 • view
McConnell syndrome. I remember Moscow Mitch having the same problem a few years ago.
jul 24, 2025, 7:37 pm • 0 0 • view
It’s a privilege to be able to grow old but FFS not on our dime!
jul 24, 2025, 12:29 am • 2 0 • view
He’s such a piece of 💩. I hope he’s forced out.
jul 25, 2025, 1:20 am • 0 0 • view
It's either aphasia or he's jut terribly poor at prevarication. It's difficult to believe he's so well educated.
jul 24, 2025, 1:59 am • 3 0 • view
Born into wealth. Kennedy bought his BA, JD, & BCL from Oxford; same way Trump bought his BS in Econ from Wharton. In the 70s - students could pay others to take exams in Bachelor degree classes. In a Master or JD program - you're working HAND IN HAND with advisors who help you do everything.
jul 24, 2025, 6:01 am • 1 0 • view