It’s about time! Elderly – geriatric even – Senator Mitch McConnell is finally considering retiring at the ripe age of 83-years-old.
Now don’t get me wrong, there are many elders at that age who are still sharp as a tack, and in good health. Just look at President Donald Trump. He is 78-years-old and doesn’t look or act like it in the slightest. However, McConnell is not only going mentally, his physical health is declining as well.
Mitch McConnell's retirement speech is so boring LOL.. Man this guy should've retired 20 years ago. pic.twitter.com/1pIYIhEu4t
— aka (@akafaceUS) February 20, 2025
Breitbart reports:
In his speech, the longtime Senate leader told colleagues, “I’ve only really answered to two constituencies, the Republican Conference and the people of Kentucky.”
McConnell thanked Kentuckians for electing him to the Senate seven times, announcing, “I will not seek that honor an eighth time. My current term in the Senate will be my last.”
He continued, “The only appropriate thing to take away today, apart from my healthy dose of pride, is my immense gratitude for the opportunity to take part in the consequential business of the Senate and the nation.”
The octogenarian, one of the wealthiest legislators despite spending his entire life in public service, said “This institution, it has repaid my devotion so generously over the years.”
He beamed while speaking of his work steering federal taxpayer money to his home state over decades.
Mitch McConnell is retiring. Finally a politician who would rather die in dignity at home than drooling on the Senate floor. Other octogenarians should take note. pic.twitter.com/qEXpzkIOth
— Heidi (@HeidiBriones) February 20, 2025
“Efforts like these have spanned the length of my Senate career, and I’ve been humbled each and every opportunity to help Kentucky punch above its weight,” McConnell said.
That’s the issue. Instead of term limits being in place, we have people like him becoming career politicians.
“Thanks to Ronald Reagan’s determination, the work of strengthening America’s hard power was well underway when I arrived in the Senate, but since then, we’ve allowed that power to atrophy,” McConnell continued. “And today, a dangerous world threatens to outpace the work of rebuilding it. So lest any of our colleagues still doubt my intentions for the remainder of my term, I have some unfinished business to attend to in our work.”
“There are any number of reasons for pessimism, but the strength of the Senate is not one of them,” he said.
“This chamber is still the haven where the political minority can require debate,” McConnell declared. “It’s still the crucible in which jurists are tested for their fidelity to upholding the Constitution and laws as they were written.
He concluded, “The Senate is still equipped for work of great consequence, and to the disappointment of my critics, our critics. I’m still here on the job.”