Mitch McConnell has released a photo and the first statement on his condition:
"I was briefly unconscious and was taken to the hospital. While receiving excellent care over the past several weeks, I’ve also had to deal with a mild case of pneumonia."
@CoryBooker Can’t stand Graham but this guy is mourning a coworker he had a working relationship with. Not the worst thing in the world to see in this era.
When I heard about Senator Graham’s death last night, the first thing I thought about was not all the things he said and did in service of Donald Trump. I thought of the time before Donald Trump when he was a brother to Senator John McCain.
A time when senators from different parties could fight about politics and still be friends. A time when a conservative Republican from South Carolina could say of my father: “If you can’t admire Joe Biden as a person, you’ve got a problem. He’s the nicest person I’ve ever met in politics. As good a man as God ever created.”
That is the Senator Graham I will remember today. Not because I have forgotten what came after. Because in that memory there is hope. Hope for a country where brothers can fight like hell over policy and still share a meal, and a laugh, and the loss of the people they love.
I will choose to remember the time before Trump. Because I believe in an America after Trump.
JOE WILSON, the 78-year-old dean of the S.C. Republican delegation, is interested both in the appointment to Graham's seat and would run for a full term.
Layoffs used to be a last resort when a company was losing their ass. Now we’re more disposable than ever. Insanely profitable companies will destroy peoples livelihoods just to juice their stock price. Loyalty goes both ways, motherfuckers.
What Governor Andy Beshear is doing right now is exactly what’s wrong with the Democratic Party. He’s been tip-toeing around missing McConnell for weeks. Pull the plug & file for a special election. Soft stepping is how we ended up with a corrupt SCOTUS & Trump Tyranny. FIGHT!!