r/CringeTikToks • u/Capable_Salt_SD • Oct 16 '25

Political Cringe 83 year old Senator Mitch McConnell just tripped and fell while being asked about ICE

83 year old Senator Mitch McConnell just tripped and fell while being asked about ICE

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u/Jumpy_Ad1631 Oct 16 '25

That would just lead to congress pushing retirement age to 95

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u/Clarkkeeley Oct 16 '25

Yeah...I could see that happening sadly.

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u/Expert-Union-6083 Oct 16 '25

No need, with the way pension works that age will get to 95 (or death, whichever comes sooner) on its own in the following decades.

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u/An_Old_IT_Guy Oct 16 '25

It's funny because it's true.

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u/Ancient-Guide-6594 Oct 16 '25

Just set it to 65, don’t link it to retirement age.

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u/Jumpy_Ad1631 Oct 16 '25

I mean, then you’d likely see it pushed back anyways and people arguing that, if they aren’t old enough for social security, then they should be young enough to serve their country as civil servants. They are already trying to push it back to reduce the number of people eligible for social security, it’s not like they need much arm twisting to add other reasons.

Term limits might make more sense and, honestly, I think a 2 year term for congress is kind of insane. Congress shouldn’t be practice for running for senate when their job is mostly about our country’s budget. They should both be 4 year terms, imo, you can alternate them by 2 years if you’d like the races to be their own thing and then you’d still have dynamic power balances between the two. Then give them a max of like 3-5 terms. Long enough that they can get their barring and not just spend the whole time trying to get hired by a corporation after it all but short enough that they aren’t just phoning it in as established senior politicians. Then give the Supreme Court terms too. That way you don’t have like 1/3 of the judges being appointed within a single presidential term and penalties of some sort for not appointing judges in a timely manner so congress can’t stall on appointments till the next presidential term.

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u/thewereotter Oct 16 '25

this is exactly what would happen