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Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) has called on Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to resign from his position as Senator Republican leader.

Sen. Mitch McConnell will step down as Republican leader in November

... McConnell also confessed that he no longer had the capacity to serve as the Republican Party leader, and so would continue doing so until after an incredibly consequential election. "You have to know when to hang it up," said McConnell. "After several episodes of losing all mental functions including the ability to speak, I had to look in the mirror and recognize that my time was up. So, I'm going to keep doing the exact same job until right after an enormously important election, after which time I'll turn it over to someone who can still consistently speak in sentences."

At publishing time, President Biden had called McConnell to ask him why on earth he had decided to retire so young.

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He rebooted again after being asked if he is running again.

CNN ran a surprisingly important story yesterday headlined, “Mitch McConnell sprains wrist and cuts his face after fall in the Capitol.” Like Humpety Dumpety, the GOP’s Senate Majority Leader, 82, fell down again. This time it was while he walked back from lunch to the Senate floor. Fortunately, his injuries were non-fatal. He bashed his face and was later seen wearing a cast or brace on his left wrist.

McConnell’s current Senate term runs through 2027, if he can make it that long, although in January, John Thune takes over as Senate Majority Leader.

Nearly every article about McConnell’s latest tumble, including CNN’s, reminded readers about how last year McConnell fell down a staircase at the Waldorf Astoria and got a concussion and a rib fracture. And they all remembered how, at different times, the aging politician had two very public and extremely awkward mini-strokes while speaking to reporters.

Unconfirmed rumors say Mitch refuses to retire or use a walker. So.

The social media conversation is revolving around whether and when McConnell might retire and make room for a younger Republican, who hopefully won’t be an annoying Never Trumper like the Kentucky Senator. You have to hand it to him; McConnell knows how to win his district. But McConnell’s latest tumble reminded me of another unanticipated and extremely positive pandemic effect.

The pandemic broke the Boomers’ Political Hegemony.

Boomers have held their icy grip of death on the country for nearly 20 years now, politically, socially, culturally, and in all our institutions. But the pandemic shattered that total control. Mostly that is on account of flagging Boomer health, which suffered greatly, partly due to the virus and partly from the solution to the virus.