Punchbowl News reports that the former Senate majority leader, who is retiring after his current term ends in January, lost consciousness at his Washington, D.C., home at 8:36 a.m. on June 14, before a dispatcher sent over an Advanced Life Support ambulance. Journalist Desiree Townsend posted a recording of the call from the emergency dispatcher Tuesday afternoon to X.

  • bthest@lemmy.world
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    You know, dying in office used to be notable and fairly uncommon. Mostly assassinations, plane accidents, etc.

    But now our government is more of a hospice than anything else.