(READ: Nancy Pelosi Rushed to Hospital After Injury During Trip)

Both are politicians who have gotten advanced in their age and have demonstrated behaviors that are sometimes off. Pelosi will sometimes say things that make absolutely no sense, and Mitch McConnell has been known to not say anything at all when asked questions directly. Both of their bodies are failing them, and both are prone to injury. 

Both should resign immediately, but neither is willing to do so, choosing instead to take their sweet time. In Pelosi's case, I'm getting Diane Feinstein flashbacks. 

There are a lot of arguments one can make as to why term limits in congress are a bad idea, but Pelosi and McConnell do not help that case. They are, in essence, the perfect reason why term limits should be put in place, and soon. They exhibit behaviors that make them look more like rulers than actual elected politicians. 

McConnell, for instance, is so entrenched in D.C. that he's become something of a political party of his own. Elected to the Senate in 1985, the year after I was born, McConnell became the GOP's most influential figure and D.C. mainstay whose fingers seem to be in everything that happens, especially in the Republican Party. However, I sometimes question is status as a Republican. As I've said before, "he has an 'R' next to his name, but his party affiliation is 'McConnell.'"

After Donald Trump's recent election, McConnell got to work making sure that his chosen replacement was put in as Senate Majority Leader, and possibly causing disruption within the GOP, complicating Trump's second term. Why would McConnell do this? 

I don't know, but disrupting the GOP's evolution isn't outside his pattern. 

McConnell has, on several occasions, complicated Republican candidate's path to electoral victory because they didn't quite align with his vision of the GOP, even to the point where he's willing to sacrifice a seat to the Democrats to make sure his will is done. He's such an issue that Trump openly called for his removal in the past, pointing out his obstructive nature when it comes to his own party, calling McConnell a "pawn for the Democrats to get whatever they want." 

Trump's China comments centered around McConnell's wife, Elaine Chao, whose father's company, China State Shipbuilding Corp. is an unofficial arm of Communist China's Navy. Funny how McConnell's relatives became way more wealthy once Chao became Trump's Department of Transportation head. She would later resign after J6. 

(READ: Trump's Crosshairs Have Centered on Mitch McConnell)

And then there's Pelosi. 

She's no stranger to standing in the way of her own party to get what she wants, either. She's hardly attempted to mask her disdain for the new crop of Democrats, and while I don't blame her, she doesn't hate them because they're radical. Pelosi hates them because they threaten her hold on the Democrat Party. 

Pelosi and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez butting heads is now a proud tradition in the Democrat Party, and one that seems to still be going strong today. 

Like McConnell, the calls for Pelosi to retire are coming from inside the house, and I mean that both figuratively and literally. As my friend and colleague Joe Cunningham wrote last month, members of Pelosi's own party want her to exit stage far-left: 

For Pelosi, the danger of staying too long isn’t just a political one—it’s a reputational one. Her legacy as a trailblazer and a skilled legislator is secure, but continued interventions into the party’s strategy risk reframing her narrative. Instead of being remembered as the groundbreaking leader who steered Democrats through historic victories, she risks being seen as a figure who couldn’t let go, even when her presence became a hindrance.

This isn’t just a matter of ego; it’s a matter of respect for the institution she has long served. Leaders like Pelosi are rare, but leadership is ultimately about more than holding power—it’s about knowing when to pass it on. The Democratic Party is in the midst of a generational shift, with younger leaders like Jeffries stepping into roles that reflect the party’s future. By clinging to her role as a behind-the-scenes power broker, Pelosi undermines the very progress she spent decades championing.

Not that Pelosi is listening. She filed for a 2026 reelection bid. 

Pelosi isn't a good person. I know it, you know it, and the Democrats know it (and relied on it) so I won't go too much into how awful she is, but I wanted to highlight something that both she and McConnell have in common. 

They're both clinging to legacies that are past their time. While McConnell has stepped down as Senate leader, he's not officially given his notice that he's done after his term. Pelosi looks like she's planning to "serve" until she's dead, which means we may very well have Pelosi and McConnell haunting the halls of D.C. for a cluster of years to come, serving until they're both "Weekend at Bernie's" come to life just like Feinstein was. 

As Cunningham put it with Pelosi, their legacies are secure, but they represent a D.C. that is fading slowly. The parties have evolved beyond their time, but they won't let it go. This is especially egregious in McConnell's case, as the GOP that is trying to take shape is far more aggressive and proactive one, built to fight a war against the radicals that took root in the Democrat Party under Pelosi's tending. 

Regardless, both seem to be coming between their own parties, and in many cases, obstructing the will of the people from being done in order to play politics.

And they do this as they become so old that they injure themselves easily. 

This is something we have to address as a nation. These people entrench themselves and become so powerful that they forget who they serve. They personally enrich themselves, and play political games that ultimately hurt America. 

Perhaps term limits aren't such a bad idea.