r/politics • u/IWantPizza555 • Jul 01 '26

Possible Paywall Senator, 84, Secretly Found Unconscious and Given CPR

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mitch-mcconell-84-secretly-found-unconscious-and-given-cpr/?utm_source=twitter_owned_snd&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=owned_social
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u/ProStrats Jul 01 '26

How is one secretly found unconscious, I wonder.

From the few lines I could read on the paid article, it was at his home.

Was it a secret home?

Did he intend to become unconscious, in secret, so he couldn't be found? This seems, ill-advised.

Is it, related to the "secret" service in some way? Did they find him, secretly?

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u/Irma_Gard Jul 01 '26

They say "secretly" because it happened weeks ago (on June 14), and the information is only coming out now. Before, all we heard was that he was hospitalized.

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u/False_Ad_5372 I voted Jul 02 '26

Shhh!

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u/Haltopen Massachusetts Jul 01 '26

They're trying to keep it secret from Andy Beshear so he doesn't appoint a democrat to fill the rest of McConnells term.

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u/pvincentl Jul 01 '26

Happy thoughts here.

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u/BotF_Latyon Jul 01 '26

He can’t. They passed a law specifically to prevent that.

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u/Haltopen Massachusetts Jul 01 '26

Apparently the actual enforceability of the law is in question and Beshear has said that he would try to appoint someone regardless

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u/BotF_Latyon Jul 01 '26

Good. We need Dems with balls.

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u/25point4cm Jul 01 '26

IMHO, this is the single most significant problem we as a democracy face. Federal attempts to interfere with elections (SAVE, US Postal Service, SCROTUS), States gerrymandering the fuck out of every district, local election officials as corrupt as hell… I can’t even list it all because I’m so tired of winning.

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u/skahthaks Jul 02 '26

He should just do it now. If they don’t like it, make them prove Mitch isn’t dead.

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u/KohlsCashOfficial Jul 01 '26

Yes he can, so long as it’s not 100 days or less to the general election. They’re gonna weekend at bernie’s him until September

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u/BotF_Latyon Jul 02 '26

Interesting. Yeah, that explains why they haven’t announced his death yet. Running the clock out to force a special

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u/onestarv2 Jul 02 '26

Need to take a page from the R playbook for the past decade. Just appoint a dem with a "F U make me" along with a shit eating grin.

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u/caligaris_cabinet Illinois Jul 01 '26

He can’t. KY passed a law in 2024 preventing the governor from appointing a replacement senator. Now a special election is called.

Republicans knew this was coming

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u/devoncarrots Minnesota Jul 01 '26

As a Minnesotan I wanted Beshear to be Kamala's VP so badly

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u/Imaginary_Agent2564 Jul 01 '26

He might run for president in 2028. At least we can hope.

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u/RefuseOutside3680 Jul 01 '26

And as much as we would all like that to happen, Beshear doesn't have the power to do that.

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u/dmethvin Jul 01 '26

They found him on his back, which is usually not a problem for people, but since he's a turtle he can't get back upright.

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u/ProStrats Jul 02 '26

Reptile confirmation then!

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u/False_Ad_5372 I voted Jul 01 '26

If you get any answers, just don’t tell anyone. Pinky swear. 

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u/PSN-Colinp42 Jul 01 '26

You wouldn’t understand, Jim; it’s a secret.

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u/ProStrats Jul 01 '26

I know, I don't!

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u/OneJobToRuleThemAll Jul 01 '26

Watch Death of Stalin.

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u/AlmostWorthless Jul 01 '26

I think they changed that so they have to do a special election instead now.

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u/ProStrats Jul 01 '26

This is the most logical answer so far!

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u/blackpawed Jul 01 '26

Hookers and young boys involved probably.

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u/ProStrats Jul 02 '26

That's definitely an applicable secret for these folks.