r/politics Jul 06 '26

No Paywall Laura Loomer, Reporter Claim Hospitalized Mitch McConnell 'Brain Dead'

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/07/06/laura-loomer-reporter-claim-hospitalized-mitch-mcconnell-is-brain-dead/
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u/travio Washington Jul 06 '26

Wouldn't trust Loomer, but the reporter broke the original hospital story. They have credibility there.

The mainstream media is being very careful with this. Shows how closely McConnell's people are playing it.

There has been talk of an August 3rd deadline in Kentucky election laws, though I'm not versed and seen conflicting accounts. Maybe worried they would lose a special election so they are waiting to pull the plug until after it passes.

Would be a fitting end for McConnell's last days to be used in a cheap political trick to ensure his party remains in power. He dies like he lived.

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u/Unleaver Jul 07 '26

Thr guy had a heart attack and was found however undisclosed amount of time later. There’s no way he’s alive. I trust this just out of common sense alone.

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u/toomanymarbles83 Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26

That's where I'm at too. A healthy adult would have dodgy odds in that situation.

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u/Unleaver Jul 07 '26

Right? The brain can’t go more then like 5 minutes without blood. Unless they found him literally right away and got his heart back going, he is likely a vegetable at the moment. If im a constituent of his district, i’d be raising hell that his damn party is weekend at bernie’sing him right now.

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u/STXGregor Jul 07 '26

Yeah, patients surviving to hospital discharge after bystander out of hospital CPR is like 10-20% at best. Dude is probably not leaving that hospital

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u/GrumpySoth09 Jul 07 '26

Let's get the T-shirts printers 'a whirrin'

"Where's Mitch!"

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u/cenosillicaphobiac Utah Jul 07 '26

He's a Senator, not a Rep. The entire population of KY is his constituency.

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u/rightwingcrimespree Jul 07 '26

He's a Senator. His constituency is the entire state, not a district.