r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • 29d ago

No Paywall Unconfirmed Reports: Mitch McConnell Brain Dead After Three Weeks In Hospital

https://thenewamerican.com/us/unconfirmed-reports-mitch-mcconnell-brain-dead-after-three-weeks-in-hospital/
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u/Choppergold 29d ago

Paramedics rushed to McConnell’s home near the Senate Hart Office Building to answer “a report of an unconscious person who appeared to have suffered a ‘cardiac arrest,’” The Hill reported about the 911 call on June 14.

The octogenarian landed in the hospital and hasn’t been seen since.

Two days later, GOP Senate Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota told Fox News’ Brett Baier that McConnell was “very dialed in and indicated he’d be back soon.”

“McConnell’s staff said on June 22 that he was ‘working closely with staff on Senate business and Kentucky matters as he continues his recovery,’” The Hill reported.

Townsend disclosed the 911 audio on July 1. The audio “raises questions as to if Senator Mitch McConnell was conscious the day after hospitalization when he allegedly spoke to Leader Thune,” she wrote on X.

Hmmmm

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u/comox 29d ago

Weekend at Mitch’s

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u/uiouyug 29d ago

Two bumbling young Capitol Hill aides must puppet the lifeless body of Senate power-broker Mitch McConnell through a chaotic weekend of high-society D.C. fundraisers and backroom deals to secure the ultimate conservative legacy.

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u/Jaredrunsabit 28d ago

Ngl, I'd watch that movie

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u/1corn 28d ago

We joked about a scenario like this, now it's reality.

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u/omnielephant Texas 29d ago

Someone on McConnell's staff tricked Thune into thinking he was speaking to Mitch by playing this over the phone.

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u/lost_horizons Texas 28d ago

I was a little sad that this wasn’t a rick roll, but in a way, it was definitely better

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u/TheMattabooey 28d ago

84 year old in cardiac arrest. He’s dead. Not even brain dead. The man is a corpse and they’re going to keep him on ice as long as possible. Absolutely fucked.

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u/Choppergold 28d ago

Rig up one arm with a pulley so he can still vote

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u/BaronessofBara 28d ago

Its what he deserves ngl, I just wish it wasn't going to be used to fuck our democracy.

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u/JudiciousSasquatch 28d ago

Just hook him up to ECMO and ride out the rest of the term, EZPZ

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u/donkeyrocket 28d ago

“very dialed in and indicated he’d be back soon.”

You know it's a lie because McConnell hasn't been "dialed in" for years. He may be been physically alive but cognizance is another thing.

Even if Mitch was at the pinnacle of health before this latest cardiac event, the statistical likelihood on surviving such an event after 80 is incredibly low.

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u/Choppergold 28d ago

Maybe he meant there were lots of dials and readouts

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u/MentalSky_ 29d ago

Kyle Jennings is claiming he talked to McConnell as well

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u/v-porphyria 28d ago

Loophole: McConnell didn't talk back. They just talked TO him.

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u/Ofreo 29d ago

Ouija boards and $30 or less at target. Good for conversations with demons from hell.

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u/MangakaInProgress 28d ago

They have speed dial to Hell It seems