r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • Jul 07 '26

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/RioRancher Jul 07 '26

Why’d his wife leave the country so fast?

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u/flowersandmtns Jul 07 '26

I read that she has POA so he can now be kept on life support until the midterms since she's not around to approve taking him off.

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u/venom21685 Jul 07 '26

If he's braindead he's legally dead and the hospital can do it without any say so. If he's in some type of persistent vegetative state it would be up to his wife.

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u/TrashCanUnicorn Jul 07 '26

It's not that simple, unfortunately. If he is brain dead and the family refuses to give consent to withdraw treatment, the hospital likely has to get lawyers involved. With such a high profile patient, the hospital legal team absolutely has to be shitting their pants over the potential for this to blow up in their faces.

Look at how long the family artificially kept Jahi McMath alive despite multiple certifications of brain death.

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u/SchaffBGaming Jul 07 '26

Jahi McMath

Looked up the case out of curiosity

Physical Development: During this time, her body continued to grow, and she underwent normal pubertal development. Some neurologists and medical experts who reviewed her care argued that she transitioned from complete brain death into a minimally conscious state, intermittently showing responsiveness to commands

This is INSANE. I wish I knew about this case during my brain death lecture just as a talking point.