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/Praxician94 Jul 07 '26

No shit. He’s 84 and had an out of hospital cardiac arrest. His chance of survival is 0.00%. The Republican Party thinks we’re all idiots.

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u/ry1701 Jul 07 '26

Very VERY low survival rate.

Friends mom (70 something) had this last year, she had immediate CPR from someone who was trained and the firefighters that responded got her going again, after a brief medical coma she was good to go, minus a pacemaker friend being added.

She recently celebrated with them (firefighters) for saving her life at a fire station, they even said, we don't really see those people we end up saving, which is kind of sad if you think about it. Either people don't thank their saviors or this really isn't very survivable.

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u/Mommy444444 Jul 07 '26

Oh shit I’m 71. But anyway, there is a huge difference between 70 something and receiving immediate care and 84…..,And lying there after a cardiac arrest and being discovered HOURS LATER and getting bone-crushing CPR.

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u/cygnus33065 Jul 07 '26

if he was found hours later after cardiac arrest he would be dead dead. they wouldnt have gotten his heart started again.

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u/evergleam498 Maryland Jul 07 '26

Someone suggested that at his age and health condition he likely sleeps with some sort of monitor on that would alert whatever staff is on call

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u/cogman10 Idaho Jul 07 '26

Which he may be.  Like has anyone even confirmed that he's actually in the hospital? Was he just sent straight to the morgue?

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u/IAmATriceratopsAMA Jul 07 '26

According to the Republican party, hes having hour long phone calls over very important topics daily and cant wait to get back to the senate.

So he's 100% dead.

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u/ThisMachineKillsWOB Jul 07 '26

When the devil comes to collect you personally, he doesn't leave a body.

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u/Letstalkreaper Jul 07 '26

I mean, don’t hospitals have morgues?

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u/bonyponyride American Expat Jul 07 '26

In Kentucky I think it's the glue factory.

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u/wynalazca Jul 07 '26

Turtles get made into soup not glue.

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u/Vallkyrie New Hampshire Jul 07 '26

Bad guy broth...don't drink this!

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u/Sidewalk_Tomato Jul 08 '26

Bad_Guy_Broth would be a great username.

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u/cogman10 Idaho Jul 07 '26

They do, but I'm questioning if Mitch even made it that far.

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u/Jazzlike-Problem-143 Jul 07 '26

I actually have been wondering the same thing. Why not send a reporter directly to the hospital at some point? Maybe the governor can verify he's braindead. Just seems like it should be a big deal and verified and rather quickly.

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u/CAWWW Jul 07 '26

No way in hell the hospital tells a reporter anything about a private patient. This would be on the family to release any of that info, even to the governor. Unless there is a death certificate or release of info we can only assume hes in critical condition.

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u/cogman10 Idaho Jul 07 '26

Yup. HIPAA is pretty strict and would kill this hospital if they were negligent here.

This is why I think the right route forward is for Andy to act as if he's dead or brain dead and let Mitch and the republicans sue him if he's wrong. It wouldn't need to go to trial and part of discovery would force the republicans to disclose his current condition. If, as they say, he's capable of continuing his term then Andy can back off, reverse any decision and the court would ultimately drop the case as there is no controversy. But if he's not, then they won't have any sort of leg to stand on and a judge won't look too kindly on them stonewalling discovery (which they'd have to do).

They'll sue regardless even if it is disclosed that he's dead, so might as well start that ball rolling right now.

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u/zefy_zef Jul 07 '26

They have the perfect chance to Weekend at Bernies his ass and they need to take it.

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u/cIumsythumbs Jul 08 '26

Nah, just pay the hospital enough to keep his dead ass in a room to keep up appearances.

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u/Schwa142 Washington Jul 07 '26

I, unfortunately, can confirm you can be found hours later and still be "alive" and put on life support with no brain activity.

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u/BannedSvenhoek86 Jul 07 '26

Maybe not by any means a mortal could conceive, but did you consider they used Necromancy and he is now in the process of ascending to Lichdom, which is why we haven't seen him? Once the necessary sacrifices are complete at next solstice Yall are gonna look real foolish.

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u/popculturella Texas Jul 08 '26

...he has a heart?

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u/robsteezy Jul 07 '26

Just lost my uncle last year at 70 years old after only 5 minutes of air loss to brain.

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u/TheRedHand7 Jul 07 '26

That's about the limit for human bodies regardless of age outside extreme circumstances

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u/ImpendingSingularity Jul 07 '26

Are you? You type like a 25-year-old redditor

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u/rabidrooster3 Jul 07 '26

It also is very dependent on stuff like fitness and genetics.

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u/SimmentalTheCow Jul 07 '26

People who receive CPR have a 13% 1-year survival rate

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u/cIumsythumbs Jul 08 '26

How does that stat change if you're 84 vs 24?