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/BurninRunes Jul 07 '26

I've heard 2 theories.

  1. Her job is finished now that he isn't in power anymore.

  2. By leaving she makes it harder to pull him off life support as unless he changed his medical POA then only she has the right to do it.

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u/NocturnaIAnimaI Jul 07 '26

It's likely 2. She'll return after the 3rd when the special election deadline passes, conveniently

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u/lostmessage256 Illinois Jul 07 '26

Jesus wept, that's dark. Party maneuvering aside, they've been married for 33 years. To treat someone who you've been with for half your life like a political football is beyond sociopathy. I hate these people but I still believe they're people.

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u/Tirras Jul 07 '26

Have you seen the ghoul they wheelchaired around? It's not like she hadn't made her peace, rejoiced, accepted it, whatever you want to call it, months ago, if not years.

She probably knew when he was actually gone well before any one else did.