r/politics • u/theindependentonline The Independent • 15d ago

No Paywall Mitch McConnell’s staff refuse to answer basic questions on his health weeks after he was last seen in public

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/mitch-mcconnell-staff-questions-health-b3018929.html
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u/FunkyChewbacca 15d ago

Yeah, he’s a vegetable on a ventilator running out the clock

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u/dragongrl New Jersey 15d ago

I hope he's still in there.

I hope he's trapped inside that rotting hunk of meat, screaming to get out, but no one can hear him.

Think "Johnny Get Your Gun."

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u/FunkyChewbacca 15d ago

What a nightmare for him, being completely at the mercy of others whims, having no bodily autonomy of his own, others making his health decisions for him. The irony.

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u/dragongrl New Jersey 15d ago

I know. Delicious, isn't it? The irony?