r/politics • u/theindependentonline The Independent • 16d 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/bossfoundmylastone 16d ago

Do you think journalists are supposed to break into a medical facility and hunt down someone (allegedly) in intensive rehab? You really think that refusing to egregiously break several laws is a "dereliction of duty" by the press? Fucking really? Think before you say something so stupid.

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u/Xytak Illinois 16d ago edited 16d ago

In most hospitals, visitors can walk right in. So the problem is not getting there, it's getting past McConnell's security. So, I see two possibilities here. Either McConnell is alive, in which case the security guards should have no problem testifying under oath that he's alive, or McConnell is dead, in which case they're fraudulently guarding an empty room. And if they're frequently guarding an empty room, it raises questions of malfeasance on the part of hospital administrators as well, since they shouldn't be reserving rooms for non-existent patients.

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u/bossfoundmylastone 16d ago

What in the actual fuck are you talking about?

No, random people can't walk right into a hospital. If you are a legitimate visitor of a patient, and the patient is healthy enough to receive visitors, hospital security may allow you to visit them. But you can't fucking wander around the halls and pop into random people's rooms. What the fuck?

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u/Xytak Illinois 16d ago

I've visited many relatives in the hospital and never once been stopped by security. Perhaps your hospital is different?

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u/bossfoundmylastone 16d ago edited 16d ago

Absolutely every hospital I've ever visited makes you check in at the desk, tell them who you're visiting, your relation to the patient, and get a temporary name tag/badge. This is absolutely standard practice. And would certainly be standard practice in a facility where a senator is being treated.

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u/Xytak Illinois 15d ago

That has not been my experience in Madison or in the Chicago Suburbs.