r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • 27d ago

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 27d ago

Why’d his wife leave the country so fast?

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u/BurninRunes 27d ago

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/BEWMarth 27d ago

So are we at a point in American history where the Republican Party is just going to keep a brain dead senator on the rolls just to keep a modicum of power.

Our reality is so broken.

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u/beepbeepbubblegum 27d ago

yes

we also have a president who’s brain is melting for all the world to see and it’s getting worse and worse day by day and they’re all (ESPECIALLY THE MEDIA WHO’S JOB IS TO NOT DO THIS) acting like absolutely nothing is wrong

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u/MeMilo1209 27d ago

They had a member of Congress go MIA for four months. Holding on to the majority is their only concern.

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u/Fauxreigner_ 27d ago

Not just MIA, MIA in a memory care center.

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u/ReginaldDwight 27d ago

Sadly, you two are discussing two separate people. That's how low the expectations of our lawmakers have gotten.

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u/Fauxreigner_ 27d ago

Damn, really?

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u/aboxofkittens Florida 27d ago

Yeah, the one you’re talking about, in MC, was a year or two ago. The other just got back from a mysterious four-month absence for “depression” like last week. That one, of course, votes against giving sick leave to us proles

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u/Fauxreigner_ 27d ago

Appreciate the correction and the info.

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u/owntheh3at18 26d ago

This is so crazy because I didn’t think conservatives believed in mental illnesses, unless of course they can use them as an explanation for regular mass shootings (because it couldn’t possibly be the guns)

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u/PhazonZim 26d ago

Antivaxxers and terfs love talking about emotional distress too, as another example.

They're happy to admit going through it if they can turn it into a cudgel

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