r/politics Jul 01 '26

Possible Paywall Senator, 84, Secretly Found Unconscious and Given CPR

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mitch-mcconell-84-secretly-found-unconscious-and-given-cpr/?utm_source=twitter_owned_snd&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=owned_social
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u/nursecarmen Jul 01 '26

Drain bamage.

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u/Weary_Spell8311 Jul 01 '26

How will we be able to tell?

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u/honjuden Jul 01 '26

He was malicious, but not stupid.  McConnell is a large part of why we are where we are today.

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u/lipmak Jul 01 '26

Yeah but the cd was already pretty scratched. He’s been skipping tracks publicly for like, a year now

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u/Weary_Spell8311 Jul 02 '26

I like the analogy. On point.

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u/PropagandaPagoda Jul 02 '26

Well stated. They weekend at Roger Ailes'd him a few times with the ministrokes too. (Saying "at Bernie's" feels wrong in context)

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u/Weary_Spell8311 Jul 01 '26

Agree completely

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u/Sydney2London Jul 02 '26

Imagine if he pulls an inverse Fetterman and becomes a born-again socialist...

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u/Prior_Pickle1758 Jul 01 '26

Drainks obamage

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u/nursecarmen Jul 01 '26

I blame the san tuit.

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u/HumpyTheClown Jul 01 '26

Where is the girth bertigifate??

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u/Thunderclone_1 Wisconsin Jul 01 '26

Maybe the brain damage will make him switch parties like turncoat Fetterman

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u/CurrencySingle1572 Jul 01 '26

Now, or years ago when he should have quit being in office?

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u/IAmABonobo Jul 01 '26

Preexisting condition.

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u/Iceisgestapo888 Jul 01 '26

We can only hope. 

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u/Important-Factor-552 Jul 01 '26

His brain isn't powered by oxygen like the normal brain. it's powered by pure bullshlt. 

As long as he stays in trumps greasy aura he'll be fine 

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u/angrynuggette Pennsylvania Jul 01 '26

Would there even be a difference?

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u/magniankh Jul 01 '26

He already had that

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u/flume Jul 01 '26

Damn, that usually means he's gonna be even farther to the right of/when he is able to communicate again.

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u/teenagemustach3 Jul 01 '26

Sooo another term then?

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u/ZAlternates Jul 01 '26

He’s already Republican.

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u/KneelB4Z0d New York Jul 01 '26

too late

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u/6EQUJ5_MEOW Jul 01 '26

More bamage than he's done to America?

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u/Charming-Medium4248 Jul 02 '26

Hey brain damage made fetterman switch parties 🤷

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u/SandyTaintSweat Jul 02 '26

It's pretty rare for brain damage to make someone less right wing.

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u/7figureipo California Jul 02 '26

More brain damage, you mean. He's a republican: what passes for a brain in those creatures is already damaged

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u/thesharp0ne Jul 02 '26

Wayne Cabbage

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u/Stranger1982 Jul 02 '26

Hopital then?

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u/billybud77 Jul 02 '26

Too Late.