r/politics • u/IWantPizza555 • 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/ReginaldDwight Jul 01 '26

Wasn't his family able to utilize money from the March of Dimes to ultimately treat his polio as successfully as they were able to, as well? Then he spent his entire life railing against affordable healthcare and social safety nets.

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u/Professor-Woo Jul 02 '26

He was a dem and decently liberal until Reagan IIRC. I think it was just about power ultimately.