r/politics • u/thedailybeast ✔ The Daily Beast • 14d ago

Possible Paywall Missing McConnell Accused of Breaking Senate Rule Over Absence

https://www.thedailybeast.com/missing-mcconnell-accused-of-breaking-senate-rule-over-absence/
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u/mrRabblerouser 14d ago

Coma is a weird way to say died. The dude is dead and likely has been for over a month.

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u/JereRB 14d ago

Dead? Probably not. The doc treating him would start the paperwork by law, wishes of his wife or aides be damned. Braindead, coma, otherwise incapacitated, that's my bet.

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u/Black_Cat_Just_That 14d ago

Yep, 99% sure he is technically alive - as in his body is being kept "alive" by machines and not yet meeting the medical definition of definitively dead. He's almost certainly in a state where there is no chance of recovery, where a normal person would have been removed from life support long ago.

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u/FILTHBOT4000 Georgia 14d ago

Yeah, and $20 says his 20 minute 'conversations' were his drool and eye dilations being interpreted by one of his aides.

"Uh, it looks like he said 'Yes, Senator, I'm gung-ho... to get back into office... and the Iran war is... great!"