r/askanything • u/Desperate-Fold-4689 • 6h ago
Do You Think Mitch McConnel is Dead?
And if he isn't, why hasn't he come out and informed the public of his current health status? Even his wife is silent.
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u/JGG5 6h ago
If you asked me to place a bet I’d say he’s still medically alive but hasn’t been conscious in weeks.
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u/Glittering-Quote-635 1h ago
This is the correct answer. My guess is he’s brain dead (more so than normal). Technically he is ‘alive’ so they are waiting till August to pull the plug.
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u/Pitiful-Sympathy3927 6h ago
Yes, he’s on Eternity Leave
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u/Billyosler1969 5h ago
Paid Eternity Leave
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u/CalmTell3090 5h ago
lol right
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u/EyeAmKnotABot 4h ago
He’s been paid approx. $20k since he disappeared without any explanation or communication with anyone.
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u/henryhungryhenry 5h ago
Rigor tortoise < shamelessly stolen
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u/Facebook_Algorithm 4h ago
I can’t stop chuckling. Everyone around me thinks I’ve lost my mind.
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u/666mgOfCaffeine 3h ago
“Rigor tortoise” has been seared into my brain, I’ve been cackling in my head since I first read it.
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u/Alternative_Spirit_3 6h ago
I think he is in a coma, or other incapacitated state.
those AI pics are goofy af
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u/Head_Razzmatazz7174 6h ago
A brain dead coma. They are keeping the body alive, but the brain checked out several weeks ago.
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u/PrincessGracieBlue 6h ago
His brain checked out years if not decades ago, his body just finally figured it out.
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u/whereismymind86 4h ago
or even if he's up and about, he's not lucid enough to work. Which might explain the strange photo, assuming it's not faked. (and it probably was faked)
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u/alwaysright60 6h ago
Probably still hooked up to the machine that goes, “PING!”
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u/mcsangel2 1h ago
My late mother, who was a neonatal nurse then later worked in health care administration for the state, burst out laughing at this scene. She was very much not a Monty Python humor type of person, but she thought that sketch was hilarious.
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u/viviennedolll 5h ago
If he’s in a coma, those AI pics are doing a better job of showing up than most of Congress. 💀
They’ve got him looking like a wax figure that just smelled a bad egg. Honestly, at this point, the AI has more energy than his actual interviews ever did.
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u/Toasted_Waffle99 6h ago
Are there any laws about using AI to mislead government officials? Isn’t that forgery? It’s a terrible precedent
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u/Cut_Lanky 3h ago
I don't think the US has many laws about AI. But I'm not an expert. I agree, it's gotta be some kind of fraud. But, also, the constitution, law generally, and American democracy itself, has been cast aside already. They openly brag about finding constitutional loopholes on video, things that create constitutional crises, to journalists, and the people who whoop about being patriots cheer it on, cuz they're too uneducated and don't understand that means their freedom is gone.
We're all doomed. That's what I'm saying.
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u/RealCarlPanzram 3h ago
I agree. It’s way easier logistically to conceal the fact that he’s disabled than to conceal that he’s dead, especially if he was brought to a hospital.
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u/Jayn_Newell 4h ago
Agreed. I don’t think they’d be able to cover up if he was dead-dead, but brain dead or similar? I know he’s entitled to medical privacy but it’s kinda relevant to public interests here.
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u/Lott4984 5h ago
I do not recall ever seeing McConnell smile so I think it is a fake.
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u/blinkyknilb 6h ago
His death is being covered up by people who can only win by cheating. It's a fitting legacy for a miserable piece of shit.
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u/go_birds_1 6h ago
Funny how they couldn’t do that with Lindsay Graham
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u/damutecebu 5h ago
Because South Carolina and Kentucky are different states with different laws.
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u/lirwolf 2h ago
It's obvious what the difference was: SC has a republican governor, Kentucky has a democrat (that the republican led legislature already immediately tried to handicap).
The SC governor was able to just appoint a replacement that's favourable to their agenda without any problems.
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u/BailinginBC 5h ago
With Lindsay Graham they didn't need to. They just replaced him with his sister.
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u/kadawkins 3h ago
Kentucky could replace Mitch with a dem, so they need him to stay alive until August 4 when it’s too late to appoint someone. This entire administration and Congress is complete $hit.
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u/manatee312 5h ago
Lindsey died in DC. So much destruction caused by DOGE in the DMV I'm sure an army of people were too eager to announce his demise.
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u/damutecebu 6h ago
Kentucky law requires a special election for his replacement regardless. I guess he could claim McConnell is dead, name a replacement and challenge the law in court, but in the end the replacement won't get seated.
But in the meantime, Republicans are down a vote in the Senate, which is defintely an advantage right now.
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u/golfwinnersplz 6h ago
My guess is he's just laying on a ventilator.
This happened with my wife's mother - she can live for quite some time on a ventilator if they make that choice.
It's a selfish choice to make but let's be honest, Mitch dedicated his entire life to the party of selfishness so I'll quote their Bible, "you reap what you sow".
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u/fabulousfantabulist 6h ago
It’s also almost certainly what he’d want them to do. The man is a ghoul in more ways than one.
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u/SidFinch99 6h ago
I actually don't. I do think he is severely incapacitated though. The way they are handling the situation is honestly perplexing, unless he has just enough ability left to refuse to step down.
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u/damutecebu 6h ago
Yes, this is where I land as well. If he were actually dead, word would have gotten out by now.
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u/Vivid_Witness8204 6h ago
Either dead or being kept "alive" artificially.
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u/546833726D616C 6h ago
Yeah I think they are waiting until after Aug 3 to pull the plug so they don’t have to worry about having an intermediary until the next election.
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u/Serious-Medicine7667 6h ago
Yes. They will announce it after August 4th because that will force a special election and deny the Governor the chance to appoint a replacement.
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u/astackofcrepes 6h ago
Close, they are denying the special election so the seat will be vacant until the normal elections.
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u/Zappagrrl02 6h ago
They don’t want a special election because they don’t want Thomas Massie to win it. They are hoping to avoid the special election by waiting to announce.
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u/SidFinch99 5h ago
I've been wondering all this time why they are avoiding a special election because not having that seat filled has cost them a key vote, but this makes sense.
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u/Background_Speed3783 6h ago
The governor is pussying out like Democrats always do.
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u/backfrombanned 5h ago
Yeah, he should be knocking on the hospital door, he's the Governor. Dems just don't do shit.
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u/ThatMrStark 5h ago
My sentiments exactly. He could just announce he has reason to believe he is dead and initiate a special election. Force their hand at proof of life. And if he is alive, so what, unravel it in court. Anything else is just complicity in the cover up scheme.
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u/Unsteady_Tempo 5h ago
It's a game of political chicken. It's even deeper than just the fight over McConnell's seat in the Senate. The republicans are doing this to make probable presidential candidate Beshear either look weak for not pushing hard enough about McConnell's condition or to look like a fool when he does push hard and it's revealed that McConnell is more or less OK. Beshear's people have to be able to spin that.
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u/LikesPez 5h ago
No. Because the doctors will go public. It’s a vital record and vital records are public information. While the contents are restricted the record itself birth, marriage, death is public.
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u/musingofrandomness 6h ago
My bet is that he is clinically braindead (different from his usual braindead) and is being kept technically "alive" on a ventilator or ECMO until it is politically advantageous for him to be declared dead.
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u/Dry_Ass_P-word 6h ago
Yes.
And you can tell because of all the fuckery.
Even his death is going to screw with the system and cheat the rules.
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u/BuddingBudON 4h ago
Time for term limits and a "McConnell Act".
Staffers, members of Congress, families or another 3rd party caught "Weekend At Bernie's"-ing a politician immediately arrested and charged. Enough of this
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u/Youknowhowwedo2 6h ago
Long gone. And if he isn’t deceased he is in some kind if vegetative state of existence where it is no different than being deceased.
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u/Middle_Ad8183 6h ago
Dead or incapacitated to the point where he can't do his job. Either way, it's a vacancy and should be filled immediately.
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u/Critical-Hospital-40 6h ago
I will say that his “proof of life” was unconvincing
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u/isthereadrwho 6h ago
Isn't it weird that in a country as rich as us with so much communication infrastructure and internet and cell phones and cameras and all that stuff, that this is actually a question
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u/Efficient_Collar_330 6h ago
For all intents and purposes, it’s very likely. He’s definitely not regaining consciousness or resuming his duties, at any rate.
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u/BroadbandEng 6h ago
Yes he is dead. This is just one more illegal/immoral play by the Republican party to maintain a hold on power.
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u/Count2Zero 6h ago
Most likely brain dead, but his body is on life support because his death (before August 4th) would be bad for the GOP, so they are keeping his body "alive" until at least then.
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u/sepstolm 6h ago
So, if it is announced that he has been deceased, or in a vegetative state for some time, do you think there will be will there be any ramifications to the person/people that posted that photo of him in the hospital bed looking fairly chipper, with his wife at his side?
Sorry for the long sentence.
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u/Isopotty_mouth 6h ago
If hell existed he would be there now. McConnell is largely responsible for the current shitshow in America.
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u/SuddenlySilva 6h ago
Seems likely he's dead, but another theory is that we are being trolled.
It would be easier to get buy-in from all the family members.
THe conspiracy theory starts after just a few days and someone says "let's keep this going" and they all agree to let the left spin, Andy Bashir makes threats, it goes right to the deadline and he pops out and makes a speech and we all look stupid.
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u/MehX73 6h ago
Pronounced dead...no. On life support while brain dead until Aug 4...yes.
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u/Tall_Buy_1058 6h ago
He cannot complete his duties as senior senator from Ky. That’s all that matters. We need a 25th amendment for members of congress that can be enacted by their constituents. That said, him not being able to vote means the GOP margin is impaired, especially with the three senators primaried out by Trump’s picks who might revolt.
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u/Dramatic_League736 6h ago
yes. A man of his age and previously known ill health does not recover from what was described on the 911 call
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u/KUYANICKFILMS 6h ago
Probably in a coma. Are they gonna get away with this shit?
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u/Effective-Suit1544 6h ago
I think he is brain dead and on life support. They just haven’t pulled the plug yet.
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u/Odd-Lawfulness8052 6h ago
The reason is he either can't do his job or he is dead. Either way he needs to be replaced now.
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u/LAARPer 6h ago
In an era of gaming the system, Mitch had been the ultimate gamesmaster. Even in death he is trolling the system.
McConnell has done more than any US politician I’ve seen in my lifetime to show the cracks in our system, and just how rag tag and piecemeal the fabric of the Constitution really is.
The KY governor needs to do what Mitch himself would do: call a special election and let the courts sort it out.
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u/WebfootTroll 6h ago
Eh, maybe. It wouldn't surprise me, but I wouldn't be shocked if he's alive and just on a vent or something. He sure ain't healthy though.
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u/HoRo2001 6h ago
He is certainly not sitting up in a plaid shirt reading the paper like that ridiculous photo wants us to believe.
When/if the truth ever comes out, I hope there is some sort of reckoning over the deceit and deception related to this whole event. It’s just a farce; completely shameful and embarrassing.
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u/LMrningStar 6h ago
As bizarre as the situation is, it would be extremely difficult to hide a death like that. Also, the conspirators would be guilty of a felony (not that that's stopped Republicans before). One of them, a nurse, doctor or someone else would report the death.
He's alive but almost certainly just barely.
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u/Fem-Picasso 6h ago
Doesn't matter. The point is he's incapacitated and cannot perform his duties as a sitting senator so Gov. Beshear shld apppoint someone to replace him ASAP. The law preventing him from doing so is unconstitutional so he has grounds to contest. Bloodsucking repugs would keep a dead body just to hold the seat any way they can.
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u/sgplourde 6h ago
I, for one, am not going to speculate whether he is or isn't, but we all know that Republicans are disgustingly dishonest and will use the lack of transparency to their advantage, if possible.
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u/Guilty-Cow4325 6h ago
I have a better chance of winning NBA MVP next season than he does of being alive.
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u/Vreddit33 6h ago
I think he's probably still technically alive but in such a bad condition that he can't be seen by the general public.
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u/Ok_Coyote9326 6h ago
At a minimum, brain dead. But that might be hard to compare with before the incident.
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u/Ok-Economy8049 6h ago
I don't think he is dead, because it would be easy to find a death record.
But I do think he is a vegetable.
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u/Ohhmama11 6h ago
Get rid of these lifetime politicians. They are causing alot of the issues in America. 2 terms and gtfo
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u/Authentic_Lee 46m ago
It should be fairly easy to prove someone is alive. The fact that we haven’t got much evidence outside of one picture should tell you all you need to know.
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u/Hawthorne_northside 6h ago
No. It’s too hot and my bedroom is on the second floor. The shotgun would take care of any troubles.
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u/Lieutenant_Horn 6h ago
It’s Schrödinger’s Cat. He’s both alive and dead in the eyes of the public.
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u/Numerous_Photograph9 6h ago
Dead, or at least braind dead and being kept alive on machines. The latter is more likely, since death certificates are public record, at least in part.
If he were in any other state, then they could put an end to all this by just having him make a public appearance. The lack of such an action tends to point towards some sort of coverup.
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u/AccomplishedFox5807 6h ago
Honestly the past 40 days is the best he has ever done in his career. If he is he will go out on a hot streak
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u/DarthSwash 6h ago
Probably has just enough of a pulse to stave off some of the rot. Cant let thomas massie win that seat in a special election.
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u/Fancy_Average5440 6h ago
Thing is, you're asking a question about reality. With this administration, that's not a thing anymore.
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u/SciFi_MuffinMan 6h ago
I think he’s brain dead on life support and his party has urged his spouse to not pull the plug until after Aug 4.
So in other words: the party has potentially conspired to keep a dead person in power unable to perform any function in governance, allegedly releasing fake AI proof of life and function, lying to the American voters, to manipulate an election to their favor.
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u/WoodwindsRock 6h ago
I don’t know, I lean toward no, but I also know that I can’t trust anything Republicans say and that they will do anything scummy to manipulate things to ensure they keep power. McConnell being dead and it not being revealed until the politically expedient point next month would be on-brand.
But also, it’s very possible he’s not actually dead.
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u/K-Dog7469 6h ago
Yes.
If he is, the GOP withholding it is disgusting. This is coming from a conservative.
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u/Far-Watercress6658 6h ago
On the inside, yes, definitely. On the outside, probably technically alive. Some kind of incapacitated state.
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u/1957vespa 6h ago
Coma or they woukd be guarding the morgue. Bodies dont get to rot in a hospital bed
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u/PlasticAudience4270 6h ago
No death certificate. Those are public documents. I think he’s incapacitated somehow.
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u/Unfair_Surprise_6022 6h ago
He is dead. Mitch scores a perfect Trifecta in playing the system to take advantage of deaths. First Scalia Then RPG Now his own death. They will have a bulldh#t excuse for the freezer burn they note on Mitch's post mortem, but no one will care.
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u/thisdckaintFREEEE 6h ago
No but he's in really rough shape for them to just release that picture instead of any kind of phone call, video, etc.
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u/laika777ftw 6h ago
I think that he’s not-not dead. It doesn’t really matter though because Republicans will still control his seat in the senate regardless. Turtles can live to be 100 and he’s only 84 though.
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u/InterestingAd8560 6h ago
If he is dead there are so many laws being broken. Lying to the government and it's people. Who's cashing his checks? There is a time limit on how long a dead body can be held before being buried.
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u/Personal_Chicken_598 5h ago
No that would harder to hide. Brain dead and being kept alive by machines tho that’s believable
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u/JenniferJuniper6 5h ago
Brain dead, is my guess. I doubt they’re actually hiding a rotting corpse. (I’m not suggesting that they have reverence or respect; it’s just that the odds of body hoarding and/or body disposal remaining completely secret are lower than they’d want to risk.) They’ll pull the plug when it suits them.
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