Reports citing emergency dispatch audio said responders were called to McConnell’s residence on June 14 for an unconscious patient and later discussed “CPR in progress” for a possible cardiac emergency.

Oh! So, we’ve escalated from him being found unconscious and rushed to the hospital to active CPR? Wouldn’t it have been something if the Republican stance of allowing doctors to decline giving medical care on moral grounds ended up being applied against the interests of the long-term cancer that is McConnell?

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    What does it matter? His whole life he’s been a demented asshole. Nothing has changed. He’s still a demented asshole and a perfect representation of the republican party. I hope they broke his ribs during CPR.

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        I’m of the belief his grave will become a gender neutral bathroom? Is this not a correct line of logic

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          Oh it absolutely will be a gender neutral bathroom. I guess i read it differently thinking piss had some gender associated to it i was not aware of.

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    When the KY Governor went Dem the KY Cons tried to strip his ability to appoint vacant Congress seats. This was overturned in court.

    However they did add a rule that the Governor could not replace someone within 95 days of an election.

    95 days before 11/3/2026, the midterms, is 7/31/2026. I imagine they will use the “he’s recovering” line until 8/1/2026 so the Cons have tighter control over congress. Or at the very least, they are trying to chew up as much time as possible before he gets replaced.

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    If Mitch was found unconscious and the paramedics had to do CPR on him before they transported him to the hospital, then I think he’s either dead or brain dead. I think his handlers are going to play “Weekend at Bernies” with him until it’s <90 days before the midterms to prevent a special election or an appointment by the KY governor to replace him. Once they figure out what to do with him, his health will “suddenly take a turn for the worse.” I’m guessing by October.

    If Mitch is conscious but “locked in” he HAS to know by now that his condition is hopeless and that he’s only being kept alive for political reasons. What a kick in the ass that must be.

    May he burn in Turtle Hell.

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      KY is a special case, they are a deep red state that elected a Democratic governor. So, the Legislature took away the Governor’s ability to appoint Senators (over his veto) and now in the event of a vacancy, it can only be filled with a Special Election.

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    He’s either dead or a human turnip on life support. The Regime will keep it hidden until the election.

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    He was one of the key politicians, along with Paul Ryan, who were all aboard gutting the ACA (Obamacare) before it was passed. He’s probably receiving top tier medical care right now at little or no cost to him.

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    He’s dead. Or braindead. They may hide the death until less than ninety days before mid-terms to prevent a special election or appointment by KY governor before then

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      Whoever has power of attorney should cancel his retirement and make him the first vegetative congress member on a feeding tube to run for reelection.

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    On Thursday, McConnell’s office told Newsweek via email, “Senator McConnell appreciates the outpouring of support he’s receiving while he continues his recovery in the hospital. The Senator continues to improve, and is working closely with his staff on Kentucky and Senate matters while the Senate is out of session.”

    Translation:

    On Thursday, McConnell’s office told Newsweek via email, “[We believe that] Senator McConnell [would, if he were conscious and aware,] appreciate the outpouring of support he’s receiving while he continues his recovery in the hospital. The Senator continues to improve [not be dead, technically], and is working closely with his [ICU medical] staff on Kentucky and Senate [respiration] matters while the Senate [brain] is out of session.”

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      Right? He and others like him is all the proof I need there is no cosmic karma system.

      …I’m not saying such a system should’ve killed him by now, but he at least shouldn’t be dying with this much dignity.

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        He’s still alive, there’s still time for you to be the manifestation of the cosmic karma system!

        (In Minecraft, of course)

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          My retirement plan/my plan for if I ever get a life-threatening illness and a timeline on my mortality is to pretty much be that harbinger on any McConnell-equivalent beings within my resources (in Minecraft of course).

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    These people are literally white knuckling power to their dying breath. It should be classified as a mental illness.

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      As far as McConnell is concerned, I feel like for a long time now even though the lights are on there is nobody home. When he froze up during that press conference in 2023 it was hard to look at. The man was confused, scared and looked like he wanted to cry but forgot how to do so. I absolutely hate the man, but in my book nobody deserves something like that. But still they prop him up, instead of sending him off on retirement, they keep his walking corpse around to keep the power. I’m not sure if McConnell himself is aware of what is happening, or even wants to be part of it. I wouldn’t put it past the old bastard for sure. But at this point his judgement is clearly impaired and keeping him working is elder abuse IMHO.

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      Or worse, he’s brain dead and they have him hooked up to life support while they figure out their plan

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        True, but he can’t vote, and while he’s alive and in office they can’t replace him.

        He can stay in that bed forever, IMO – as long as he can’t participate in the further dismantling of democracy.

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          His staff have been doing all the work for the past few years. They just have to figure out a way to roll him out on a wheelchair with his eyes open somehow so he can press the yea or nay button to any kind of legislation.

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    Wow this is getting exciting! CPR at his age means, even if he survives on the ventilator, he will wake up in horrendous pain and probably won’t be physically capable of harming his country any further until at least the midterms! So he’s basically out.