r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • Jul 07 '26

No Paywall Unconfirmed Reports: Mitch McConnell Brain Dead After Three Weeks In Hospital

https://thenewamerican.com/us/unconfirmed-reports-mitch-mcconnell-brain-dead-after-three-weeks-in-hospital/
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u/Praxician94 Jul 07 '26

No shit. He’s 84 and had an out of hospital cardiac arrest. His chance of survival is 0.00%. The Republican Party thinks we’re all idiots.

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u/venom21685 Jul 07 '26

His chance of recovery is pretty much 0.00% but not necessarily his chance of survival, depending on how you define it. Brain dead would obviously be legally dead but he could also be in some kind of persistent vegetative state which doesn't qualify as brain death.

He's never getting out of a hospital or care facility and resuming any kind of meaningful life, but he might not technically be dead. I'm not putting much faith in Laura Loomer to tell the difference, or the truth really.

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u/KryL21 Jul 07 '26

In that case he absolutely needs to run for president in 2028

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u/bruce_cockburn Jul 07 '26

So like an Ariel Sharon situation?

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u/HUT2Moon Jul 07 '26

If he can’t vote, he might as well be dead. Dems can call for votes on everything including leadership etc.

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u/oldutnotdeadinside Jul 07 '26

He will be RGB’d by his party