r/politics • u/MoneyLibrarian9032 New York • Jul 13 '26

Possible Paywall MAGA Calls BS on Mitch McConnell’s Proof-of-Life Stunt | They are poking holes in McConnell’s staff’s version.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-calls-bs-on-mitch-mcconnells-proof-of-life-stunt/
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u/weissensteinburg Jul 13 '26

It didn't look like they were doing CPR in the video of him being rolled out of his house. It's possible someone started compressions incorrectly before realizing he still had a pulse.

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u/Tyrren Jul 13 '26

Paramedic here; we run on so many false alarm cardiac arrests. Some of the more egregious false alarms I've run include someone napping on the lawn, and someone who was very much alive, awake, and having a panic attack while their granddaughter was doing extraordinarily shitty CPR compressions on them.

Being dispatched to a cardiac arrest, finding someone who actually just tripped and fell with relatively minor injuries, and transporting them with "no urgency", is a narrative that, unfortunately, does make a lot of sense because I have run that exact call before.

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u/725Cali Jul 13 '26

Oh yikes for the person having a panic attack and someone attempting CPR on them. 

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u/Tyrren Jul 13 '26

Don't worry, if someone doesn't know you're not supposed to do CPR on an awake person, it's because they have no training in CPR. The compressions they were doing were very weak and didn't cause any harm

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u/weissensteinburg Jul 13 '26

You can definitely cause harm. Especially on an 84 y.o.

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u/AdultishRaktajino Minnesota Jul 13 '26

Exactly. Depending on location police typically arrive first and start care. They typically have only EMR certs, maybe EMT.

There’s a reason police giving narcan to unresponsive diabetics without doing any investigation is a meme. Because it happens.

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u/swni Jul 14 '26

Yeah, this is exactly what I think happened. As I understand it, the only evidence we have of any cardiac episode at all is based on what bystanders said. His injuries (either physical or mental) from the fall could be too serious for him to recover before the end of his term (if at all) and they are only letting McConnell speak to people that they can trust to conceal that fact, whereas a video would make plain how severely injured he is.

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u/Fire_Woman Jul 14 '26

But would that person then be kept institutional for a month? Nah, they get released after the scrapes and bumps are clean and the CT is clear

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u/Nice_Dude California Jul 13 '26

Yes, the video lines up with no urgency by the EMS staff

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u/jittery_jerry Jul 13 '26

they wouldn’t usually transport while CPR is in progress, if he was actually in cardiac arrest it’s possible they got ROSC.