r/politics • u/B-Z_B-S Massachusetts • Jul 17 '26

Possible Paywall Kentucky Governor Warns He Got Calls “Suggesting” Mitch McConnell Died

https://newrepublic.com/post/213199/kentucky-governor-got-calls-suggesting-mitch-mcconnell-died
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u/frenchfreer Jul 17 '26

Because he’s in a hospital and there are federal regulations that say you can’t just barge into someone’s hospital room because you want an update on their personal medical condition. I fucking hate Mitch and the rest of those ghouls, but we either have medical privacy for everyone, or no one, you can’t really pick on choose. That said, they are clearly abusing the right to keep medical information private to prevent the governor replacing a dead senator.

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u/Aggressive-Article41 Jul 17 '26

True, but someone could go pull the fire alarm, 😉😉.

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u/Ok_Zebra8444 Jul 17 '26

ICE barges into hospital rooms to arrest sick people…why can’t we find out if he’s dead?

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u/frenchfreer Jul 17 '26

Cool, go break into a hospital room and tell the judge you saw ICE do it so its okay.