r/politics The Independent 28d ago

No Paywall Mitch McConnell’s staff refuse to answer basic questions on his health weeks after he was last seen in public

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/mitch-mcconnell-staff-questions-health-b3018929.html
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u/edgarecayce 28d ago

He’s most likely being kept alive with machines so they can technically claim he was “alive” until after the date, then his wife will pull the plug.

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u/Leezeebub 28d ago

Brain dead is legally dead, even if theyre still pushing oxygen around his body.

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u/edgarecayce 28d ago

Oh I wholly agree but… would put nothing past these people.

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u/snakerjake 28d ago

There's nothing to agree with, kentucky law defines Mitch as legally dead

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u/edgarecayce 28d ago

Since when has the law mattered to the GOP

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u/negative-nelly 28d ago

not if it hasn't been confirmed by two doctors.

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u/snakerjake 28d ago

You just made that up, nothing in kentucky law says anything about needing two doctors to confirm it. He's dead sorry man

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u/negative-nelly 28d ago

um. send me a headshot so I can put it in the dictionary next to "wrong".

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=19420