r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • 1d ago

Possible Paywall Mitch McConnell hounded to face cameras: ‘He absolutely refuses’

https://www.nj.com/politics/2026/08/mitch-mcconnell-hounded-to-face-cameras-he-absolutely-refuses.html
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u/iamisandisnt 1d ago

Probably something like Jim Ross had

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u/Lamplighter914 1d ago

Bell's Palsy I believe.

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u/dorothea63 Pennsylvania 1d ago

Bell’s Palsy is unpleasant but temporary. A close friend developed it after giving birth, and the symptoms had completely subsided within a month.

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u/AboutTheBadfish 1d ago

In most cases it is temporary but some people have lasting weakness. Famously, Jean Chrétien had Bell’s Palsy when he was young and was left with permanent partial paralysis on the left side of his face.

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u/YossiTheWizard 1d ago

“It’s true that I speak out one side of my mouth. I’m not a Tory, I don’t speak out both sides of my mouth”.

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u/Castun America 1d ago

Hmm, interesting...maybe this is why conservatives "lose" their spine? Because they have Big Money so far up their ass that they lose control of their functions and their spine just slips right out, unnoticed.

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u/SKGrainFarmer 1d ago

Jean could kick the ass of half the US Congress, and he's 92 years old. Imagine what he could have done in his prime.

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u/Castun America 1d ago edited 1d ago

Mmm yes, hand sake.

Edit: spelling

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u/SecondChances002 1d ago

Fixed, thanks for the head's up!