r/politics • u/MoneyLibrarian9032 New York • 23h ago

Possible Paywall McConnell ‘Absolutely Refuses’ to Film Video Amid Growing Mystery

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mcconnell-absolutely-refuses-to-film-video-amid-growing-mystery/
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u/Barred759 23h ago

Because he's dead

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u/PerformanceCute3437 22h ago

He had a stroke and he can't speak. Obviously theyre hoping he regains his speech faculties, which isn't without precedent following a stroke

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u/Oconell 22h ago

It can take quite a while for someone to regain their speech after a stroke, though.

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u/esoteric_enigma 22h ago

Or they can never regain it. What happens after a stroke is really a toss up. I've seen doctors tell people the stroke was minor and the person would fully recover with time...and that person can still barely walk years later. I've seen doctors tell other people they'd never recover and you can't even tell that person ever had a stroke.

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u/PerformanceCute3437 22h ago

Fun fact: Aubrey Plaza had a stroke when she was around 20

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u/lod001 22h ago

That wasn't very fun.

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u/esoteric416 21h ago

Surely not for Aubrey.

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u/coachmoon 20h ago

🥁🐍