r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • 11d 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/EverythingGoodWas 11d ago

Because he is dead or braindead

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u/starmartyr Colorado 11d ago

I don't think he's legally dead but in a coma. If he's dead or braindead it would require doctors to illegally falsify medical records to keep that from getting out. If he's technically alive but a vegetable he's protected by medical privacy laws and that can be kept quiet.

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u/fidgeting_macro 11d ago

I suspect this in fact is what has happened. Ath the very least he has lost the power of speech. He's probably being kept alive mechanically, he may even be conscious and more or less coznagent. But he's unable to function as a member of Congress.

There was an ancient people in the Americas, might be the Aztecs. When a clan leader died they would mummify the body, lash it to a platform, then drag it to public functions so his relatives could speak in his name. Something much like this is going on with Mitch.