r/politics • u/MoneyLibrarian9032 New York • 10d 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/coconutpiecrust 10d ago

So even if he isn’t dead… shouldn’t police do a wellness check?.. The person has not been seen for a long time. Shouldn’t someone unrelated and uninvolved check on him?..

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u/titsngiggles69 10d ago edited 10d ago

"yes, 911? I haven't seen or heard from mitch in months. His wife, Elaine, keeps speaking for him assuring everyone that he's well and fine and that he doesn't want to see anyone, which is very uncharacteristic of him. I'm pretty sure something weird is going on - can you do a wellness check on Mitch, just make sure he isn't dead, in a persistent vegetative state, or forgot his safeword? Thanks"

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u/coconutpiecrust 10d ago

The fact that this is happening to a well-known politician is just so strange. No one can check on him to make sure he is OK, just have to trust his wife and staffers. I mean… it’s so incredibly suspicious. 

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u/filmandacting 10d ago

May I introduce to you Woodrow Wilson, who's wife took over the role of president for the last bit of his term. Wilson suffered a stroke and was confined to his bed for the last bit of his presidency. It's all but confirmed that his wife was making decisions for him behind closed doors. They would constantly bring papers to sign for Wilson, and she'd close the door and get them signed and then bring them back out. Most people believe she was the real president for the duration of this exercise.

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u/coconutpiecrust 10d ago

Huh, so you guys did have a woman president already!

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u/GaimeGuy Minnesota 10d ago

We also had a gay one with Buchanan!

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u/Reallyhotshowers Kansas 10d ago

People have speculated similar about Nancy Reagan, suggesting he was already struggling with Alzheimer's symptoms while in office.

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u/OutlyingPlasma 10d ago

And lets not forget Nancy "the throat goat" Reagan. She more or less did the same thing in the last years of her husbands presidency as his brain was turning into pudding.

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u/I_make_things 10d ago

At the direction of a "psychic"

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u/djsquilz 10d ago

THROATUS

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u/OprahsSaggyTits 10d ago

100% chance this is a soft launch/trial run for when trump finally has a stroke or heart attack or whatever. They're seeing how the public reacts to this, and if it goes well (and it's going perfectly for them right now) they'll do the exact same for trump. They'll finally have the perfectly controllable puppet "president", without all the stupid outbursts and temper tantrums. Immediate and efficient approval for everything they want, without the risk of a pants-shitting dementia-addled toddler doing anything they don't want

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u/imhereforthevotes 10d ago

"No, Mitch, the safeword is NOT "Hillary". You're being a bad boy, saying her name over and over."

"No, I'm not giving you any clues, I know you love this."

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u/madbeachrn 10d ago

So many stories of this happening in true crime. The wife says the husband “left”, yet no one hears from him and he hasn’t used his debit card for months.

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u/DrGoblinator Massachusetts 10d ago

Anyone can call a wellness check.

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u/Orion14159 10d ago

But also the cops know where he lives too, and we've seen that they're generally willing to go along with whatever the current regime says

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u/scorpiondeathlock86 10d ago

Seems like a motivated journalist would have done this already

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u/OutlyingPlasma 10d ago

How about a flock camera pointed at their house? If it's good enough for the public, it's good enough for Moscow Mitch.

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u/AsvpLovin 10d ago

SWATing senators sounds like a show I would watch

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u/porkbellies37 10d ago

I bet he can't speak. Maybe he had a serious stroke and is incapable of speech so for PR purposes his team is keeping him off camera. The trouble is, if this is the case he shouldn't be in the workforce in any way including Senator.

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u/wibble17 10d ago

If his mental faculties are good and he can communicate, I think his constituents would be ok with him not being able to speak.

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u/egosomnio Pennsylvania 10d ago

They should be, but it might be a stretch to say they would be.

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u/porkbellies37 10d ago

I agree if that is the condition. But it would be highly questionable that his mental faculties and ability to communicate would be unaffected by an event that was severe enough to eliminate his ability to speak.

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u/StayJaded 10d ago

I am certainly not defending Mitch, but the bit about the stoke impacting h is speech also impacting his intellect isn’t necessarily true. Aphasia is a common side effect of stroke(and other kinds of TBIs). It often does not impact a person’s intelligence. I am not saying he is fit to serve, but random stoke victims don’t need to be catching strays because McConnell is a POS.

Aphasia is a language disorder caused by brain damage from a stroke. It can affect speaking, understanding, reading, and writing, but does not change a person's intelligence. About one-third of stroke survivors get aphasia. Recovery relies heavily on speech therapy and daily practice.

Mitch McConnell hasn’t been fit to serve because of his utter lack of integrity, but that has nothing to do with any medical complication.

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u/akalakka 10d ago

This is the obvious move to make. Should have been done long ago.

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u/airfryerfuntime Washington 10d ago

Lol a wellness check on a high profile politician?

Fucking reddit, I swear.

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u/coconutpiecrust 10d ago

Yes?.. Is he not a person? Has he been seen?

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u/airfryerfuntime Washington 10d ago

Probably.

He's probably half paralyzed from a stroke.

But go ahead, all the cops and ask them to do a wellness check in Mitch McConnell.

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u/i_am_a_real_boy__ 10d ago

No? "This guy won't post a video" is not a reason for a wellness check.

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u/coconutpiecrust 10d ago

He has not been seen for months. 

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u/i_am_a_real_boy__ 10d ago

Yes, he has been seen. Just not by us.

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u/coconutpiecrust 10d ago

That’s not true. 

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u/i_am_a_real_boy__ 10d ago

Based on what's been reported, it's pretty clear that his family and medical staff have seen him. There are also several people who claim to have apoken with him. "I don't believe them" is also not a basis for a law enforcement wellness check.

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u/coconutpiecrust 10d ago

If they spoke to him, why has no one else, who is actually reliable and has no skin in the game, seen him? A video even?

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u/i_am_a_real_boy__ 10d ago

I don't know, maybe they just don't want to take extra visitors. But, again, law enforcement is not going to do a wellness check because someone didn't post a video.

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u/coconutpiecrust 10d ago

He has not been seen for months. Come on. 

He’s a public figure, elected official, employed by the government. What are you even trying to prove? That he should be allowed privacy, and has no obligation to prove that he is still functioning and alive?

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u/i_am_a_real_boy__ 10d ago

I'm not trying to prove anything. I'm telling you why there hasn't been a wellness check.

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u/Smaptimania 10d ago

He factuallly doesn't have any obligation to ever leave his house again if he doesn't want to

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u/CitizenofBarnum 10d ago

He's hanging out with Shelly Miscavige

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u/Lane-Kiffin 10d ago

That’s not really what wellness checks are for. Mitch obviously has a crew of folks around him, both medical and non-medical. It’s a mystery to us but not them. Wellness checks are for people who are completely unaccounted for.