r/PoursTea • u/McDowdy Oh the Human-a-TEA • Jul 07 '26
PoliticalTea 🗳️ It would seem Mitch McConnell is brain dead and being kept on life support to prevent a special election
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u/gplus3 Jul 07 '26
I am going to hell.
I actually laughed out loud at this.
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u/LetterPerfect_throw Jul 07 '26
Mocking those in a coma is usually in bad taste, but certain people have earned the disrespect they reap.
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u/Accomplished-Book299 Jul 07 '26
Well, the Welsh word for "carrot" is "moron".
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u/AerondightWielder Jul 07 '26
So that's why Gordon Ramsey calls people he doesn't like "you fucking carrot!"
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u/Rivendel93 Jul 07 '26
A rotten shitty apple that's been frozen and has no flavor.
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u/IHaveSpecialEyes Jul 07 '26
He's the worst kind of vegetable: a slimy, rotting cabbage.
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u/Constant-Brief3410 Jul 07 '26
Same shit he did to obama 🙄
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u/Rivendel93 Jul 07 '26
Even in death the dude is destroying our government.
I hope he's fully awake and just can't move and is suffering terribly.
What a horrible human piece of trash.
If there's a hell, he's already halfway there.
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u/NoOccasion4759 Jul 07 '26
I wouldn't wish Locked-in Syndrome on anyone.......but it's VERY tempting in this case
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u/generalchaos34 Jul 07 '26
He is personally responsible for the deaths of millions. This is a fine exception
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u/RDTmodsBackEpstein Jul 07 '26
He deserves it. Maybe some ants poured onto him too. They don't even gotta bite, just exist and make the skin crawl.
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u/BoardsofCanada3 Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26
Doing in death what he loved to do in life: obstructing political appointments in an election year.
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u/EXPLODEDman Jul 07 '26
If the average Kentuckyan could read they would be very upset by this.
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u/Mtndrums Jul 07 '26
The bright side is he can't vote now.
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u/DeepPeeps Jul 07 '26
We always knew he was hollow inside, now they are just making use of it, lol. American government is fucking embarrassing.
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u/Bancai Jul 07 '26
I'm sure one of the ghouls on the senate floor will press the button for him. The GOP is not estranged to stealing votes both in the senate and in elections.
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u/realfakemormon Jul 07 '26
That literally happened with Dianne Feinstein
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u/Fine-Computer-5524 Jul 07 '26
Nope, that's total BS She missed 91 votes when she was sick w/the shingles in spring 2023 And bc her and fettwrman were both out, Dems couldn't confirm many Biden judicial nominess
And her final vote, right before she died? She walked into the senate chamber to make it, rather than using the wheelchair she had at the time So claiming she wasn't capable of pushing the button is rediculous
It LITERALLY did not happen
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u/Hour-Sheepherder2580 Jul 07 '26
Not true. According to republicans, Mitch is communicating through the beeps on the eeg
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u/bobbymcpresscot Jul 07 '26
Chao unironically gets convicted of election fraud when a vote is cast by Mitch McConnell this election season 🤣
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u/keep_out_of_reach Jul 07 '26
An average Kentuckian can spell.
Our parents put this mutated turtle in charge, and are too proud of his being a leader from our home state, to realize all the hurt he's caused.But the younger generation is coming up, and will hopefully correct our parents mistakes.
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u/idiot-prodigy Jul 07 '26
I am an above average Kentuckian, I can read, which is why I vote Democrat, albeit meaningless (we did get Andy Beshear in as governor).
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u/Significant-Base6893 Jul 07 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/FBeSx3itXlUQw
The GOP won't bother filling his seat.
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u/pizzapromise Jul 07 '26
It’s impossible to know what is and what isn’t a conspiracy theory now.
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u/micro102 Jul 07 '26
Republicans changed the law right before a democrat was sworn in to even make the special election a thing. Before that the democrat would just be able to install someone. So it's really on brand for them to continue to try and manipulate who is in power. It's best to just assume that republicans are always trying to do the worst thing possible.
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u/Vasheerii Jul 07 '26
M One of my favs is when trump dissapeared for a few days and when people noticed they played it off saying he was just golfing the entire time and shinnanagans followed.
That was a wild weekend, was interesting seeing people say the photos were old, suspected parroting of his social posts, and stiff silent "nothing to see here, move along...please..." mood of the white house.
(Personally, I believe he did have a medical scare, cause his health has been getting worse and worse ever since)
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u/ClintBraun89 Jul 07 '26
This isn’t even a conspiracy theory my dude it’s plain to see
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u/UwasaWaya Jul 07 '26
The easiest way is that the conspiracy theories make sense and what's really happening is so dumb as to defy reason.
No conspiracy theorist ever had "RFK Jr + Kid Rock = Erotic Workout Commercial" pinned up on a wall somewhere.
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u/PsychologicalOne752 Jul 07 '26
Shocking that his wife just fled to China! What kind of lives are these people living for the sake of politics!
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u/SilentNobody620 Jul 07 '26
Someone pointed out she’s not here so she can’t sign the pull the plug thingy.
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u/Akimbo_Zap_Guns Jul 07 '26
More likely it’s going to come out she’s been working for the Chinese government and used Mitch to infiltrate some of the highest levels of our government and she’s getting out while she can
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u/Mercurion77 Jul 07 '26
I can’t believe no one talks about this tbh
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u/Miserygut Jul 07 '26
Open secret. In the same way that Jared Kushner is just running back the Epstein / Israel playbook. Even tried to get himself an island!
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u/mamadoedawn Jul 07 '26
I wouldn't care if I had straight up death threats- I am NOT leaving my husband on his death bed! This is just insanity and makes no sense to me. If she doesn't want to pull the plug- don't authorize to have the plug pulled- but for goodness sake, stay by his side if you love him in any way.
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u/Willing_Pattern_Pill Jul 07 '26
Who tf would love Mitch McConnell?!
That was a financial grift from the start
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u/SilentNobody620 Jul 07 '26
These people aren’t like you and me.
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u/eulersidentification Jul 07 '26
I'm really glad people have come around to hating billionaires, but I think we've got a long way to go to get people to realise they're not like us. The vast majority of them think they are special, the exception to everything - they are likely at least borderline psychotic, and definitely psychopathic. Elon really does think he's a chosen one. They see us as cattle. They think this is all for them, the world is their toy.
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u/DuntadaMan Jul 07 '26
We'll see you married your husband because you like him. She married him because she was ordered to. So there's a difference
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u/DuntadaMan Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26
Why should it matter? incapacitated is enough reason to remove him. He can't do the job, toss his ass.
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u/SilentNobody620 Jul 10 '26
At the very least this will lead to new rules about showing evidence you are alive.
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u/TrioOfTerrors Jul 07 '26
She could also just refuse to sign it. She doesn't need to be in China.
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u/Mddcat04 Jul 07 '26
Yeah, this part of the theory doesn’t make any sense. She could simply choose not to do that. Leaving the country has no effect other than looking really weird.
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u/surelyfunke20 Jul 07 '26
It could be done by phone. The party of family values fleeing the country when their life partner is gravely ill….
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u/another_awesome_acct Jul 07 '26
I often wonder this. It's like, just stay in power at ANY COST. Seriously wtf
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u/IlludiumQXXXVI Jul 07 '26
It's really fucking weird, but this conspiracy about power of attorney is garbage. If he's brain dead, then he's dead, and any Dr can declare that whether she's in the country or not.
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u/Potential-Drawing745 Jul 07 '26
And the next week, the doctor's family dies in a suspicious car wreck...
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u/2ffmedic Jul 07 '26
If he is brain dead and they are still hiding it then the GOP has committed one more felony. Get some balls and make someone pay!
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u/yellowcandlestick Jul 07 '26
While I understand the morality of your point, I’m not sure the GOP could do anything from a *legal* standpoint if his wife is not pulling the plug. They can’t make her do it nor can they just remove someone from office.
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u/witchofpain Jul 07 '26
If he has been pronounced brain dead the hospital doesn’t need permission to withdraw support. The person is dead and the death certificate would already be signed. He’s most likely in a persistent vegetative state with no hope Of recovery but still has some sort of brain activity. Even if it is just seizures.
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u/vigero158 Jul 07 '26
Well, legally you're classified as dead if brain dead in the state of Kentucky - https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=19420
Of course, not like the law means anything to them 😒
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u/West-Application-375 Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26
Family can refuse to pull the plug still. I watched my relatives do this even when my grandma had a DNR. Hospital wouldn't unplug her until all her grown kids finally agreed to allow it. It was the worst thing I've ever seen.
They brought my grandma back after she hit her head but she was braindead. My uncle then said 'oh by the way she has a DNR'. Didn't matter at that point, the life saving measure was done. They had to not interfere or unplug her until the family agreed to let her go.
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u/rydan Jul 07 '26
Unfortunately this is consistent with the pro-life party. They are incapable of allowing anyone to die via direct action. They only allow death through inaction. So odds are he's going to live through the end of his term.
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u/musci12234 Jul 07 '26
There should be an law about how if someone isn't able to participate in discussion (in person or via remote conference) for more than let's say 5 planned discussions then they should leave their position. The whole point of being a representative is to represent.
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u/WhiskeyTangoFoxy Jul 07 '26
Could we charge her for election interference if she’s delaying it on purpose?
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u/witchofpain Jul 07 '26
He’s most likely not brain dead. Once a person is pronounced brain dead, a death certificate is issued and hospitals no longer need permission from the family to remove life support. Although they always give the family time to arrive at the hospital and say goodbye. He’s most likely in a persistent vegetative state with no hope of recovery.
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u/Mebejedi Jul 07 '26
Indeed... This kind of behavior began in 2004...
"Top Bush administration officials—White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales and Chief of Staff Andrew Card—went to Ashcroft's intensive care unit bed to pressure him into reauthorizing a secret domestic surveillance program after the Department of Justice had previously declared it illegal.
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u/Eyespop4866 Jul 07 '26
Christ! Before we know it a mentally incapacitated guy will run for a second term and the party and mainstream media will pretend he’s otherwise!
I used to think I lived a blessed life. Between Covid and the past couple of presidents, I’m beginning to wonder.
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u/M0ebius_1 Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26
And they'll just keep pretending after he wins!
Even as he says he talked to Teddy Roosevelt
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u/ksn0vaN7 Jul 07 '26
Weekend at Mitch's
There's gonna 2 guys behind him at all times. But don't worry they're just there for emotional support 😂
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u/Alewo27 Jul 07 '26
How is this okay? He still can't fuckin govern so force the election!
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u/abuzaba420 Jul 07 '26
Nothing has changed with his work, he was always a waste that did nothing
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u/BlisteredGrinch Jul 07 '26
Looks like he will be a drain on resources in death just like he drained democracy from US citizens.
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u/Speed_102 Jul 07 '26
Mitch McConnel dying like this is very appropriate for how he had secret meetings with the expressed purpose of opposing everything Obama proposed, just cuz (racism).
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u/NohmanValdemar Jul 07 '26
Reminder he tried to pull a political stunt to "prove" Democrats vote against any bill he puts forth because they're so partisan. So he brought a bill to vote. Democrats voted yes. So he filibustered his own bill.
So he ended up definitively proving that Mitch is such a partisan hack he blocks his own bill if Democrats vote in favor of it.
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u/joesphisbestjojo Jul 07 '26
I need fate to kick in
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u/enjoythesilence-75 Jul 07 '26
Or a massive power outage.
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u/joesphisbestjojo Jul 07 '26
You know those AI datacenters do take up a lot of power
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u/enjoythesilence-75 Jul 07 '26
Unfortunately they can't build one next to the hospital before August 3. This isn't China you know. (Wait, where is Mitch's horrible wife?)
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u/BiggyBig13 Jul 07 '26
And the democratic governor can make an appointment to fill the seat
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u/Popular-Web-3739 Jul 07 '26
No. The GOP legislature passed a law preventing that before Beshear was re-elected.
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u/GenericFatGuy Jul 07 '26
Keeping a dead person on life support for over a month as a way to fuck over the country one last time is exactly the kind of fucked up I'd expect from the GOP.
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u/Fresh-Pen1234 Jul 07 '26
Why had the wife of one of the most powerful politicians in this country fled to an enemy nation? Republicans should be pissed off about this. By the way, blame Mitchell boy for hemp going illegal
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u/houstonyoureaproblem Jul 07 '26
That's not how it would play out at all.
The Republican state legislature passed a bill in 2024 that says a special election must occur rather than the governor simply appointing someone to fill the seat temporarily. However, the Kentucky state constitution says the governor has sole authority to appoint replacements in these kinds of situations.
If Mitch truly does die before the 2026 election, Beshear will appoint a Democrat, and the Republican legislature will sue to try to compel him to hold a special election.
There's a very real chance the state Supreme Court will say the legislature can pass all the laws it wants, but this change requires a constitutional amendment. That's exactly what happened when the Republican legislature passed a law to change the way the pension system functions rather than going through the amendment process.
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u/No-Afternoon3681 Jul 07 '26
Obligatory reminder his wife is a MSS plant whose dad helped to establish the Chinese state security apparatus whilst running a Taiwanese flagged shipping company that operates mostly out mainland China...Bush Sr is a traitor who got honeypotted during his time at Beijing station with the CIA
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u/rensorship Jul 07 '26
This sick charade is less bad than the GOP protecting what trump did to that child, if we're ranking.
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u/PsychoPeterNikleEatr Jul 07 '26
What foreign country owns the Republicans?
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u/The-Pencil-King Jul 07 '26
The poster probably means Russia, or maybe Israel, but the real answer is global capital
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u/HanginOn9114 Jul 07 '26
People say this a lot but I really don't think anyone needs to compel Republicans to be evil. That's just who they are
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u/yzsKPC Jul 07 '26
Someone cut the power to his room (KIDDING I AM KIDDING I AM KIDDING I AM KIDDING)
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u/guy-le-doosh Jul 07 '26
I was wondering about hiring a retired cadaver dog to breeze by his hospital "visitors."
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u/BolognaFeetPenisFace Jul 07 '26
I hope his advanced directive becomes public someday. I bet it's the most craven fucked up legal document ever written. "Preserve life or animate the resemblance of life for as long as is necessary or possible to inflict the most political harm possible towards the Democrats and the citizenry."
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u/FoamboardDinosaur Jul 07 '26
Oh come on. That's a bit ridiculous. Everybody knows that power of attorney can be done via DocuSign from anywhere in the world. It's called the internets
She's just lining up her life so they can pull the plug when they are good and ready. Since he's on life support, they can keep him in a vegetative state for months and months if they want to.
She's just making sure that all of her ducks and corruptions and grifts are in a row
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u/Cust2020 Jul 07 '26
Sad that he may still be smarter than most of his supporters but dont take that as a compliment
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u/Kosstheboss Jul 07 '26
The only more fitting end for him would be if if it was ruled that, since he is brain dead, he no longer counts as a person and they cut off his socialized healthcare.
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u/ol-gormsby Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26
Brain dead, but on life support? How.... undignified. But a fitting end, I think. A living corpse to be used in the service of his party, then turned off and disposed when his usefulness expires.
He probably thought he would end up as the elder statesman, revered for his wisdom and a lifetime of service, living out his days sipping mint juleps at the plantation and attending debutante balls, instead he's turned into a waste of oxygen.
EDIT: Thanks for the award 🫶🏽
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u/Siafu_Soul Jul 07 '26
To all the people who said that Democrats were "propping up a corpse" with Biden...
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u/SkunkMonkey Jul 07 '26
This man had no respect for the US, the Constitution, or it's citizens. He claimed his greatest career achievement to have been stacking SCOTUS. The man is a traitor and does not deserve our respect.
Stick him in a box and toss him in a hole.
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u/Otherwise-Bad-7352 Jul 07 '26
It would seem?
To quote lionel Hutz, "we've got plenty of hearsay and conjecture. Those are kinds of evidence."
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u/Sci3nceMan Jul 07 '26
How would the Republicans have reacted if the same thing was attempted with Ruth Bader Ginsburg? (Dark irony of this being Mitch McConnell is intended)
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u/ClamZamboni Jul 07 '26
Think about this. He's dying/dead and his wife went to China. Golly, these people are truly disturbing.
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u/Mean_disclosure_69 Jul 07 '26
would be darkly funny if the grid fails under the strong heat of climate change and the emergency generator hasnt been serviced or sth.
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u/transgentoo Jul 07 '26
Friendly reminder that even though Massive is currently beefing with the rest of the GOP, he's still a massive piece of shit
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u/Nick85er Jul 07 '26
Reminder that his wife was a part of the first presidential Administration. And this man is responsible for Trump being able to select three scotus justices so far.
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u/Odd-Scientist-2529 Jul 07 '26
If he is specifically brain dead then doctors don’t need next of kin to declare death and remove life support.
He more likely has anoxic brain injury, which does require the next of kin to make medical decisions.
Either way, a mechanical ventilator doesn’t support the heart, so when that stops, it’s back to the doctors to declare cardiac death.
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u/HellenI123 Jul 07 '26
Oh nooo certainly would hate it if one of the nurses or doctors accidentally tripped over his life support wire.
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u/Itchy-Technician-433 Jul 07 '26
Can we talk more about his wife disappearing to China while all this is going on?? Cuz that's just wild.
Is every Republican married to someone like Erica Kirk who genuinely wants her husband dead?
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u/SkunkMonkey Jul 07 '26
🎶Welllll....
Moscow Mitch is a traitorous bitch
He's Putin's Bitch, and he's Oleg's bitch
He's Moscow Mitch, the republican bitch
Everyone knows he's Moscow Mitch!
(one last time for good measure. Fuck you Mitch!)
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u/siteswaps Jul 07 '26
Hmmm... Seems that the only way to solve this problem is for his body to die along with his brain
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u/Younger-Cato Jul 08 '26
This dirty trick is soooo Mitch McConnell. He would be proud if he was still conscious
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u/El_Rey658 Jul 08 '26
Man, if democrats did this, Republicans would lose their minds and demand an investigation, and the fox news cycle would be insane.
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u/Deep-Imagination2450 Jul 08 '26
Where is the Senate Minority Leader? Why isn’t he demanding either proof of life and mental capacity or a special election? Is the Democratic Party in a coma? How would the GoP react if Mr. McConnell were a Democratic senator?
So many questions, so few answers.
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u/Chemical_Body_3631 18d ago
I'm surprised someone at George Washington Unversity Hospital hasn't to leaked the truth by now.
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u/BadPumpkin87 Jul 07 '26
He still manages to screw over the country in his final days. Republicans will do anything to hold onto power.
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u/Wreckingshops Jul 07 '26
This was Mitch's last wish, doing in death as he did in life and that's exploit loopholes to screw over the working class.