# McConnell has bruises on face and hands **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 23, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcconnell-has-bruises-on-face-and-hands/923696 "2020-10-23T15:45:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcconnell-has-bruises-on-face-and-hands/923696/1 "2020-10-23T15:45:27Z")
Looks like he got an IV and he won’t say if he’s being treated by a Dr. Says he has no health issues but those hands are not normal. > **[Mitch McConnell refuses to explain to voters why he is disturbingly bruised...](https://www.rawstory.com/2020/10/mitch-mcconnell-refuses-to-explain-to-voters-why-he-is-disturbingly-bruised-and-bandaged/)** > > Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday was photographed with what appear to be disturbing bruises on his face and hands, and with bandages on his hands as well, but he is refusing to share with voters what health issues he is suffering... ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcconnell-has-bruises-on-face-and-hands/923696/2 "2020-10-23T15:49:24Z")
Those hands are normal for an elderly person on blood thinners who got an IV. I’ve seen them on my father, grandmother, etc… ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcconnell-has-bruises-on-face-and-hands/923696/3 "2020-10-23T15:50:04Z")
Where’s QAnon when you _really need_ them ? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcconnell-has-bruises-on-face-and-hands/923696/4 "2020-10-23T15:52:40Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > Where’s QAnon when you _really need_ them ? - Covering up. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcconnell-has-bruises-on-face-and-hands/923696/5 "2020-10-23T15:59:08Z")
I was hoping he’d tried on a couple of cursed rings… ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcconnell-has-bruises-on-face-and-hands/923696/6 "2020-10-23T16:05:56Z")
> [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > I was hoping he’d tried on a couple of cursed rings… - Cursed Depends would be more likely to work. ---
**Author:** ![agzem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a8b319/32.png) [@agzem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/agzem)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcconnell-has-bruises-on-face-and-hands/923696/7 "2020-10-23T16:06:58Z")
I did a search to see if he had any recent health issues and all I found was that he had fractured his shoulder in 2019. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcconnell-has-bruises-on-face-and-hands/923696/8 "2020-10-23T16:10:43Z")
> [@agzem](#): > > I did a search to see if he had any recent health issues and all I found was that he had fractured his shoulder in 2019. - Probably from patting himself on the back for his role in fucking up the country. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcconnell-has-bruises-on-face-and-hands/923696/9 "2020-10-23T16:13:14Z")
Why did he need an IV? and what about his face? No IV there. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcconnell-has-bruises-on-face-and-hands/923696/10 "2020-10-23T16:17:24Z")
Thoughts and prayers. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcconnell-has-bruises-on-face-and-hands/923696/11 "2020-10-23T16:34:53Z")
My prayers are being answered. I hope this helps Amy McGrath as much as she needs. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcconnell-has-bruises-on-face-and-hands/923696/12 "2020-10-23T16:38:57Z")
I’m surprised nobody has yet suggested that he and [Rosalind Chao](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalind_Chao) took some of that Chao family money, bought a bit of Indica, twisted up a fatty, and _finally_ got their freak on. How/why the family dog was involved is still unclear … ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcconnell-has-bruises-on-face-and-hands/923696/13 "2020-10-23T16:41:35Z")
Face bruise is easy. He fell down & banged his face. Whether that was bad balance, slippery surface, low BP = fainting, illness, or in a drunken rage he took a swing at his wife and lost his balance is going to be hard to establish. All the rest is treatment for the fall. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcconnell-has-bruises-on-face-and-hands/923696/14 "2020-10-23T16:42:06Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Why did he need an IV? and what about his face? No IV there. Yeah, I saw a recent video of him looking like a wax museum ghoul of himself - pallid and vacant. I was sure he was having heart failure right there and then. But of course no such luck. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcconnell-has-bruises-on-face-and-hands/923696/15 "2020-10-23T16:42:38Z")
An IV would not usually cause bruising. And not on both hands. He does have a history of falling, MI and shoulder injuries. However, his health is to some degree personal. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcconnell-has-bruises-on-face-and-hands/923696/16 "2020-10-23T16:45:02Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Yeah, I saw a recent video of him looking like a wax museum ghoul of himself - pallid and vacant Isn’t that every photo/video back to his HS yearbook, though ? ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcconnell-has-bruises-on-face-and-hands/923696/17 "2020-10-23T16:46:57Z")
_The first rule of Fight Club_ is: You do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcconnell-has-bruises-on-face-and-hands/923696/18 "2020-10-23T16:49:03Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > I’m surprised nobody has yet suggested that he and [Rosalind Chao](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalind_Chao) took some of that Chao family money, bought a bit of Indica, twisted up a fatty, and _finally_ got their freak on. > > How/why the family dog was involved is still unclear … A thousand pardons. Brain fart. I know who his wife is … > **[Elaine Chao](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_Chao)** > > Elaine Lan Chao (born March 26, 1953) is an American businesswoman and former government official who served as United States secretary of labor in the administration of George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009 and as United States secretary of transportation in the administration of Donald Trump from 2017 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Chao was the first Asian American woman to serve in a presidential cabinet or as secretary of transportation. > Born in Taipei, Taiwan, Chao immigrated to th... ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcconnell-has-bruises-on-face-and-hands/923696/19 "2020-10-23T17:15:14Z")
I read that 2 IVs are not unusual. For example some drugs don’t work well with some IV solutions. I think my father had 2 IVs once in the hospital. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcconnell-has-bruises-on-face-and-hands/923696/20 "2020-10-23T17:23:54Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > I think my father had 2 IVs once in the hospital. So a threesome. But why are _you_ telling everybody? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcconnell-has-bruises-on-face-and-hands/923696.md?page=2)