# Mitch McConnell falls twice in Capitol **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 6, 2025, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-falls-twice-in-capitol/1013937 "2025-02-06T00:54:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![WalterBishop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/aeb1de/32.png) [@WalterBishop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WalterBishop)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-falls-twice-in-capitol/1013937/81 "2026-07-04T20:30:18Z")
They should tell him Congress are voting to tax millionaires and see if he twitches. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-falls-twice-in-capitol/1013937/82 "2026-07-04T20:41:22Z")
Elaine Chao traveled to China three days after Mitch received CPR. > **[Mitch McConnell’s Wife’s Bizarre Move After CPR Drama Revealed](https://www.thedailybeast.com/mitch-mcconnells-wifes-foreign-travel-after-cpr-drama-revealed/)** > > Elaine Chao was seen on a trip to China three days after her husband’s hospitalization. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2026, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-falls-twice-in-capitol/1013937/83 "2026-07-04T20:53:33Z")
> [@Shalmanese](#): > > Elaine Chao traveled to China three days after Mitch received CPR. > > [Mitch McConnell’s Wife’s Bizarre Move After CPR Drama Revealed](https://www.thedailybeast.com/mitch-mcconnells-wifes-foreign-travel-after-cpr-drama-revealed/) - They’re well-matched. I’m sure he would do the same for her. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-falls-twice-in-capitol/1013937/84 "2026-07-04T20:56:45Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > They’re well-matched. I’m sure he would do the same for her.   I’m sure that’s true. It comes with the territory – the relentlessly self-serving psyche of the RWNJ. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-falls-twice-in-capitol/1013937/85 "2026-07-04T21:50:41Z")
> [@WalterBishop](#): > > They should tell him Congress are voting to tax millionaires and see if he twitches. Good idea. Much more effective than sticking a pin in his foot. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-falls-twice-in-capitol/1013937/86 "2026-07-04T21:59:03Z")
Why would he care about Little People like mere millionaires? ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-falls-twice-in-capitol/1013937/87 "2026-07-04T22:02:39Z")
Must have been tempting for the doctors working on him when he was out to shine a flashlight on his eyes and chant “Go into the light” ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-falls-twice-in-capitol/1013937/88 "2026-07-04T22:13:30Z")
> [@Shalmanese](#): > > Elaine Chao traveled to China three days after Mitch received CPR. I’ve never understood why Chao’s very obvious China ties have never been an issue for Republicans. I mean, aside from the reasonable supposition that Chao and McConnell don’t have a close marriage, but instead more of a marriage of convenience (he’s been rumored for years to be gay)----why has she been granted so much access to US secrets for so many years? ---
**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:** [July 4, 2026, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-falls-twice-in-capitol/1013937/89 "2026-07-04T22:52:28Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > I’ve never understood why Chao’s very obvious China ties have never been an issue for Republicans. - IOKWARDI ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-falls-twice-in-capitol/1013937/90 "2026-07-04T23:48:37Z")
> [@Shalmanese](#): > > Elaine Chao traveled to China three days after Mitch received CPR. > > [Mitch McConnell’s Wife’s Bizarre Move After CPR Drama Revealed](https://www.thedailybeast.com/mitch-mcconnells-wifes-foreign-travel-after-cpr-drama-revealed/) She’s just anticipating the response of almost everyone else. Within a week of his death, no-one will remember or care about Mitch McConnell. Mitch who? ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-falls-twice-in-capitol/1013937/91 "2026-07-05T20:31:07Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > IOKWARDI That must be it. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2026, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-falls-twice-in-capitol/1013937/92 "2026-07-05T22:30:08Z")
One thing we observe, is that the Constitution did not provide any out for disability to perform duties for the constitutional officials, until the 25th Amendment came around and then only for POTUS in an “acting” capacity (and I notice there is nothing in the 25th regarding what happens if it’s _the VP_ who’s doing the rutabaga impression). Everyone else still is to serve their term (lifetime until voluntary retirement for the Judiciary) regardless of their condition unless removed for cause of misbehavior (either impeachment, or expulsion in the case of Congress members). In the matter of qualifications for those offices, the legal history is that it has been repeatedly ruled term limits, max ages, etc. require a constitutional Amendment, and so would a process to declare a seat involuntarily “abandoned” by incapacitation. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2026, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-falls-twice-in-capitol/1013937/93 "2026-07-05T22:37:08Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Everyone else still is to serve their term (lifetime until voluntary retirement for the Judiciary) regardless of their condition unless removed for cause of misbehavior (either impeachment, or expulsion in the case of Congress members). Oh, the sweet irony of Democrats thwarting the GOP by voting against expelling a comatose Mitch McConnell. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-falls-twice-in-capitol/1013937/94 "2026-07-06T01:14:20Z")
Somewhere on social media I saw a post commenting that he is probably in a state of rigor tortoise. Probably plugged into a wall while the nefarious goons come up with a plan (sarcasm). ---
**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:** [July 6, 2026, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-falls-twice-in-capitol/1013937/95 "2026-07-06T01:36:46Z")
> [@Ellecram](#): > > Somewhere on social media I saw a post commenting that he is probably in a state of rigor tortoise. > > Probably plugged into a wall while the nefarious goons come up with a plan (sarcasm). - It’s a shell game. ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-falls-twice-in-capitol/1013937/96 "2026-07-06T01:40:38Z")
He’s not in a coma. He’s hibernating. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2026, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-falls-twice-in-capitol/1013937/97 "2026-07-06T01:42:57Z")
> [@Toxgoddess](#): > > He’s not in a coma. He’s hibernating. - He’s mostly dead. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-falls-twice-in-capitol/1013937/98 "2026-07-06T02:09:42Z")
Pining for the fnords. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-falls-twice-in-capitol/1013937/99 "2026-07-06T21:04:50Z")
We’re thisclose to updating the thread title. > **[Trump influencer just dropped a bombshell claim about Mitch McConnell](https://www.alternet.org/mitch-mcconnell-health/)** > > On Monday, MAGA influencer Laura Loomer made a bombshell claim about Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY), posting, “High level source close to the White House tells me ‘Mitch McConnell is officially brain dead. He’s not coming back.’”Loomer rose to... I mean, it is _Laura Loomer_, after all. But I doubt we’re going to hear Mitch giving a quick sound bite to rebut it. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-falls-twice-in-capitol/1013937/100 "2026-07-06T21:08:13Z")
So, can’t vote, can’t be removed from life support (because that would be murder), and also can’t be replaced? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-falls-twice-in-capitol/1013937.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-falls-twice-in-capitol/1013937.md?page=6)