Some pondered if the longtime senator or his family might simply be making long-planned improvements to the house, while others questioned if the new renovations were connected to the medical emergency McConnell suffered on June 14, when first responders raced to the home and found him unconscious and in need of CPR.
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I vote for this. Blood, copious bodily fluids of one sort or another–carpet would need to be replaced asap. Whether or not Mitch comes home. Or whether or not Elaine does, for that matter.
Do you honestly think that anyone involved in this situation will consider themselves “legally bound” to do anything?
Question: has trump been informed of Mitch’s true condition? I have mixed feelings about that. Anyone In the Know would know that trump would not be able to keep his lip buttoned if he were told the truth. When he’s sitting on a hot piece of news, he can’t control himself. So he’s probably being kept in the dark, too. But by whom? Who in the gummint DOES know what’s up with Mitch? Stephen Miller?
The police will typically tell the person who called if someone is OK. They don’t have to disclose detailed info past that. In this case all we want to know is if he is alive. That doesn’t seem like privileged information.
Don’t know about the hospital location-didn-t the ambulance take him from his home in KY? That would imply a hospital in the state. But if it is in DC, yeah, the governor wouldn’t have any jurisdiction.
The sheer arrogance appalls me. I am no fan of Kentucky but the voters deserve to be represented by the guy they elected. Acting like it’s none of their business if he is even alive is in “let them eat cake” territory*
His staff, other Senators, etc? No, I don’t. But doctors? They are not McConnell’s political allies, and for a doctor to conceal the death of a patient would be a very big deal, and could potentially imperil that doctor’s license to practice medicine.
(Saying that, yes, I also recognize that there are some doctors whose morals are not as noble. But, overall, I would trust a doctor to be forthright about the matter, especially if McConnell has died.)
I don’t believe they’ve disclosed what hospital he’s in. However, Walter Reed would definitely be a possibility for a senior official such as a senator, and at least some of the doctors there will be under Hegseth’s orders.
McConnell is reportedly very private about his health so I assume no info has been shared, except with close friends and family. AFAIK, he has no legal obligation to inform anyone. And I expect there would be reluctance to share anything with Trump because, you’re right, he would blab about it.
All the articles I have seen say “unknown DC hospital” which makes me think the press really doesn’t know where he is. Even if he went to a DC hospital, there’s no reason he might not have moved to somewhere more secure. McConnell is on the Gang of Eight that get intelligence briefings. He is probably at Walter Reed.
Wherever he is, I doubt there is anyone willing to take C notes for information.
What I find interesting is the way so many of his colleagues are bending over backwards to assure the public that McConnell is recovering just fine without providing any actual details.
[tin foil hat on] It reminds me of the plot device where someone has left instructions for certain documents to be sent to the press in the event of their death. Are they reassuring the public or are they reassuring whoever has those documents?
Not necessarily. Normally, yes, the Orange One can’t resist blabbing any piece of news that will keep him in the spotlight, as long as the news doesn’t affect him or affects him positively. But he’s terrified of a Congress that may turn against him after the mid-terms and will do everything possible to prevent that from happening, including rigging the elections. If he’s been told that keeping silent about McConnell’s possibly comatose condition is best for Republicans, he’s perfectly capable of playing dumb.
He was already asked at least once if he knew any more and said he did not. Team Mitch of course would know better than to give him added details he could just blabber out or, worse, get all twisted around forcing them to come out and correct.
Then there’s the fact that he cannot be relied upon to speak truthfully in any case. If he did have information, he might or might not share it, and if he did, it might or might not be accurate; his denial might or might not be truthful.
This implies a consistent ability to reason and filter his words. I don’t think everybody around him is confident he functions at that level 24/7. He would be especially vulnerable to sending out a “truth” about it late at night.
That does make sense. (I do wonder about the lack of oxygen, though. How could they assume that an 84-year-old who just had a cardiac event (allegedly) wouldn’t benefit from extra oxygen?)
Maybe, but the Orange Adulterer managed to keep silent about his rapes, extra-marital liaisons, and encounters with hookers. None of what we know came from him – all we got from him was denials after the information came out from other parties.
He may be an impulsive attention-seeking moron with no self-control, but even as he sinks into dementia, his well-honed skills as a con-man are still operational.
All things which he still realizes would be damaging or embarrassing to him, personally, if he divulged them. Secrets about others? I agree that he would be less likely to keep such things quiet.
My point is that the McConnell situation is not about “others”. Deep down in his reptilian brain Trump realizes he’s deeply vulnerable to a Democratic Congress, or even a Republican one with spine, and that replacing McConnell with an Orange-friendly patsy is important to his continuing criminal dictatorship.
You’re damn right there was action. Beshar is now escalating with the maximum retaliatory action he knows how in reaction to his first letter being ignored: A second strongly worded letter!
It’s worth it to keep McConnell’s team’s reticence in the news. For one, it takes away the “They lied about Biden’s health!” card (or at least considerably nerfs it).
For two, you want it to stay in the general political conversation, and not just let slide. Should McConnell pass or have passed without public comment by his team until well afterward … that will exact a cost eventually (likely post-Trump).