Reminder: Mitch McConnell said there was NOTHING wrong with his health when

[Maru Kitteh]

this photograph was taken, to which this nurse (me) calls bullshit:




https://www.thecut.com/2020/10/whats-going-on-with-mitch-mcconnells-hands.html

POLITICS OCT. 23, 2020
What’s Going On With Mitch McConnell’s Hands?

Earlier this week, an arresting image emerged online: a tightly cropped photograph of discolored, purplish hands bearing a few small bandages, limply hanging from the sleeves of a black suit. They belonged to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Due to its haunting nature, the photo — which was captured on October 20 — quickly took off on social-media platforms.

Speculation about McConnell’s health abounded, and people pointed out that the area around his mouth also appeared bruised. There were several theories as to what could have happened, with some even wondering whether he might have had the coronavirus. A few days later, McConnell seemed to address the online uproar directly, insisting that absolutely nothing is wrong with his health.


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That is NOT a healthy dude.

I would be a liar if I said anything nice right now, so I'll just keep some of that crap to myself and call it good.

[vlyons]

1. looks like someone gave him a smack in the smacker

nt

[dweller]

2. I always thought he'd been smacked around

And his hands showed defensive wounds …
🤔


✌🏻

[Maru Kitteh]

4. It looks like a (barely) broken fall is what it looks like.

And a metric f-ton of blood thinners.


May Mother Nature have her way with him.

[brewens]

3. Could a gagball that was too large and strapped down too tight cause the bruising around his

mouth?

[Lefta Dissenter]

20. I can't believe I LOLd to this!

You caught me so off guard!

TERRIBLE IMAGE in my brain now!!! Where’s the bleach?

[True Dough]

5. He's obviously determined

to show up for work AND FIGHT FOR THE FORCES OF EVIL!!!

It's admirable as hell when Jamie Raskin does it. But Mitch, he should have just stayed home a long time ago.

[FSogol]

6. He obviously chewed gum that is not yet ready for consumption, and will eventually inflate into

a blueberry.

[Captain Zero]

7. He's been having FALLS for a while. My guess.

All bruised up from falls. Maybe his blood pressure is running LOW?

OF COURSE any number of underlying conditions could be the real reason for low blood pressure and falls.

[Maru Kitteh]

10. Giving this photo a second look he had an older abrasion over the R eyebrow.

So yeah - LOTS of falling. Does look like it could very well be episodes of syncope.

[PCIntern]

8. I remember that photo...

Gee… Think maybe there’s a circulatory issue…?

Or perhaps he’s modeling for a standin in one of those ER revivals of gangrene occurring.

[Maru Kitteh]

11. There's an old abrasion over the R eye & old bruising under the eyes,

faded to yellow. Dude was not in good shape then, and so very few improve with age so . . . . let the countdown begin.

[samplegirl]

9. He's probably fallen

And the bruises from blood thinners has made it worse!

[Laffy Kat]

15. Yep. I said the exact same thing below before I saw this post. nt

[Ilsa]

12. Fox News: "Sen. McConnell joins fight club."

"He's so vigorous, he exercises in fight clubs."

Yeah, that's the ticket.

Hands, face, lips, chin are all bruised or recovering from bruising. Lots of falling going on there, I think. Or Elaine Chao is tired of his BS.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

13. He made sure Gov. Breshear could not appoint a Democrat to his seat...

Should he step down though the Kentucky legislature that it has to be an appointment from his party.

[wnylib]

22. So, a Dem can register as a Republican

so Bashear can appoint the newly minted "Republican." If Republicans in Kentucky complain, Dems can just say that they are honoring McConnell's memory by using the kind of political tactics that he would endorse.

OR, to really commemorate McConnell, Bashear could just leave his seat open, with no appointment at all in order to "let the people choose" at election time. It's what McConnell would have done.

If Bashear does not use one or the other of those tactics to get around McConnell's attempt to control his own replacement, I will be very disappointed in him.

[Laffy Kat]

14. Older people get that thin, fragile skin. It will happen to all of us.

He may be on blood thinners, too. It looks like he may have had an IV in his hand or had a fall.

[Maru Kitteh]

17. The audacity of standing there insisting there was "absolutely nothing" wrong

Is not something that will happen to all of us though. THAT is Mitch McConnell.

[Scrivener7]

16. Yes. The discoloration seemed to be on both hands. And chin and mouth area.

I wondered about a cutaneous T-cell lymphoma.

[Maru Kitteh]

19. look at the old abrasion over the right eye and remnants of

bruising, turned yellow beneath both eyes.

Falls.

[gab13by13]

18. Just an internet doctor

but with those hands he better be on blood thinners for them to look like that.

[Maru Kitteh]

21. Right? If not, he's even worse than we thought. nt

[elias7]

23. Blood thinners, steroids, recent IVs - most commonly

Doesn’t explain what’s happening peri-orally though. Looks almost cyanotic, which in his age might be relative hypoxemia.

[Sanity Claws]

24. 2.5 years later

and he is still alive.

[gab13by13]

25. Pop goes the balloon. 🎉

[Wednesdays]

27. Weekend At Bernie's phenomenon.

[John Ludi]

26. I'd say someone found

his Dorian Grey-type portrait, but he always looked like a putrid sausage sack stuffed with rotten clams to me.

[leftieNanner]

28. Maybe several mini strokes?

Along with blood thinners.

My mom had that problem.

McConnell is clearly unhealthy.

[Chainfire]

29. That photo looks like that of a healthy corpse.

Are we pretty sure that the photo wasn't shopped?

[Maru Kitteh]

30. Yes. AP photo, ran in WAPO. Nt