Mitch McConnel today

[Tomconroy]

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[MN2theMax]

1. Wow

He didn't look well.

[peppertree]

69. His Manchurian Candidate handler forgot to make the 'phone call'

[BaronChocula]

104. Oh damn!!!

Just yesterday I was reminiscing about the time I met Henry Silva.

[GreenWave]

2. Puppet masters are pulling too hard on his strings.

Yesterday it was DeathSentence in a car accident.

The Good Lord is warning them.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

109. My first feeling...sadness and empathy. Some people just won't retire, think no job will kill them.

It doesn’t.

[TheBlackAdder]

131. Putin was advised not to download updates and perform a reboot mid-day.

[rsdsharp]

3. TIA?

God’s retribution?

Finally realized he has nothing worthwhile to say?

[Attilatheblond]

34. Seems likely, doesn't it? Maybe even something more serious?

Been wondering about his health since his recent hospitalization. Daughter said she saw video a big ago where his hands looked really bad, like almost black from lack of circulation.

Much as I despise him & the damage he has done to our beloved nation, I fear what the GOP Senators will get up to without what little guardrail he managed to maintain.

His eyes in that video... not a good sign.

[multigraincracker]

86. Those black hands made me think he is

on heavy blood thinners.

[Volaris]

108. By end of next week, the vultures and wolves both will be circled,

And the first attacks will begin. First full week of August, that's my bet for a timeline here...

[allegorical oracle]

118. Noticed his eyes, too. Had a schoolmate who had "spells" like Mitch's today. She'd be talking or

reading aloud in class and just freeze for about a half minute. Her eyes looked just like his. Heard years later that she was doing fine, and that it was a neurological problem. But soon as I saw him, today, I flashed back to her.

[canuckledragger]

138. It wasn't just his hands.

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[mahina]

140. Jaysus

[Marius25]

50. Why would God wait so long to punish him?

He's been evil his entire life.

And why isn't anyone else being punished?

[rsdsharp]

54. Well, I was joking.

Maybe God is, too.

[Marius25]

55. I know. I was being a cynical.

[malaise]

89. Hmmmmmmm!

Can you fully recover from a TIA?
During a transient ischemic attack, a blood clot restricts or prevents blood from reaching certain subsections of the brain. These parts of the brain may go without needed resources such as sugar and oxygen for minutes to hours. After the TIA resolves, the brain doesn't fully return to normal.

[Wonder Why]

116. Normal Republican? These days that is an oxymoron.

[Warpy]

98. Don't think so. No facial droop, only minor unsteadiness

and he never has anything to say, he just loves to jabber.

My wild guess is an absence seizure. Now that he's done it so publicly, maybe someone will get his ass to a neurologist, get him on medication.

Those seizures are weird, people just seem to go away mid sentence for seconds to minutes. Most can be controlled with medication.

[Effete Snob]

128. He had quite a grip on the podium

[Warpy]

130. Once he went "out," his hands could no longer be seen

first because they were in shadow and second when the cameras did a close up of his face.

There are occasionally telltale hand movements during absence seizures, which is why I mentioned it was a bit frustrating not to be able to see his hands after he stopped talking.

He needs to see a neurologist, period.

[Warpy]

141. It took his aides 9 seconds to notice something was wrong

and 6 seconds to turn him and start trying to push him along. That's when he came out of it.

Light switch off, light switch on, that's the pattern of an absence seizure.

He still needs a workup with a neurologist to rule out worse stuff and get some meds sorted.

"Fine," my ancient, retired nurse's ass.

[mahina]

4. Yikes.

What was that???

[Ray Bruns]

25. It looks like he forgot what he was there for.

[Backseat Driver]

102. I had the thought that he looked as though he

might have needed an immediate men's room #2 check; false sphincter methane or worse alarm?

[EYESORE 9001]

5. Should have been rushed to hospital

Looked like a TIA at best - full-fledged stroke at worst. His so-called colleagues showed no sense of urgency.

[CaptainTruth]

56. I think that's the Republican healthcare plan.

"Stand over here while you die."

[C Moon]

58. The gop always comes first.

[Rebl2]

72. That's what

it looked like to me. My Dad had something similar several years ago and he was able to communicate with my mom something was wrong, but speech was slurred. By the time I got there he had trouble speaking. Got him in the car and took him to the hospital and by the time we got him there, he was able to speak again and talk with the doctor. They did tests and sent him home. I was sure they would keep him overnight, but they didn’t.

[JohnnyRingo]

95. I'm sure there's a facility there.

An urgent care sort of office.
They'll screen him and make sure he's back to his half dead former self or call a squad.

[rurallib]

6. His face is really sweaty also

[YDogg]

17. There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti.

[newdayneeded]

136. Lol, he was about "lose himself"

[leftieNanner]

7. He looks awful!

Even worse than usual.

I think he has been battling several health problems in recent years, but of course he won't admit to any of it.

Lucky for him and the Repukes, he had Kentucky pass a law recently that requires the Governor to replace him with someone from his own party (out of three who will be suggested by the party) if he cannot continue to serve.

[liberalla]

30. He just had a concussion IIRC.

Lingering effects of concussion?

[leftieNanner]

35. He did have a concussion

They said he fell in a hotel after attending a dinner. He cracked some ribs too, so he fell hard.

[CousinIT]

51. He should have been taken directly to hospital/ER

This, after such a hard fall/concussion is cause for alarm. I read that aides have been helping him walk. He looks feeble and pale.

[leftieNanner]

59. Definitely should be evaluated by a doctor.

He looks very weak.

[Maru Kitteh]

93. Yeah, strokes are like that.

He had a concussion because he had an unguarded fall while suffering a stroke in his hotel room. I would bet my car on it. And I love my car.

[allegorical oracle]

122. John Barrasso (sp?) was right there with him, and he's a physician. nt

[murielm99]

78. This is no joke.

I fell last summer. I had a brain bleed, and of course, a concussion. An ambulance took me from one hospital to another. I stayed there for five days. It was mostly for observation. However, I was nauseous, and it took several days before I could eat much.

When I went home, I was still unsteady. I fell again, but did not damage my head. They kept me overnight for observation, just to be sure. I had another CT scan. I had short term memory issues for a couple more weeks, and unsteadiness.

If his fall was anything like mine, this is serious. If his fall resulted in a concussion, he should be at home or in a supervised environment.

[leftieNanner]

84. He was in the hospital

For a week or more. Then an inpatient rehab facility for a while.

I'm sorry you went through that. My daughter had three concussions playing basketball in college.

Not to be messed with.

[brush]

8. Whoa. He's not well. If he's out for a while, too bad.

That increases out majority.

[Effete Snob]

9. I can't believe they kept him there

At least get him somewhere comfortable and have someone check him out.

[Attilatheblond]

37. Probably not wanting public to find out how unwell he has been?

Guessing they tried to get him out as quickly and calmly as possible to save his vanity.

Now, the power games will begin and it won't be pretty.

[Effete Snob]

73. They brought him back later

[Hortensis]

10. Wow. He reportedly walked back ion his own a few minutes later

but still didn't seem like a...take-charge guy.

On the video, he started okay briefly. It seemed like Senator (?) Barrasso had asked him if he wanted to go back to his office and if he had anything else to say and McConnell was "there" enough at that point to seem to indicate no as he stepped back, but then he didn't leave in spite of arms helping him to but just stood with the guys behind.

As for not seeking immediate medical care, maybe they've seen it before and know about it? He's looking very elderly among all those others, not just old.

[Effete Snob]

77. limping

left hand in pocket, left leg limping.

Does the Capitol have it's own medical unit?

I mean, even a high school has a nurse.

[LoisB]

11. He should retire. He has done more than enough damage.

[BootinUp]

19. +1

[democratsruletheday]

82. Exactly Lois...

jebus, give us all a GD break and slither off and go back under the rock whence you came MM

[Skittles]

143. he is so fucking disgusting

he has all the money in the world but feels the need to stay on to keep fucking the American people....UGH

[LoisB]

147. Exactly. I can't understand people like him. Addicted to power, I guess.

[Hugin]

12. So, that's what it looks like when a dog catches the car.

Wow... Troubling.

:|

[leftieNanner]

13. I just remembered that he was treated for a "concussion"

earlier this year.

[shelshaw]

14. Looked like a seizure to me

The fall must have really messed him up

[Wounded Bear]

64. I was thinking a mini-stroke myself...nt

[1WorldHope]

91. That was my thought too.

I don't wish ill health to anyone. No matter how mean they have been. Well, maybe I am not being 100% honest. I'll leave it there. I tried.

[NowISeetheLight]

15. Borrow the Trolly

They could just borrow that cart they wheeled Hannibal Lechter with and drive him around.

[TurboDem]

39. I literally laughed out loud at that pic.

I think they used something like that with ole Strom Thurmond too. I still remember him sitting at the dais slobbering and drooling as if he had his wits about him. republicans sure do hate letting go of power.

[sarcasmo]

16. Mitch should be in the hosptial.

[MyOwnPeace]

20. Oh, yeah......

THAT was really bad.
But, the Repukes being the people they are - "Ah, no big deal - he's just thinking about all of the ways he can save America...."

Frickin' liars - the walls are tumbling down!!!!!

[Frasier Balzov]

18. Madame Tussaud moment.

[allegorical oracle]

125. His complexion looked waxen enough to qualify for being put on display. nt

[Haggard Celine]

21. He's not well.

Don't know what's wrong, but he's obviously having some sort of difficulty speaking. He's always been an asshole, but now he doesn't know what to say, or he's unable to articulate what he wants to say. I wouldn't be surprised if he resigns soon, or at least steps down from his leadership role. God only knows who they'll replace him with. I hope it isn't a Trump fanatic. I'm sure Trump is trying to replace him with Tuberville or Rick Scott or some other freak.

[Renew Deal]

22. He should be allowed to retire

[Skittles]

145. ALLOWED?

he could leave any time but he won't, because he enjoys FUCKING AMERICA

[Beachnutt]

23. About time he shut up...

He has damaged this country enough.

[dem4decades]

24. How does Kentucky replace a Senator?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

26. Kentucky has a law that provides that a replacement senator has to be of same party as last senator

It is not clear that this law is enforceable. The Kentucky governor is a Democrat and he could challenge this law or not replace MoscowMitch until the next special election

[leftieNanner]

38. Yeah. That's a very new law that Kentucky Republicans passed

When Mitch started having health problems a few years ago.

Imagine that.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

142. A reminder that in 2021, Kentucky changed the process for appointing a US Senator

Link to tweet

[getagrip_already]

101. Let's hope there is a newly registered republican.....

Waiting to be nominated........

[markodochartaigh]

132. "...or not replace MoscowMitch until the next special election."

This would be enough Karma to cover Kentucky 10 feet deep.

[Effete Snob]

129. You're not going to like it

I'll tell you, but you have to promise the kids aren't in the room with you.

It involves unusual activities and livestock.

[Maraya1969]

27. He looks like he is having a stroke

[LastDemocratInSC]

99. I agree. He needs to be in an ER right now.

[sinkingfeeling]

28. Way back in the 80's I had a 40 year-old employee do the same while playing golf.

He was taken to th ER, diagnosed with a brain aneurysm and died the following day.

[Hela]

29. Looks like ataxia - possible TIA?

Loss of speech and balance is a sign, along with nystagmus (eyes moving back and forth, as if with a tremor).

[mercuryblues]

31. Resign Mother Fucker, resign

You're too old!

[ashredux]

32. Looks like he had a stroke.. you may not like Mitch, but who comes after him may be terrible

[vanlassie]

33. Parkinson's?

[nilram]

36. He just used the word "cooperation"

Freaked himself out.

[leftieNanner]

40. That word BIPARTISAN

doesn't come out of his mouth very frequently.

[Happy Hoosier]

41. He is obviously ill.

The evil is finally overtaking him.

[3catwoman3]

42. His color has been crappy for months.

He’s blue from his lips up to his nose.

[twodogsbarking]

43. Imagine if he couldn't afford healthcare.

[BigmanPigman]

112. Another issue that pisses me off!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

44. I am not a doctor, but ...

He is 81. Today marks the beginning of a heat wave. The temperature outside right now is 90 degrees F, but with the "stifling humidity," the heat index makes things feel as if the temperature is 97 degrees F. If he spends any time outside, conditions are rough on him.

https://wtop.com/weather/

[Bleacher Creature]

45. He's done some horrible things, but as a human being I can't help to feel genuine empathy.

[twodogsbarking]

52. He makes it a challenge though.

[crickets]

63. That was difficult to watch.

And you're right - as much as I despise the man, I did feel for him in that moment. His health is just not there any more, and he needs to resign.

[MyOwnPeace]

87. I did NOT 'feel that.'

As much pain and injury that that man has caused this country in his service to his corporate, billionaire lords, I cannot summon up a single second of 'care' or 'concern' for that treacherous beast.

I will NOT wish him harm - but I'll NEVER wish him well.

[NoSheep]

134. It is a damn shame health (or a sex scandal) is the only thing that might stop their madness

[tenderfoot]

92. I'm just glad he has what he refuses for the rest of us... FREE health care.

eom

[raccoon]

133. It's not free, it's paid for by taxes.

[tenderfoot]

135. Free for him

since he probably doesn't pay any taxes.

[Skittles]

144. he is DISGUSTING

it's not like he HAS to work, he enjoys fucking the American people

[orleans]

46. from "is mitch mcconnell dead yet?" ... "watch this space"

Link to tweet

[patphil]

47. He looks really bad; they should've taken him to the Office of the Attending Physicial immediately.

He's 81, and could very well have had a stroke.

If at this time, or sometime later in his term, he can't continue as Senator, Governor Beshear can appoint a replacement from a list of 3 possibilities provided by the executive committee of the Republican party of Kentucky, as per state law.

https://theweek.com/speedreads/974709/kentucky-republicans-change-rules-could-pick-mitch-mcconnells-replacement

[TlalocW]

48. He suddenly developed a conscience

And all the evil that he's done throughout his life just hit him all at once.

[MyOwnPeace]

137. If only that were so........

however, we do know that only the Tooth Fairy and Easter Bunny can make that happen for someone like him......

[vlyons]

49. Poor ol' Mitch

Won't someone have an ouch of compassion and get him to retire? He obviously has senile dementia. Don't know how advanced it is. Who is next in line for leader?

[Auggie]

53. That guy is fucked up. n/t

[GoodRaisin]

57. Long senior moment, or a mini stroke perhaps.

At any rate he can’t continue. It appears his time is about up.

[Tomconroy]

60. He supports Ukraine. I wish him well.

[EarnestPutz]

80. Tom, you're a better person than me, though I do agree with your sentiment.

[Leith]

61. I've seen that same sort of thing in person

I was at the grocery store waiting to be checked out when the cashier just stopped. A couple of people behind me in line started murmuring a bit wondering why she stopped and what was going on.

The manager came over, told her gently to go on break, then he continued checking customers out. My guess at the time was a petit mal seizure, but I'm hardly a medical expert, certainly not when it comes to epilepsy.

I found a couple of short videos on YouTube, created and placed there so that people can see what it looks like. They call it an "absence seizure." It looks a lot like turtle's behavior.

[niyad]

67. Thank you. I had forgotten what they are called.

[NoSheep]

62. Can't he just pull himself up by the bootstraps?

[KS Toronado]

65. Hopefully his days in Congress are over.

[niyad]

66. I loathe, hate, and despise moscowmitch, but JFC, his staff was horrible to let

him stay like that. WTF is wrong with them? Clearly, he has been, and is, unwell, and SOMEBODY on his staff should be alert to signs.

[Hugin]

74. It was disturbing to watch...

I'm much more troubled by the unsteady gait as he was ushered away than the brain fart aspect.

[Rebl2]

94. Agree

[Roy Rolling]

68. Ischemic stroke?

Blood-thinner side-effect?

[Duncan Grant]

70. This is the duplicitous bastard whose double standards ruined the Supreme Court.

I don’t feel bad for not feeling bad.

[harumph]

83. I agree and will do you one better...

Here's hoping that during a press conference he pulls his dick out and
waggles it about at the press corps all the while smiling stupidly. It would be fitting for him to
display graphically what has defined his attitude toward Americans lacking
wealth and power. Just pull it out Mitch. Die a demented fucking shit flinging monkey
you motherfucker. Yeah, just don't have one ounce of empathy for the guy - in
fact my feelings are quite the opposite.

[Duncan Grant]

97. Works for me.

I’m ordering a new pair of tap shoes this afternoon. Planning to drink a lot more water, too.

[homegirl]

71. Mitch fell in that hotel

not because he tripped A minor stroke caused him to fall. Today was a repeat. May the Gods take him to his reward TONIGHT!!

[Hekate]

75. His lips are blue again

[bucolic_frolic]

76. Turtle dementia is slower than in humans

[Torchlight]

79. Hopefully, he pulls through

and uses the time to reflect on his health concerns impeding his ability to do his job effectively. This, plus holding two diametrically opposed different positions on the appointment of supreme court judges, may indicate a failing state of mind. Thoughts and prayers for the little guy.

[Major Nikon]

81. Quite possibly the most intelligent 40 second speech of his political career

[spanone]

85. Funny that according to republicans Pres. Biden is too old to be Pres. at 80 but Mitch is 81...

and we never hear a peep.

Imagine if Joe Biden had an episode like this....?

[progressoid]

110. Hannity and the rest are always playing clips of Biden

verbally stumbling. But it's nothing like this. Yikes.

[James48]

88. Looks like a stroke to me.

If he dies, who gets to appoint the next Senator? How do they do it in Kentucky?

[iemanja]

115. I agree it looks like a stroke.

[3Hotdogs]

90. I vote, early dementia.

I just watched a video where a "freeze" is a sign.

[dflprincess]

96. He looked like he spotted someone in the crowd

Who could ruin him. Or maybe it was Satan. Either works for me.

[Major Nikon]

100. Where will you be when the laxative kicks in?

[Celerity]

117. lol, he shit his shell

[Major Nikon]

119. He was spotted doing lines of MiraLax earlier that day

[Celerity]

121. Jeebus lines

[BlueIdaho]

103. Put him out to pasture

He’s done enough damage.

[seta1950]

105. Term limits 😤😤😤😤😤

I’m so sick of these old fools staying there until they collapse, while they hurt us and this country, enough already.

[BaronChocula]

106. No thoughts, no prayers,

no guilt.

[BigmanPigman]

107. Karma is too slow for him

And the rest of these GQP monsters. Step on ot Karma, step on it!

[jeffreyi]

111. Whoa.

That man is not well.

[iemanja]

113. I wonder if he had a stroke?

[lambchopp59]

114. Dammit my spellcasting hit the wrong target

It's not a simple matter to be accurate from way out here on the west coast. My aim was TFG but it found an equally duplicitous asshole anyway.
Well, practice makes perfect. I'll try again tomorrow.

[NCjack]

120. Tomorrow's news: Minority Leader was removed and 13 Republican Senators, seeking

the position, drew their concealed daggers and began stabbling each other in various places. Friends stabbled friends in the back, and enemies stabbed each other in stomach. The new Minority Leader is expected to emerge on Wednesday, and if the hosiptal can stop the bleeding, on Thursday, will announce new committee responsibliities. No one expects a Sen. Ted Cruz to gain a benefit.

TFG franatically telephoned instructions to his drone senators, but it appears that they will be ineffectual as each was too busily engaged in dagger stabbing to take the call.

[dawn5651]

123. i don't like him or his politics but i do hope he gets well...that was just weird.

[LittleGirl]

124. That man is ill.

I hope somebody takes him to the hospital and he resigns tomorrow. His days are numbered. He should not be a member of congress in that condition.

He is gonna be history soon. I can’t wait. He has enflamed the divide in our country and I hope his karma comes soon.

[bonniebgood]

126. This is exactly the reason why we should have term LIMITS.

[betsuni]

146. Because everyone knows it someone is going to have heart attacks for other

serious health issues even if they're not old?

[AllyCat]

127. Because I am a compassionate human being,

I feel badly for him.

He is a horrible person.

It must still be frightening.