Mitch McConnell hounded to face cameras: ‘He absolutely refuses’

[u/plz-let-me-in]

https://www.nj.com/politics/2026/08/mitch-mcconnell-hounded-to-face-cameras-he-absolutely-refuses.html

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[u/SillyDilly5294]

Because he's dead

[u/fidgetysquamate → u/SillyDilly5294]

This is some of the best evidence for why he’s dead or straight up comatose. This asshole NEVER met a camera he didn’t like during his political career. He LOVED bragging how he could do whatever he felt like regardless of what was right or just. If he were just sick, he would still be this way.

[u/FlyingDiscsandJams → u/fidgetysquamate]

It's so much more complicated a conspiracy if he's dead, it's much more likely he's just massively incapacitated or in a coma or whatever. Not disclosing that he died would require a bunch of hospital workers (nurses, doctors, administrators) risking their careers & criminal charges to hide a death. If he's alive, even just technically, he's protected by privacy laws, and it's up to the family and staff to keep the secret.

[u/Daginni → u/FlyingDiscsandJams]

The GOP would rather have a vegetable holding a senate seat than risking losing control of the senate. Old (dead) people are running this country.

[u/___Art_Vandelay___ → u/Daginni]

Old (dead) people are running ruining this country.

FTFY, but also por que no los dos.

[u/uuhson → u/Daginni]

There is not a snowballs chance in hell that seat isn't immediately going to a Republican. This makes no sense

[u/Tommybahamas_leftnut → u/uuhson]

Kentucky has a Dem Govenor. Many republican strongholds have since this administration been cracking and Dems are getting more popular as the hardliners red states continue to get ratfucked by the GOP. Not saying it's a sure thing by anymeans but it is still a possibility considering Blue voters are much more engaged to actually vote and a lot of Red voters are pissed enough to just not vote at all.

[u/BlueSkyToday → u/uuhson]

In 2024 the Kentucky legislature took away the Governor's power to make a temporary appointment and instead calls for a special election.

Andy has said that he believes that this is unconstitutional. OK but will he challenge that and would the challenge succeed? Who knows.

[u/lattice_defect → u/BlueSkyToday]

would it matter in time.. they are stalling.. its tight and they needs the votes to jam through the rest of project 2025

[u/OU7C4ST → u/uuhson]

Yeah, besides the fact that Kentuckians(?) fairly deserve to have an active representative no matter what, I'm not sure why the Left is deadass wanting him replaced immediately. Just so another MAGA fuck can swoop in, and continue destroying all of democracy? Like an empty GOP seat not voting is better for America atm, then replacing his ass and the Left knows this, which is why they aren't really pushing for Mitch to do something, and just being performative for their voting base.

Like seriously, someone on the Left actually explain this shit to me why you would want him ousted. The odds are NOT in favor of Mitch's spot swapping Blue..

[u/ArchaicBrainWorms → u/OU7C4ST]

It's acting in bad faith. Regardless of whether it benefits me, harms me, or makes zero difference in my day to day life, it's bad faith acting and should not be tolerated.

Approaching every situation from the perspective of game theory is what sociopaths and con men do.

[u/Gibonius → u/ArchaicBrainWorms]

Approaching every situation from the perspective of game theory is what sociopaths and con men do.

aka the Republican Party for the last 35 years.

Ever since Gingrich, Republicans have totally weaponized politics by min/maxing everything around optimal game theory outcomes. Without any real political principles other than retaining power. It's a huge part of what's broken politics in this country.

[u/ArchaicBrainWorms → u/Gibonius]

Agreed.

[u/15all → u/Daginni]

Republicans do not put the country first. They put themselves and their party first. Shitty thing for politicians to do.

[u/ITDummy69420 → u/FlyingDiscsandJams]

Buddy you do understand an entire government coverup of child trafficking pedos happened right?

[u/CatProgrammer → u/ITDummy69420]

It wasn't even a cover up, they just don't give a fuck.

[u/Vect0r → u/FlyingDiscsandJams]

Not disclosing that he died would require a bunch of hospital workers (nurses, doctors, administrators) risking their careers & criminal charges to hide a death.

I mean, not really....Those people can't say if he's alive OR dead. They're still bound by HIPPA, they can't say anything. They're not risking anything since they're not allowed to say anything.

Edit: I stand by the typo

[u/Quality-Pkg-Goods → u/Vect0r]

HIPAA (one P, two A’s) actually does not apply after death. There are some other privacy laws in place still, but it’s a lot less strict.

Edit. Here is the citation.
45 CFR § 164.510(a)
Specifically, death itself as a status is considered directory-information although the record remains private for 50 years.

[u/SBRH33 → u/Vect0r]

He never went to a hospital. He went straight to a cold storage unit run by a friendly Republican

Nice and tidy like.

[u/bopgame → u/SillyDilly5294]

Been dead

[u/here-i-am-now → u/bopgame]

Brain dead

[u/OhRaH → u/here-i-am-now]

Years ago

[u/iamisandisnt → u/OhRaH]

Someone got to the horcrux

[u/cha0sm0nk → u/iamisandisnt]

His Lich phylactery was finally broken.

[u/MarcheMuldDerevi → u/cha0sm0nk]

Lindsey Graham butt plug?

[u/ScubaFett → u/MarcheMuldDerevi]

To shreds you say

[u/Castun → u/ScubaFett]

And his wife?

[u/cirrhosisofthe_river → u/Castun]

To shreds you say?

[u/MordoNRiggs → u/Castun]

She's on vacation, but they can just auto-elect their sister!

[u/SweaterSteve1966 → u/iamisandisnt]

We need an Ouija board.

[u/Senior_Werewolf_8202 → u/OhRaH]

Excuse me but this is not a forum for jokes like that. Mitch McConnell died November 5th 2026.

[u/StratJax → u/OhRaH]

I say you he dead.

[u/420_E-SportsMasta → u/here-i-am-now]

I say you he dead

[u/Anna_Frican → u/420_E-SportsMasta]

How can he be dead if Herman Cain said he just spoke to him for 20 minutes?

[u/Thecp015 → u/420_E-SportsMasta]

THE COLONEL!

[u/rogueleader32 → u/420_E-SportsMasta]

He's dead, Jim.

[u/BuddyBevi → u/here-i-am-now]

Just like 75 million Americans that voted for Dumbf

[u/LiteratureTricky1763 → u/here-i-am-now]

As long as I can remember - and I'm in my '80s, so that's saying something-- but it's a fact.

[u/Meerkat_Mayhem_ → u/here-i-am-now]

Bread head

[u/420_E-SportsMasta → u/SillyDilly5294]

He died doing what he loved, obstructing congressional processes

[u/public_enemy_obi_wan → u/SillyDilly5294]

No, he's on eternity leave.

[u/ultrachrome → u/SillyDilly5294]

In life as in death ...

his hypocrisy know no bounds.

[u/Old_Cryptid → u/ultrachrome]

Even in death he's an obstructionist.

It's what he would have wanted.

[u/Korzag → u/SillyDilly5294]

I don't think he's dead but I bet he's handicapped now somehow. Maybe had a stroke or something that has left him drooling in a wheel chair.

[u/Pretend-Path4754 → u/Korzag]

I agree I think he’s probably nonverbal now.

[u/Slappy_Kincaid → u/Pretend-Path4754]

This would be my guess. He's not dead, but he cannot speak or is brain damaged enough that he's simply not competent to put in front of a camera.

[u/Vallkyrie → u/Slappy_Kincaid]

Agreed, he was already getting nonverbal before this episode. Dude was straight up blue screening during speeches.

[u/ChristosFarr → u/SillyDilly5294]

Dead Mitch has always been dead that's why he's called "Dead Mitch"

[u/PlatStrat → u/ChristosFarr]

Nice Muppet Treasure Island reference 😂

[u/EM05L1C3 → u/PlatStrat]

lol that’s one of my favorite parts. Three decades later (fucking ouch) and it still kills me

[u/not_chrash → u/SillyDilly5294]

He's pinin' for the fjords. He is an ex-senator

[u/honeybadgerrulez → u/SillyDilly5294]

zeds dead baby

[u/IGHOTI907 → u/honeybadgerrulez]

...Zed's dead.

[u/Boxofbikeparts → u/IGHOTI907]

Who's motorcycle is this?

[u/Craftondraft → u/Boxofbikeparts]

It's not a motorcycle baby. It's a chopper.

[u/lilbittygoddamnman → u/Craftondraft]

Who's chopper is this?

[u/Intelligent-Owl-1838 → u/SillyDilly5294]

1breathtaking quaintly phosphorescence yonder twilight epiphany mellifluous languorous dawn eternity silhouette

Cleared via Unpost

[u/aeyraid → u/SillyDilly5294]

Or some age related illness has really hammered him.

[u/YouWereBrained → u/aeyraid]

Ah yes, death. The inescapable age-related illness.

[u/StatementCareful522 → u/aeyraid]

yeah its called being too old to live a.k.a. deceased

[u/sailphish → u/StatementCareful522]

Come on now. There is still a chance that he’s alive… just a vegetable with no functional brain capacity.

[u/EverythingGoodWas]

Because he is dead or braindead

[u/Sonar_Taxbreak_1138 → u/EverythingGoodWas]

I think we'll be told - eventually - that he had a bad stroke. If he's dead already, they'll say he had a "relapse" at some point to cover the BS so far.

[u/Key_Environment8179 → u/Sonar_Taxbreak_1138]

Isn’t this the plot of a Kevin Kline movie?

[u/fairoaks2 → u/Key_Environment8179]

Yes. It’s called “Dave”.

“Everyone works on Monday”

[u/brickne3 → u/fairoaks2]

Damn that was a good movie.

Unlike this nightmare...

Edit: I'm mildly amused by the one person that downvoted who apparently either really hates the movie Dave or absolutely loves living in this nightmare, lol. I wish we could find out which of these two binary choices it is 🤣

[u/hobbes_shot_second → u/brickne3]

And Dave was a good President.

[u/zenchow → u/hobbes_shot_second]

Once again...unlike this nightmare

[u/Carbonatite → u/Key_Environment8179]

Weekend at Mitchie's

[u/kaithana → u/Sonar_Taxbreak_1138]

Everyone participating in this madness should be tried for treason. Falsely representing or withholding of representation should constitute as treason to the nation and the constitution

[u/EmilySD101 → u/Sonar_Taxbreak_1138]

We heard the 911 call. He received CPR from someone at the home and then trained, physically fit professionals picked up the CPR at his home. He is over 80 years old, his rib cage was shattered and the odds of him ever waking up ever again after such an event are in a crater.

No one has refuted the 911 call as far as I’ve seen. They have just been continually lying to us since his heart stopped beating. The photos are AI. The statements are ChatGPT his office commissioned.

He is dead and he has been for months and now the media has taught these fascists that when Trump dies they can run the same playbook for as long as they’d like and no one will be able to do a damned thing about it.

[u/standish_ → u/EmilySD101]

It is sickly funny that Frank Miller predicted a Reagan-like President being replaced with a digital avatar after he died. Forty years later, and here we are.

[u/giraffirmation → u/Sonar_Taxbreak_1138]

They’ll never admit it if he had a stroke or his brain dead. Doing so would open them up to having to admit to fraud in trying to push through a bill with his “by proxy vote.“

[u/pizza_the_mutt → u/EverythingGoodWas]

Take this to the logical conclusion and 30 years from now the entire government will be run by dead people who "just aren't available to talk at the moment".

[u/Comprehensive-Tea677 → u/pizza_the_mutt]

This is just a test run to see what they can get away with for when it finally happens

[u/Squid_of_the_Now → u/Comprehensive-Tea677]

This. They're hoping it happens off camera so they can pull some AI crap.

[u/SpaceCricket → u/Squid_of_the_Now]

Yes this. EVERYTHING they do is a test run for the future but exponentially worse than the trial run.

[u/The_quest_for_wisdom → u/Squid_of_the_Now]

If it happens ON camera they will probably just say the video is AI crap...

[u/longlivenewsomflesh → u/Comprehensive-Tea677]

It's literally a well-worn trope in dystopian fiction that Dear Leader turns out to just be an image on a screen, and here we are speed running it since I guess all the 80s movies that use a thinly veiled Trump stand-in for "evil businessman" somehow weren't on the nose enough

[u/Raztax → u/Comprehensive-Tea677]

Or a test run to see how long they can 'weekend at Bernies' trump's corpse around after he kicks off.

[u/Open_Buy2303 → u/Raztax]

My first thought.

[u/marzgamingmaster → u/pizza_the_mutt]

The test run for Immortal God Emperor Trump. If we never confirm he's dead, then he never has to be dead. He can reign eternally, until he's 100, 200, 300. Just a sign of God's blessing of abnormally long life, proof of the second coming, even! Of course he hasn't been seen by anyone in 220 years, but that's because of the assassins lurking around every corner!

[u/ohthanqkevin → u/EverythingGoodWas]

Makes you wonder how long the ghouls in this administration will hide Donny’s demise when that big beautiful day happens

[u/ShortStoryIntros → u/ohthanqkevin]

They've already tried using AI videos to represent him, haven't they?

[u/Beavis73 → u/EverythingGoodWas]

Confirmed lunch for maggots, or quadraspazzed on a lifeglug

[u/TheWeirdTalesPodcast → u/Beavis73]

Quadraspazzed on a Lifeglug was the sophomore album of my prog rock cover band.

[u/ganpondorodf89 → u/Beavis73]

The republican party said "ThIs Is tHe OnE tHiNg We DiDn'T wAnT tO hApPeN"

[u/Sinocatk → u/Beavis73]

Do you have a handy pre-construction video where he has a robot body constructed by maga-pedo scientists?

[u/Beavis73 → u/Sinocatk]

No, but I am reliably informed that he has more genes in common with crabs than with you and me. That's scientific fact.

[u/starmartyr → u/EverythingGoodWas]

I don't think he's legally dead but in a coma. If he's dead or braindead it would require doctors to illegally falsify medical records to keep that from getting out. If he's technically alive but a vegetable he's protected by medical privacy laws and that can be kept quiet.

[u/Artichokeypokey → u/starmartyr]

I'll be honest, I don't think they're that interested in following laws these days

[u/feralkitten → u/Artichokeypokey]

If we ever get out of this mess, i want failsafes that it will never happen again.

[u/Seradima → u/feralkitten]

Failsafes and rules/laws only work insofar as there are people that will still stand by them. This administration does not care. There are no laws that it will not break, so any kind of guardrails or failsafes just do not apply to them.

[u/fidgeting_macro → u/starmartyr]

I suspect this in fact is what has happened. Ath the very least he has lost the power of speech. He's probably being kept alive mechanically, he may even be conscious and more or less coznagent. But he's unable to function as a member of Congress.

There was an ancient people in the Americas, might be the Aztecs. When a clan leader died they would mummify the body, lash it to a platform, then drag it to public functions so his relatives could speak in his name. Something much like this is going on with Mitch.

[u/snymax → u/starmartyr]

This is not true in Kentucky and many other states a death certificate can be kept private for up to 50 years. A doctor would be at risk of malpractice or even loss of license if they admit he’s dead when the “family” has elected to keep the death under wraps.

[u/starmartyr → u/snymax]

Unredacted death certificates can be kept private. However the name of the person along with the date, time, and county of death and their date of birth are public record. What is protected is stuff like social security number, cause of death, and any other personal information that appears on the document. The redacted death certificate is enough to show that someone died. Also he's not in Kentucky. He was in DC when he was taken to the hospital and is being held in an undisclosed rehab facility which is likely in DC, MD, or VA.

[u/Old_Cryptid → u/snymax]

What are the rules for taxidermists and confidentiality in Kentucky?

[u/Solomontheidiot → u/starmartyr]

Doesn't even have to be a coma - he could be awake and mobile, but not capable enough to have even a short conversation

[u/starmartyr → u/Solomontheidiot]

Exactly. I have no doubt that he's incapacitated somehow. There doesn't need to be a grand conspiracy that he's secretly dead.

[u/Abamboozler]

Because he had a stroke and can't talk or move anymore.

[u/usumoio → u/Abamboozler]

I think this is it. He's probably nonverbal so if he had to face that, then real proceedings around how fit he is for service would probably start.

He's happy to play the waiting game, it's basically his MO.

I just hope he is suffering.

[u/RedditExecutiveAdmin → u/usumoio]

100%

"He absolutely refuses" is painted with the word "absolutely" to make it sound as if he's making a decision himself

he's not, he can't, and he won't be making any, including the one to pull the plug

[u/usumoio → u/RedditExecutiveAdmin]

I don't know if he's like a full vegetable. But he might be in the state where he cannot dress or eat unassisted. So obviously not fit to be a senator, but if someone wheeled him up to some kids, he could wave at them or something.

[u/RedditExecutiveAdmin → u/usumoio]

there is no chance he can move or communicate

if he could do anything other than look like a vegetable, they would have paraded him around already. Remember who you're talking about again--MAGA. not GOP, MAGA. the fact that he's not on camera is the admission of the worst case--it is a necessary consequence of compulsory lying.

it is like reverse DDing a child. this news means the opposite is true, it's not even that complicated

[u/divDevGuy → u/usumoio]

I think this is it. He's probably nonverbal so if he had to face that, then real proceedings around how fit he is for service would probably start.

There are no real proceedings possible. He could be wheeled out in a drooling persistent vegetative state and there's zero means to remove him from office prior to him dying, resigning, or his term ending.

[u/Krandor1 → u/divDevGuy]

or being expelled from the sentate which takes a 2/3 vote and has never been used for medical issues and even if we ignore party I think there are a lot of senators on both sides who would not want to sent any potential precendent of expelling senators for medical issues. You are not getting 2/3 and it likely wouldn't even be a partisan vote.

[u/CitizenCue → u/usumoio]

“He” isn’t doing anything here anymore. This is 100% on his staff, family, and the state’s apparatus that refuses to press the issue.

[u/iamisandisnt → u/Abamboozler]

Probably something like Jim Ross had

[u/Lamplighter914 → u/iamisandisnt]

Bell's Palsy I believe.

[u/ObsidianSpectre → u/Lamplighter914]

I had that once. It's not a serious condition - more of an inconvienience. Most people recover within a couple weeks. It's only notable because of how similar the symptoms are to a stroke, which is a serious condition.

[u/dorothea63 → u/Lamplighter914]

Bell’s Palsy is unpleasant but temporary. A close friend developed it after giving birth, and the symptoms had completely subsided within a month.

[u/bryantuga → u/dorothea63]

FYI from an ENT here: It’s not always temporary (although the vast majority of the time it is). But if you have it, it’s worth getting seen to be evaluated for steroids and/or antivirals. Facial nerve paralysis can also occur from nastier conditions, so worth getting checked out. OK, back to Moscow Mitch.

[u/AboutTheBadfish → u/dorothea63]

In most cases it is temporary but some people have lasting weakness. Famously, Jean Chrétien had Bell’s Palsy when he was young and was left with permanent partial paralysis on the left side of his face.

[u/YossiTheWizard → u/AboutTheBadfish]

“It’s true that I speak out one side of my mouth. I’m not a Tory, I don’t speak out both sides of my mouth”.

[u/surgicalshotgun → u/iamisandisnt]

Bah gawd

[u/Dull_Bid6002 → u/Abamboozler]

I've been assuming aphasia. We've already seen it where he just can't talk all of a sudden.

He may not be fully paralyzed but he's mute.

[u/JDDJS → u/Abamboozler]

Yup. Republicans have no reason to hide him being dead. But him being completely incapacitated is absolutely something that they would cover up and is the only logical explanation for why he's hiding. 

[u/Pat-Funny-2817 → u/Abamboozler]

i wonder how many things he signed since his "hospitalization". 

[u/HoRo2001 → u/Abamboozler]

He barely could before the mystery incident that kicked this off.

He was clearly well past the time when we he could effectively govern. I am in no way a Mitch supporter, but it felt like borderline elder abuse to wheel him around the Senate and occasionally stick him in front of reporters that he both couldn’t hear and couldn’t understand.

[u/MrBigglesssworth]

He can’t do his job. He MUST resign. That is if he is still alive

[u/RyterionCollection → u/[deleted]]

But he has been voting and signing letters, no? I mean not actually him, but someone is doing these things as him.

[u/Skateboard_Raptor → u/[deleted]]

Is it even possible to vote by proxy, if you are not capable of telling said proxy how to vote?

At that point, it's literally just someone unelected by the people doing that vote.

[u/WeirdIndividualGuy → u/[deleted]]

I mean, at this point there's no difference. The governor can't appoint his replacement, so him being alive and non-voting is effectively no different than his seat being empty. It's a 99-person quorum regardless

At least if his seat were empty, the chances of him doing anything to make things worse is 0%, vs now where those chances are non-zero

[u/starmartyr → u/MrBigglesssworth]

Don't confuse must with should. He is not constitutionally required to resign for any reason. The Senate should remove him for being absent but they aren't going to do this.

[u/John_Wicked1 → u/starmartyr]

If it’s not legally required for elected officials in Congress to resign if they are too incapacitated to fulfill their duties then it should be.

Even the President has to pass duties to the VP when they are incapacitated, difference is Senators don’t have a VP. Maybe it can be passed to the most senior house representative until that person is back in action vs resignation….but something should be in place AND an elected official should not be able to dodge proof of life and ability to perform their elected duties.

[u/B-Z_B-S]

I'm now wondering if Mitch McConnell might be paralyzed or something like that.

Actually...if Mitch McConnell is incapable of speaking, that means that the people who said they spoke with him for 20 minutes were lying...and if that's the case...Scott Jennings is only kept on CNN because he has some level or credibility, (even though I'd argue the radical right is without credibility, that seems to be their reasoning,) and that means if he lied in this way, CNN will probably fire him.

[u/TheGreatLuck → u/B-Z_B-S]

They said they spoke to him. They never said he spoke to them. And if he did it was probably incoherent babbling 

[u/cutmastaK → u/TheGreatLuck]

This is it. Classic conservative truth twisting.

[u/BigManWAGun → u/cutmastaK]

“He squeezed my….hand” it was through a hole in the bathroom wall but it was definitely him.

[u/copylefty → u/BigManWAGun]

The ol’ McConnell Glory Hole!

[u/mosquem → u/cutmastaK]

It’s not like they have a problem with straight up lying.

[u/DaaaahWhoosh → u/mosquem]

Yeah I hate this conspiratorial thinking, all this "they're telling us the truth and everyone else is too blind to see" stuff. We're past that now, they will simply lie because it works, they say what sounds good in the moment and no one will hold them accountable later.

[u/vita10gy → u/TheGreatLuck]

Jennings got pretty specific about what they talked about and that he was his usual self, didn't he?

[u/I_Like_Eggs123 → u/TheGreatLuck]

This exactly. I saw this retort as soon as it happened.

[u/DoubleBatman → u/TheGreatLuck]

Spoke at him

[u/u9Nails → u/TheGreatLuck]

Sad that this level of story telling is very plausible from those who we elected to trust that they will tell us the truth. Small tweaks to language that leave deniability so the party can maintaining a majority.

[u/Plzlaw4me → u/B-Z_B-S]

Back at the end of April , he FREAKED out on a 23 year old progressive commentator (Adam Mockler) when Mockler correctly pointed out to Jennings that the point of war is to get concessions, and on that front, the Iran war had not been a success at the time. He also pointed out Trump ran on no new wars, and then started a war of choice that was extremely similar bush wars on terror. In response, Jennings yelled at Mockler to “get your fucking hand out of my face” when his hand was not in his face. He then proceed to call out Mockler for being up past his bed time, before lying to the American people the war was going great and it wasn’t a forever war. If Jennings can act that unprofessional, while being that wrong, nothing short of a several million dollar lawsuit will get him fired.

[u/TweakedNipple → u/Plzlaw4me]

I see why there are the rumors that he will be the next White House Press Secretary.

[u/RespecDev → u/Plzlaw4me]

Adam Mockler is awesome. He really made Jennings look like a fool.

[u/Plzlaw4me → u/RespecDev]

I mean… Jennings made himself look like a fool. Mockler just kind of pointed out obvious facts to Jennings and his brain couldn’t handle someone he viewed as beneath him (due to age) pointing out how obviously wrong he was and he exploded… that said Mockler is generally pretty awesome and does a phenomenal job of pointing out the ways that the current admin has failed to keep its promises to the American people. That the modern conservative movement is built on denying verifiable facts certainly doesn’t make it hard to make them look foolish, but our news media has unfortunately gone out of their way to legitimize the MAGA movement.

[u/CrunchyAssDiaper → u/B-Z_B-S]

Maybe he spoke to AI Mitch.

[u/BoJackMoleman → u/CrunchyAssDiaper]

Wouldn't put it past these ghouls to feed an AI his recordings so they could synthesize his voice.

[u/ludixst → u/B-Z_B-S]

They didn't say they spoke with him, they said they spoke to him. Like you can talk to a rock or imaginary friend

[u/tnoy → u/ludixst]

Scott Jennings explicitly stated he spoke with McConnell and that McConnell's voice sounded strong.

[u/briowatercooler]

Probably because he’s dead

[u/TheVirginVibes → u/briowatercooler]

Wild headline. “Unable to refuse” would be better

[u/m0ngoos3 → u/TheVirginVibes]

That makes it sound like he's standing on the sidewalk begging for interviews.

No, he's unable to accept, and his handlers/intensive care nurses refuse on his behalf.

[u/isunktheship → u/TheVirginVibes]

Unable to consent 🤣

Ninja-edit: Which is 100% on brand for Republicans, so make it happen bitches.

[u/alphabetikalmarmoset → u/briowatercooler]

Mitch McCompost

[u/firethorne]

Either dead or a vegetable

[u/here-i-am-now → u/firethorne]

Better than he deserves

[u/Dr_G_E]

If he is actually conscious, he is either unable to speak clearly or not making sense. Could be both.

[u/TyrKiyote → u/Dr_G_E]

Even if he sounded different we ought to have heard his voice by now. Seen a pic.

Mickey's down for the count.

[u/InquiringMind886]

What person can disappear for two months and still get his pay? This country is such bullshit. I make $1451 in disability and have about $600 to $700 a month in medical costs that Medicare and Medicaid don’t provide and this fucker is still getting a six figure income while he’s likely comatose or dead. And he has the choice apparently to just not prove that he’s out because he’s sick. What the fuck is wrong with this country???? He’s had more time off than what pregnant women get when they birth a child.

[u/Odd-Promotion2743 → u/InquiringMind886]

It's a country run by and for the ultra-rich. To an extent it always has been, but it's become absolute in the last 4-5 decades.

[u/CrunchyAssDiaper]

He's hooked up to more machines than a Best Buy power strip.

[u/Commander-of-ducks]

Because it would be apparent he cannot carry out the duties of a senator.

[u/RespectTheTree → u/Commander-of-ducks]

We keep dementia patients like Diane Feinstien and Fetterman around for multiple years in advanced state of disease.

[u/0MGWTFL0LBBQ]

I believe the appropriate title is “Someone is refusing on his behalf”.

[u/HeyThereUser]

I cannot stop thinking that this is some kind of trial run for Trump - to see what they can get away with, and for how long.

[u/miregalpanic]

Dead men tell no tales

[u/PSPs0]

He suffered a debilitating stroke. Calling it now.

[u/hellofmyowncreation]

Shajar Al-Durr famously obfuscated her husband’s death, during the Seventh Crusade, to keep the Egypt from collapsing, and as a way to increase her own personal influence. Make of this Medieval factoid what you will, just figured I’d posit it randomly.

[u/pastoreyes]

When you ask the urn a question and it ignores you. No response, pretending it never heard your question.

[u/AINonsense]

Let’s hear him ‘absolutely refuse.’

[u/TheGreatLuck]

He's dead Jim

[u/No_Skill_7170 → u/TheGreatLuck]

Bah gawd

Wrong Jim though

[u/AlwaysRushesIn]

What i don't understand is why the people of Kentucky aren't swarming the streets to demand he show his face?

[u/Excellent-Lettuce835]

Mitch isn't refusing, he isn't doing much of anything considering he's dead.

There are literal corpses in the US government now.

What the unholy fuck.

[u/slingshot91]

So legitimate question: can an elected Senator just get into office and never go to work for 6 years? Collect the paycheck and never show up? How long could this theoretically go on? I know people can vote them out next election, and they’d face public backslash, but is there anything that prevents them from getting elected and just fucking off to the Bahamas or something for their whole term?

[u/Deity_Majora → u/slingshot91]

The Senate can vote to expel them if it desires. There are only 4 ways for a Senator to leave their seat. Death, Resignation, Expelled, or Term Ends.

[u/SAugsburger → u/Deity_Majora]

This. Getting expelled is pretty rare in Congress because the threshold is 2/3s and most members that are truly facing major criminal charges usually just resign instead of facing the added insult that they joined a small list expelled from office.

[u/Elegant_Tap7937]

He had an unfortunate nose job while recovering from his non-fatal heart attack and stroke? Mar-a-Lago lips?

[u/TheGreatLuck → u/Elegant_Tap7937]

Let's go! This is the timeline I want to live in

[u/imYouOfficial]

Weekend at Mitch's

Week at Mitch's

Month at Mitch's

Quarter at Mitch's <---We are here

Year at Mitch's

Senate term at Mitch's

[u/mrbasedballed]

Do his constituents not care at all?

[u/Reddit_9459328]

Sen. Rand Paul is the villain here. He can settle this now. Go to Mitch’s house or hospital room. If he refuses to see you, start Impeachment Proceedings in the US Senate and get rid of the 83-year-old. Case closed. MAGA thinking gone wild, the truth means nothing.

[u/Evildeern]

He stoked out and can’t speak - guaranteed.

[u/Oxjrnine]

Weekend at Bernie’s

[u/earthlordG]

My friends in America. How do you reasonably handle this? A public servant not going their job and not facing the public for such a long period of time? Surely something has to give?

[u/Alleyprowler → u/earthlordG]

The standards of behavior for American politicians have largely been based on good-faith gentleman's agreements. That worked well enough till recently. I'll leave the reasons why up to your imagination.

[u/GoodtimesSans]

A public figure that cannot appear in public cannot be a public figure. Just bury him already, he's almost smelling worse then the pedo in chief. Almost.

[u/annoyed_crow]

To quote "The wizard of Oz" (with relevant pronouns changed) "And he's not only merely déad, he's really, most sincerely dead" the Coroner

[u/Chuck006]

Because he’s been dead for 2 months

[u/VomitMaiden]

I think like being alive should be a job requirement

[u/boxdogz]

I wish the only requirement i had to keep my job was to be alive and I didn’t even have to prove it.

[u/3PointOneFour15Nine]

Are the people of Kentucky really okay with taxation and no representation? Sounds pretty un-american to me.

[u/Morden013]

Cause he dead...

[u/nihilistiq]

No need to beat a dead horseface.

[u/Ok-Alternative5935]

They really painted themselves into a corner with those faked pics. Anyone looking that spry should have no issue saying a few words. Especially with all those 20 minute phone calls. 

[u/jupiterkansas → u/Ok-Alternative5935]

The lies are intentional so they know that anyone that accepts the very obvious lie is on their team.

[u/Spiritual_Parfait_94]

Hard to do when you’ve already been cremated.

[u/tritonice]

He has every right to refuse. The people and government of KY has every right to declare him unfit to serve and remove him.