Reports citing emergency dispatch audio said responders were called to McConnell’s residence on June 14 for an unconscious patient and later discussed “CPR in progress” for a possible cardiac emergency.

Oh! So, we’ve escalated from him being found unconscious and rushed to the hospital to active CPR? Wouldn’t it have been something if the Republican stance of allowing doctors to decline giving medical care on moral grounds ended up being applied against the interests of the long-term cancer that is McConnell?

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    These people are literally white knuckling power to their dying breath. It should be classified as a mental illness.

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    Maybe Mitch and Trump will have one of those dual deaths where they’re only holding out for each other.

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          He says he’s going to make a long speech on the night of the 4th when it’s going to be 107 degrees to prove he can. Yes, please, and of course you must wear a suit jacket and tie because you’re the President. Bitch will probably step outside for 3 minutes and chicken out though.

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            They could set up a green room mimicking the 4th celebration as a background. It’s not like anyone is there to dispute it.

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    Wow this is getting exciting! CPR at his age means, even if he survives on the ventilator, he will wake up in horrendous pain and probably won’t be physically capable of harming his country any further until at least the midterms! So he’s basically out.

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    He was one of the key politicians, along with Paul Ryan, who were all aboard gutting the ACA (Obamacare) before it was passed. He’s probably receiving top tier medical care right now at little or no cost to him.

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    If he passes, does his body automatically get relinquished back to Moscow, or does Russia need to request it first?

    I assume Russia would bury him with the highest honors

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    He’s dead. Or braindead. They may hide the death until less than ninety days before mid-terms to prevent a special election or appointment by KY governor before then

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      Whoever has power of attorney should cancel his retirement and make him the first vegetative congress member on a feeding tube to run for reelection.

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    On Thursday, McConnell’s office told Newsweek via email, “Senator McConnell appreciates the outpouring of support he’s receiving while he continues his recovery in the hospital. The Senator continues to improve, and is working closely with his staff on Kentucky and Senate matters while the Senate is out of session.”

    Translation:

    On Thursday, McConnell’s office told Newsweek via email, “[We believe that] Senator McConnell [would, if he were conscious and aware,] appreciate the outpouring of support he’s receiving while he continues his recovery in the hospital. The Senator continues to improve [not be dead, technically], and is working closely with his [ICU medical] staff on Kentucky and Senate [respiration] matters while the Senate [brain] is out of session.”

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    No wonder we have an insane heat wave happening, the gates of hell have been opened to welcome him.