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McConnell appears nonverbal in new video, raising fitness concerns
McConnell's wife stands in for him at event, signaling ongoing incapacity
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Yesterday 12:00 PM
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The same weekend as the nonverbal video, Elaine Chao, McConnell's wife, stood in for him at an event at the University of Louisiana's McConnell Center.
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“I genuinely think this is what he would have wanted.”
SirYabas , Reddit commenter · reddit ↗ Mitch McConnell U.S. Senator (Kentucky) Desiree Townsend Conservative journalist Elaine Chao McConnell's wife
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What was reported
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first by New Republic , 16h ago
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I was hoping he'd be in the Captain Pike Beep Chair. https:// newrepublic.com/post/215759/mi tch-mcconnell-nonverbal-freeze-up-new-video
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The fact that this person is still considered an “active” member of our government is insane and I don’t understand why people aren’t more angry about this. THIS is who is supposed to represent the people? It’s a joke no matter what side of the aisle you’re on politically. It literally makes our government look like even more of a joke.
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Man have you been to Kentucky? He has been a pretty accurate representative of the population's values. This is not a compliment to either Mitch or my home commonwealth.
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Wonder how many nursing home CNA's are pissed as fuc# about this? I believe 'mitch the bitc#' is a piece of shit, all day, but this is abuse.
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I do hate that we live in a society where something like this can happen, but I genuinely think this is what he would have wanted.
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I just don’t get it. If you had that much power why would you want others to be unhappy? Just doesn’t make sense
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Scott may very well have talked to Mitch for 20 minutes but Mitch probably didn't talk back.
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Mitch McConnell U.S. Senator (Kentucky)Desiree Townsend Conservative journalistElaine Chao McConnell's wife
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