#MoscowMitch fell at home. Fractured shoulder

[Roland99]

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Evan McMurry
@evanmcmurry
NEW: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell recovering from a fractured shoulder after a fall at his home this morning, his communications director says. "He has been treated, released, and is working from home in Louisville." (link: http://abcn.ws/2KrrgVk) abcn.ws/2KrrgVk

Edited to add:

WashPost commenter:

Spokesman for McConnell denied that he'd collapsed under the weight of his hypocrisy. "Actually, he tripped over a giant bag of NRA cash that had been left lying around," said the staffer. "Normally we keep it well out of sight, but someone just screwed up."

[Grasswire2]

1. thoughts and prayers..... nt

[dlk]

2. He Should Try Some Ice on it - in Siberia!

[malaise]

3. how convenient

Now he can't reconvene the Senate to pass the bipartisan bill from the House re background checks.
Sounds 'bone spurish'

[JaneQPublic]

20. Yep, it's no doubt BS. (NT)

[real Cannabis calm]

40. K&R and LOL for malaise calling it 'bone spurish'

But, that analysis could be correct.

[TeamPooka]

53. An image of crazy Col. Flagg breaking his arm with an Xray machine on an old MASH episode

are flashing through my brain.

[malaise]

54. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

[Srkdqltr]

60. OMG that is too funny. I wonder???? You never know.

[TeamPooka]

62. I would not put anything past Moscow Mitch.

[durablend]

4. What-a-shame

Wonder if he's received a get well soon call from Putin yet?

[pamdb]

5. Hmmmmmm

Well that was... convenient.

[grumpyduck]

6. To quote the President of the United States,

"Too bad."

[Frustratedlady]

10. You forgot, "So Sad!"

I don't believe this for a second. Now, he can lay low over his vacation from the Senate floor. Maybe things will cool down, in the meantime.

He's so slimy, I wouldn't believe anything he had to say.

[Arazi]

15. Same thought. Conveniently he'll be able to cancel public appearances

[IADEMO2004]

7. tots and pears

[Yonnie3]

8. My broken shoulder hurt like the dickens.

I wouldn't wish that pain on anyone, would I?

[Frustratedlady]

13. Yeah, I shattered mine in 4 places and hurt for weeks.

His shell may have protected him, suppose?

[Yonnie3]

19. Maybe he fell off the post.

Post turtle.

[smirkymonkey]

45. Wouldn't you be in the hospital for at least a day or two with

a fractured shoulder? I was in for two days with a broken proximal humerous. How was he "treated and released" for a fractured shoulder. If it's fractured, they can't put it in a cast, you can't move or do much of anything and it is extremely painful.

I'm calling BS on this. Like Melania's "kidney operation" and MF45's "bone spurs", this is just another pathetic excuse to cover the fact that he's going to stay home and cry because people are calling him mean names.

Fuck you, Mitch.

[Yonnie3]

48. I wasn't hospitalized.

I'm sure there are many different ways to break a shoulder. My arm was put in a sling and X-rayed periodically to be sure it didn't need surgery. I hurt like hell for 4 weeks. At 8 weeks I started physical therapy to get it working again. That hurt like hell for months and I never got full range back. 24 years later I can still easily tweak it.

Maybe the NRA/KGB twisted his arm too hard.

[Ilsa]

9. Did the docs discover the gaping hole where his heart should be?

Maybe another senator can take over for him. Leningrad Lindsey is almost as bad.

[rufus dog]

11. You would think his shell would protect the shoulder

Must be getting brittle.

[Blue_true]

44. Yeah, Moscow Mitch seems to be brittle lately. nt

[Arazi]

12. Karma

[Funtatlaguy]

14. Rub some vodka on it

[tetedur]

16. Probably got bombed and "fell" n/t

[oasis]

41. Yup. Moscow Mitch was drunk as hell. nt

[Bob Loblaw]

17. The dog ate his homework

He'll be unable to make any public appearances for a while and if he has to he can wear a sling.

[BigmanPigman]

18. Too bad he didn't break something else.

[Lochloosa]

21. I was trying to hold back.

[BigmanPigman]

30. I am so angry with him and the moron I can't hold back.

Last night at 1 AM I learned about the Ohio killings and was in shock and then it turned into rage (3 mass murders in 1 week!). Bring the already written gun control bills to the Senate for a vote! He refuses to do this since he loves the NRA. $$$. He is giving our election to Putin for Russian $$$. He has sold our country for his personal gain. Yes, I wish he broke a lot more than his shoulder.

[Volaris]

22. Heh.. Uncle Vladdy musta sent one of the 'cousins' over to have a little chat with Yertle

About the importance of loyalty.

[shanti]

23. Sending tots and pears

[Scurrilous]

24. "He has been treated, released, and is working from home in Louisville."

I hope he's working at fracturing more stuff.

[Cousin Dupree]

25. He has been looking frail lately. Maybe he tripped over his pile of guns.

[NightWatcher]

26. So he won't be out in public for the 5 week recess? He'll miss the chants of Moscow Mitch?

Uh huh. I'm not convinced he wouldn't fake an injury.

[Stargazer09]

35. My thought, as well

He’s looking for an excuse to hide.

What a coward.

[Zambero]

27. He'll have to betray the country from home

But since Mitch's heart is in Moscow, it won't matter a whole lot.

[UTUSN]

28. K&R

[Guilded Lilly]

29. Gee, his injury might prevent him from making public appearances...

for the month he is home to face his constituents.
And might also prevent him from going back to Washington for the emergency vote Senator Sherrod Brown is requesting for gun background checks:

https://www.cleveland.com/open/2019/08/sen-sherrod-brown-calls-on-mitch-mcconnell-to-have-monday-vote-on-gun-background-check-legislation.html

So sorry for his pain. Uh huh. Shoulder pain can be a bitch, Mitch.

[sakabatou]

31. Let me get out my Planck-scale violin

[liberaltrucker]

34. Here ya go!

[helpisontheway]

32. Good! I hope it is extremely painful. No empathy

for an @sshole that is basically encouraging a foreign power to interfere with our election. No empathy for a man that has rigged the system so he can destroy our courts. No sympathy at all for a man that allows those babies to be held in cages. Plus it is probably a lie. He does not want to deal with public appearances with people shouting of Moscow Mitch.

[liberaltrucker]

33. Karma

[bullwinkle428]

36. "In Russia, when one disappoints leader, clumsy accident can occur."

[Blue_true]

46. He his lucky that they held him a few feet in the air.

Those 7-story falls onto anything don't go too well.

[Buckeyeblue]

37. This will srat to set up his retirement in 2020

He's not young. He did have polio as a child which tends to rear its ugly head later in life. Once the falls start, they don't usually stop.

I say this not to feel bad for him. I don't. But just as my thoughts. There will be no accompanying prayers.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

38. Komrad Krack should consult with Cadet Bone Spurs

Moscow Mitch fractured the Senate.

[BigDemVoter]

39. I hope that shit head suffers badly.

I loathe him to the tips of my toes. I REALLY hate him.

[pwb]

42. McConnell lives in a Democratic run city?

You would think he lived with the folks in the country. Am not sure but I believe most big cities are Democratic.

[Blue_true]

47. Moscow Mitch don't want to live among the people that he counts on for votes. nt

[IronLionZion]

56. Louisville has a Democratic mayor

and Mitch is clearly too good for his rural Kentucky people

[d_b]

43. sure he did.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

49. Tripped over a big fat bag of rubles? nt

[llmart]

50. #MoscowMitch fell at home

#Icouldgivearat'sass

[Sugar Smack]

51. With any luck, he'll dislocate it next time.

[TeamPooka]

52. Bones as brittle as his heart is hard.

[whistler162]

55. Must be serious if he is doing

something he rarely does " is working"

[IronLionZion]

57. Mitch should resign and spend more time with his family

[Tanuki]

58. "Treated and released," per his spokesman. Released from where? No mention

of the medical facility. Is he doped up on pain meds (if this actually happened)? Should some else take the reins till he is in full command of his faculties? Whole lotta questions about this.

[Wounded Bear]

59. Awww...

[Roland99]

61. O M G!! Best comment on this (edited OP, too)

WashPost commenter:

Spokesman for McConnell denied that he'd collapsed under the weight of his hypocrisy. "Actually, he tripped over a giant bag of NRA cash that had been left lying around," said the staffer. "Normally we keep it well out of sight, but someone just screwed up."

[scardycat]

63. Finally some good news n/t