Mitch McConnell fell two days ago & is still hospitalized w/very little info.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

If it were a Democratic leader, holy crap, it would be all over the news, being led by Faux spreading innuendo and lies. These lies seem to quickly spread to MSM.

What we've been told is that he suffered a concussion. One is not usually hospitalized for a concussion unless it's pretty significant (this according to a medical consultant on CNN yesterday - the only time I heard it discussed (and it was brief).

I googled his condition and came up blank w/any follow up.

[TheRealNorth]

1. I honestly could care less

If the Turtle does give up the ghost, we will be subjugated to a day or two of the MSM whitewashing his past, trying to convince the people that don't pay attention to politics that Moscow Mitch wasn't a bad guy.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

6. The inequity of reporting is what is glaring & concerns me. Mitch? - not so much. nt

[NotHardly]

36. My take: concussion leads to brain bleed and his DNR ... it's a death kneal to the Republican Party

Look, any time any other Politician or Celebrity is injured we are flooded with up dates 10 times a day.

Here we have crickets.

He's dead and the Republicans are in melt down. Why would Democrats be silent ...well, according to the Art of War you should never interrupt while your enemy is making mistakes.

I got $5 that says I am right

[Bluethroughu]

53. I'll double that.

I bet his bestie Lu is waiting for that ride south.

[leftieNanner]

2. My worthless two cents?

A stroke.

My mom fell a lot later in life. Turns out she had a lot of mini strokes.

Also, you are correct that you are not usually hospitalized for a concussion. My daughter had several playing basketball in college. They just told her to stay home in the dark.

[Wingus Dingus]

7. I think you're on to something. He was clearly on blood thinners in the past

based on his bruising levels in past photos. So he was at risk of clotting/stroke, but also at risk for bleeding during falls with the thinners. Perhaps his fall caused a brain hemorrhage or other internal bleeding.

[Renew Deal]

26. I'm wondering about that too.

They report what you can see, not what you don't see. I'm surprised that there hasn't been video or witness interviews. This situation doesn't look good. An 81 year old guy falls and hits his head. He's in the hospital for at least 3 days?

[Codifer]

109. I am reminded

of the fella in his seventies who was pushed down by a cop during one of the BLM marches. I saw the blood trickle from his ear seconds after his head hit the pavement.

I knew that it was not good.

He was hospitalized for sometime (iirc)

[Ilsa]

76. Reasonable analysis.

A stroke would explain the fall, longer hospitalization, etc.

[DENVERPOPS]

105. good guess

I am wondering why some nurse hasn't already leaked the info to the public????????

[Ilsa]

110. They don't want to be fired. Really.

It's too easy to find out who the leakers are with an investigation.

I wouldn't do it, and I think at some point McConnell's spokesperson needs to give a real update and allow doctors to take questions. They may be waiting to see if he improves over the next few days so they can maintain medical privacy.

[DENVERPOPS]

114. You are probably right

Look at how the Dr's and Nurses covered up amount of care and what lengths the went to in saving Trump's ass......

It was only revealed much later, just how grave his condition was while he was in Walter Reed?????

All of his Dr.'s were military and didn't dare say anything but what they were told to say. The one Dr. spoke later and was either demoted or kicked out of the medical corps??????

My thinking is that in his frail condition and the fact that he is on blood thinners that he has a brain bleed, and that it doesn't look good, or that they are keeping him on life support????????

I guess time will tell.........who would the Republicans replace him with as their Senate leader.????.

And they would need to make it quick in just replacing him, because they would be at a disadvantage not having his vote......

[BSdetect]

3. He's making full use of his very adequate health coverage.

[Kingofalldems]

4. Why was he at a hotel?

Was the fall in the dining room or somewhere else?

[leftieNanner]

10. Swanky Donor Dinner

But can't we make up something lewd and spread rumors?

[Kingofalldems]

11. Fox would for sure.

[machoneman]

56. People say....he was banging Stormy and fell off the balcony!

[Ilsa]

77. Eeeeyewww. nt

[NJCher]

82. The Turtle isn't banging anything

except death's door.

Or maybe his Viagra prescription bottle, which he has trouble opening.

[Joinfortmill]

94. omg, that's so bad, but I laughed.

[Codifer]

107. According to Porgie Tirebiter,

.... she has a balcony you could do Shakespeare from.

[Conjuay]

80. his very existence from the time

the doctor slapped his ass has been lewd.

In fact, it wouldn’t surprise me if everyone in the delivery room took a swing.
I am not much of a fan…

[Boomerproud]

12. Congresscritters and SCOTUS spent an inordinate amount of time meeting

with big donors and going to cocktail parties in Georgetown. Do they work? Not much.

[Kingofalldems]

16. Yes and I am sure Andrea Mitchell is a regular at these events.

[Boomerproud]

25. Along with hubby and many others with undue influence.

No doubt about it.

[Captain Zero]

49. Their donors pay them to do nothing at all

If they can't do something that's terrible for regular folks.

[DENVERPOPS]

97. This

basically, we have the best politicians that money can buy......no kidding......

[AnotherMother4Peace]

21. So many questions. If it were a Democratic Leader, Faux would be "covering it" nonstop, AND

sure enough the lies & innuendos would pop up in the MSM.

[robbob]

55. Look what happened with Paul Pelosi...

Disgusting. And even more disgusting that the Fox scum who gleefully spread these rumours are never held to account…

[EYESORE 9001]

5. My medical opinion is worthless

but recent photos made me wonder if he was on blood thinners. A concussion would raise the possibility of subdural hematoma, or possibly epidural hematoma, which can be acutely life-threatening. We’ll probably never know the truth, regardless.

[Kingofalldems]

19. Yes those bruises on the hands are a sign of blood thinners.

Not always but quite often.

[ShazzieB]

106. Yes, blood thinners can definitely do that.

I had open heart surgery in 2018 to replace my aortic valve, and was on a blood thinner for a dew weeks afterwards. While I was in rehab after my hospital stay, a very inept phlebotomist tried in vain to extract a blood sample one morning and my hand was left bruised all over like that fro her numerous fruitless needle sticks. It looked terrible.

When my doctor came by to see me later, he took one look at my bruises, had a fit, and promptly drew the needed blood sample himself. He was pissed, and I'm sure he complained to someone. People often have trouble finding my veins (they're small and love to hide), but I have never been bruised like that, before or since, no matter how many times they had to stick me.

All of which is just to say, the bruises you can get when you are on blood thinners look WAY worse than "normal" ones. I'd bet anything those bruises on Mitch's hand were caused by needle sticks, like mine.
.

[targetpractice]

20. This.

And, concussions are serious... basically your brain bounces around in the skull. I'm sure he's had CT and MRI scans looking for brain injury

[C Moon]

8. I guess part of the reason he falls is beause he had polio as a child...

that left him with a slight limp.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/09/us/politics/mitch-mcconnell-hospitalized-washington.html

Separate article on falls:
Falls—they don’t seem like a big deal, but they are. “As our population continues to live longer and longer, falls are becoming the great plague of the modern era,” wrote Jeremy Faust in Slate in 2016, after Leonard Cohen fell—and then died. “They are the leading cause of accidental death in the elderly, and the incidence has increased steadily over the past decade.” A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention fact sheet warns that the country is on track to experience seven deaths by falling every hour.

[womanofthehills]

17. When most people fall, they brace themselves with their arms

And elderly are more apt to break an arm or hip. Falling on his head, sounds more like a stroke.

[Omnipresent]

28. That's what i was thinking too...

Hopefully, this doesn’t somehow leads to Rick Scott becoming minority leader.

[jaxexpat]

43. Begs the question, were Rick Scott's minions nearby when this happened?

[machoneman]

60. Lucky Scott's minions didn't get him near a window, Soviet style.

[jaxexpat]

63. Budda-bing, budda-boom, comrade.

[Captain Zero]

51. Could lead to a Democratic Senator from KY

Since the governor is a Dem he could appoint a strong Dem to the Senate who would then have a head start in a special election.

[wnylib]

70. Kentucky law says that the governor has to appoint a Republican

to replace McConnell.

But, since the governor is a Dem, I think he should honor McConnell by using a very McConnell type of tactic. Leave the office of Senator open until the next election in order to "let the voters decide." That was McConnell's excuse for leaving the SCOTUS seat open when Garland was nominated as a justice.

Or, pick a Dem, have him/her register as a Republican, and appoint them. It's what Mitch would do in the same situation.

[Old Crank]

78. I believe Mitch had the legislature change the rules.

The governor still appoints a new senstor but from a picklist provided by the legislature.

[crim son]

65. Not necessarily.

My 85-year-old father passed out while standing up in the bathroom. He was not conscious when he went down, and did some major damage to his face. He has a hearth arrhythmia. He was taken to the emergency room, released within a few hours and is slowly recovering with no evidence of long-term damage.

[True Blue American]

66. I thought he hit his head

But who knows?

[womanofthehills]

131. According to the news, he has a concussion

We keep hearing he will be out in a few days. Yesterday- they said that again and said he is walking.
Therapy usually makes you get out of bed - so he’s walking doesn’t give us much info.

[True Blue American]

135. Mitch has a history

Of falling but if he hit his head on something solid he is lucky to be alive,

[malaise]

86. Please remember he was a childhood polio victim

He already has an awkward balance

[True Blue American]

136. Depends.

From what I read he hit his head on something. He could have internal bleeding, especially if he is on blood thinners.

[Mr.Bill]

41. I'm 69 and for about five years during my annual physical

one of the questions my doctor asks me is if I have fallen down.

[Chainfire]

46. I get the same question every year, my reply is always the same,

"Not when I am sober."

[Mr.Bill]

48. Pretty much the same here.

[Joinfortmill]

96. Lol

[C Moon]

116. My grandpa fell down when he was drunk and indeed broke his hip.

[spooky3]

84. I think Medicare requires them to ask this of people over 65. Nt

[dembotoz]

85. couple years back i had some abdominal surgery done

a few months prior i had sat on an antique piano stool that broke and so i fell
no bumps no bruises but technically i fell.
So i was labeled a fall risk and what a pain in the ass that was
special wrist band whole 9 yards.....

[Kali]

132. and the yellow socks

[iemanja]

73. I fall and I never had polio as a child

People fall.

[C Moon]

117. Maybe as we evolve, we'll be built lower to the ground.

[PCIntern]

9. OK..

If Bill Frist could do it, well, so can I.

If I had to make a guess, I would say that he did not trip and fall. He may have had a condition which caused him to pass out and fall and hit his head. He clearly has some issue medically of a moderate to severe nature based upon his photographs and his coloration. Often times for example, when people discuss the events leading up to a breaking of their hip they relate a story that they fell, and their hip broke. This is often not the case inasmuch as the person’s hip spontaneously fractures, and the person goes down.

If I were celebrity or politician, and wanted to hide a more serious situation as it evolved, I would Have my publicist put out there that I fell and hit my head, which may be one aspect of this case, but certainly not the entire story.

And if you wish to believe that he in fact, simply fell and hurt himself, if he has a significant underlying condition at his age, his reserve and recovery is going to be somewhat compromised by his ongoing physical status.

[former9thward]

30. More likely he tripped.

He had polio as a kid and still walks with a limp as an after effect. He uses the rails when entering the Senate chamber. All this combined with age leads one to think he tripped and fell.

[Ms. Toad]

52. And - in recent years post-polio syndrome has been identified

as something which develops decades after polio. That includes muscle weakness, so not only a limp from the time of polio on - but more recent muscle weakness from post-polio syndrome. One of the consequences of post-polio syndrome is an increased risk of falling.

[crim son]

67. Yes indeed.

My mother had polio as a child and was paralyzed for about a month. She recovered... a miracle... but in her late seventies developed the post-polio syndrome. She was no longer able to walk up or downstairs and yes, was prone to falls.

[Ms. Toad]

75. My parents didn't have polio -

But the sister of a childhood friend did. So it's closer than I would like.

[robbob]

61. Remember that time Dubya "choked on a pretzel"?

Good times…

[LiberalArkie]

95. I am an old fart Aspie.... I have always tripped over air molecules.

[maxsolomon]

13. He's 81, he is being treated for a Concussion, and HIPAA rules exist.

He's probably being "monitored" and tested for a stroke.

If his "spokespeople" want to give an update, they can.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

24. That is fine & how it should be. BUT the glaring inequity is GLARING & I don't think it's just me

that notices this. These very good and respectful points you made have never stopped faux news in the past when it comes to Democratic leaders, and then unfortunately their lies/innuendos show up in MSN.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

31. "HIPAA rules? We don't need no stinkin' HIPAA rules. We just make shit up." - Faux news

Love that line from Treasure of the Sierra Madre: "Badges? We ain't got no badges! We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinking badges!"

[Just A Box Of Rain]

112. So, let's not act like Fox News.

Why invent "speculations" that are not in evidence.

I don't wish to be like "them."

[AnotherMother4Peace]

121. No ethical person/group wants to emulate faux. But where is the continuous speculation,

lies, "I'm just askin'", and innuendos about Mitch? Certainly if it were a Democratic leader or their family (Paul Pelosi) that suffered an incident like this, it would be blanketing the airways, starting with faux. I do see a GLARING inequity here, and that's what I'm pointing out. I'm sure I'm not the only one that notices.

[Jilly_in_VA]

32. Exactly

Look, I don't like the guy, but here's some facts. Right up there in your face ^^^

Here's some more to think about. He had polio as a kid, and may, in his old age, have developed some post-polio syndrome that could cause gait problems and could have caused him to fall. Plus, older people are just more prone to fall, period. I am pushing 80 and worry about it; my balance can be a little suspect at times because I walk around on an ankle that I was never able to get repaired because of insurance problems. It ain't that hard to fall, people. If you're elderly and on blood thinners, even something as simple as aspirin, or some arthritis meds, that can cause some real problems if you hit your head, like a subdural or epidural hematoma (which IIRC was what killed Bob Saget). As for the bruising y'all noticed on his hands earlier on, we older folks, especially those of the fair-skinned Anglo-Saxon variety, tend to have thin skin and likely thin, fragile blood vessels too. I've always joked that I can bruise if someone gives me a hard look, but it's absolutely true that every Tuesday and Friday when I go herd cats at the shelter, I come home with bruises that I have no idea how I got.

Sure, he's lucky he gets top-notch medical care. And two and a half weeks ago, when I went to urgent care with bronchitis and was sent to ER because of hypotension and hypoxia, I was lucky I did too. (Of course I chose to go to Augusta instead of RMH because I knew better, but that's beside the point.) So I'm inclined to give ol' McTurtle a little grace right now. When he's back to work that will be another story.

*Stepping off soapbox now*

[AnotherMother4Peace]

40. "Right up there in your face" Mitch is a big part of Faux bullshit & benefits from it. Faux jumps on

any medical question/issues having to do with Democrats, spreads shit/lies/innuendos. Faux makes it their main "news story" which always seem to seep into the MSM.

My big question is: where is all the "news" about Mitch. Sure he deserves privacy and respect, we all deserve it - it's the law. Our Democratic leaders deserve it. But no - when Nancy Pelosi's husband was attacked w/a hammer, FAUX spread some horrible rumors - just nasty.

[Jilly_in_VA]

69. Most news outfits are better than Faux Noise

So let's not go there. Do you want everyone to act like that just because THEY did?

[maxsolomon]

47. Post-Polio Syndrome is what killed Charlie Haden

Such a loss, such a great musician and human.

[malaise]

88. Excellent post

He is a childhood polio survivor

[spinbaby]

14. He gets the super duper medical care

Any one of us would be booted out of the hospital by now. He gets to stay for observation just in case.

[Renew Deal]

22. He might have Capitol Police protection.

It's not clear to me if he has protection since he's the minority leader.

Which hopefully means he got care right away.

[area51]

119. +1 n/t

[Sogo]

15. At his age, he could easily be hospitalized for a concussion.

But, as others have noted, there are likely other complicating factors, such as a stroke. But it could just be lessened mobility due to age and the fact that he had polio when he was young. I have a BIL who falls a lot. No reason other than he's older now and misses curbs, etc.

[Kennah]

18. Just flip him over

[jcgoldie]

29. this is the winner

[Sky Jewels]

37. But first, a little super glue on the crack in the shell.

[Sogo]

54. I didn't get the joke until reading your reply.

Thanks!

[Sky Jewels]

57. Happy to help

[stage left]

89. I'm dying here

picturing all four legs waving helplessly.

[FalloutShelter]

27. I'm guessing stroke.

Short hospitalization.. possible lingering or permanent damage.. hence lack of information?
Just my guess.

[Sneederbunk]

33. My brother died several days after suffering a brain bleed from simple fall.

[shanti]

102. As did my father, 80

Hit his head getting out of bed, and was gone within a few hours. Since he had a DNR in place and was already technically in hospice due to lung cancer (at home), nobody was called. Mother was a RN and she was with him to the end.

I have osteoporosis and am extremely fearful of a fall at 67.

[murielm99]

34. Okay. I fell last year at the end of July.

I take a blood thinner. I think Mitch does too, judging from the black and blue marks on him.

I had a brain bleed and a concussion. I spent four days in the hospital. When I went home, I was still unsteady on my feet for about a week. I didn't drive. I fell in the beauty shop.

Yes, one can be hospitalized for a concussion. I had nausea and trouble eating. I don't remember everything that happened. I think what happened to him is very much like what happened to me.

[Joinfortmill]

100. Glad it all worked out. Scary stuff.

[womanofthehills]

133. I fell down 16 stairs rolling backwards - 😱

Thought I was dying - kept my head tucked in. Luckily I only demolished my shoulder & cut my face and ER sent me home and scheduled my surgery for 8 days later. Had a reverse shoulder replacement but although I hit my head, only a slight concussion.

Was told - we know your shoulder is broken - see you next week. I didn’t get the important person treatment.

[murielm99]

141. Holy smokes.

I guess you are not as important as the turtle. I hope you are okay now.

[ImNotGod]

35. I just want to know how high the POS bounced. nt

[ZonkerHarris]

38. They will stop the presses and sing his praises when he dies. Will the media cover it when I dance

his grave?

[LiberalLovinLug]

59. I almost don't want him to die for this reason alone

The days and days of deifying him will be nauseating. The big three, CNN, I'll bet even MSNBC will have a time slot to find a couple of things they can sing his praises for. How he's "sacrificed" so much as a "servant" to the Republic with decades of public service. How much he has accomplished during his time in the Senate. Blah Blah Blah.

[samsingh]

39. he gets free health care

[onenote]

115. No he doesn't

Member of the House and Senate pay for health insurance, albeit with subsidies covering more than half of the cost.

You must get your information from Fox News.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/members-congress-health-care/

[gopiscrap]

42. hope the old fucker broke his neck

[rateyes]

44. Isn't the governor of KY a Democrat??

Just sayin’!

[bpj62]

79. Yes but he cannot appoint a Democrat

The Kentucky Legislature passed a law stating that any congressional appointment due to death, retirement or explusion has to come from the same party. In addition the Kentucky Legislature gets to create the list of potential successors and then gives it to the governor. The bill was vetoed by the current democratic governor but since Kentucky has a republican super majority in the legislature they simply overrode the veto. McConnell backed the bill, after all he knows all about holding up nominees to get what he wants.

[ecstatic]

124. So that's where we're at now. The qOP is creating new laws to hold on to power

And apparently not following laws that already exist. Why is this ok?

[DFW]

127. bpj62 is correct. Here is a link to the Kentucky law. Another KY Republican would replace him.

https://casetext.com/statute/kentucky-revised-statutes/title-8-offices-and-officers/chapter-63-resignations-removals-and-vacancies/vacancies/section-63200-united-states-senator-procedures-for-filling-of-vacancy

[DFW]

128. The fall could have been prevented. It's the fault of McConnell's staff

They should have made him sit down before telling him that Ted Cruz said El Paso was 800 miles from the Mexican border.

[Chainfire]

45. He is also of that magic age when hips become as fragile as eggs.

The lack of information leads to speculation.

[louis-t]

50. His brain might still be bleeding.

He was probably on blood thinners. And if he were a Dem, they would be speculating about his gay lover attacking him.

[Iggo]

58. 'Cause he's a hundred.

Watch your step, Grandpa.

[getagrip_already]

62. I really don't care.....

Do you?

He is an aging racist republican fascist. The only thing important to him is winning his personal battles, the country be damned.

Whether or not he returns to the senate is irrelevant. Whoever replaces him will be chosen by republcans (the governor can't do it) and likely to be no better than any other old white guy with a gop lapel pin.

So the best thing that can happen politically is a long abscense from the senate. At least it removes one bad vote.

[DENVERPOPS]

111. YES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But I am sure the Republicans will make up some way that he is allowed to vote from his bed.....even if he is unconscious and on life support.

If he was/is on life support, it would give the Republicans lots of time to figure out what they were going to do, rather than making some shoot from the hip decisions.....

[getagrip_already]

118. Luckily we control the senate rules.....

The house did allow proxy voting during covid, but I'm not sure the senate did.

I'm pretty sure you have to be there to vote.

[Beastly Boy]

64. Give him time. He may still be tumbling down the stairs.

[ashredux]

68. Well, if he's unable to continue, I'm afraid of who will take his place

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

71. everytime Biden trips, going up airforce one steps, Rightwingers report on it with glee

[Ilsa]

72. My MIL, same age as MMcC, fell, had a gash on the back of her head,

blood on the floor, and although she said she didn't lose consciousness, we don't really know for sure. I called an ambulance for her. I brought her home five hours later after her tests were done and her scalp stitched up.

[patphil]

74. Assuming the worst, that McConnell can't continue as a Senator from Kentucky...

Democratic Governor Andrew Beshear would appoint a replacement from a list of 3 possible candidates provided by the leaders of the State Republican party.
I don't know what would happen if he decided he didn't like any of them and refused to make a choice. I don't know how long he could stall the process.

[BumRushDaShow]

81. CNN had thrown up a breaking banner about 30 minutes ago linking to this story --

Mitch McConnell acting normally and eager to be discharged from hospital, adviser tells CNN

By Manu Raju, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent
Published 2:14 PM EST, Fri March 10, 2023

CNN — Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell is lobbying virtually everyone he sees at the hospital for his release and is acting like his usual self, according to a senior adviser who has spent much of the past two days with him.

Josh Holmes, a top McConnell political adviser, told CNN that McConnell has been urging hospital staff to let him go, though he’s remained there for observation since Wednesday night after falling and hitting his head during a dinner at the Waldorf Astoria hotel. Doctors are treating him for a concussion.

Holmes told CNN that McConnell is acting normally and is eager to get out. When Holmes entered the room, McConnell’s first question: “Did you meet with the candidates today,” referring to potential Senate candidates. The Kentucky Republican also got a briefing from his chief of staff, Sharon Soderstrom, about the Thursday conference lunch that he missed. At the lunch, Alaskan halibut was served courtesty of Sen. Lisa Murkowski. “I’m sorry I missed the halibut,” McConnell said.

McConnell has been responding to colleagues but he has been forced to limit screen time because of concussion protocol. A person familiar with the matter said that McConnell has no visible wounds from the fall.

(snip)

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/10/politics/mitch-mcconnell-update-hospitalization/index.html

A lot of spin that was NOT afforded to MY Senator John Fetterman, who was trashed, bashed, slashed, dashed and left for dead (including from some on DU), with the media then focusing on "sick Democrats" but not "sick Republicans".

[kskiska]

87. "Acting normally." Bad news.

[blue neen]

134. This.

1000%.

Have we heard any cocaine-fueled diatribes from Trump, Jr. about McConnell's hospitalization? No, but he couldn't shut up his hateful and ugly mouth about Fetterman.

[LudwigPastorius]

83. I'm guessing it's a hemorrhagic stroke.

If you’re on Coumadin and you hit your head hard enough for a concussion, chances are you’ve got bleeding in the brain.

It would be treated with a clotting agent, but that would open him up to an ischaemic stroke.

[progressoid]

90. Gotta laugh at some of the responses.

Yes, they are funny. Also if similar things were said about a Dem it would be decried here as ageist.

[Joinfortmill]

91. He's over 80, so there's that.

[kimbutgar]

92. I wonder if he was pushed or tripped

The TFG hates his guts and I wouldn’t put it past one his supporters intentionally or ?accidentally? Causing him injury.

[Bird Lady]

93. Let me know

when it kills him.

[ananda]

98. Stroke?

???

[no_hypocrisy]

99. Mitch may have a hematoma or two,

that is, a blood clot, from the blow to his head. Might require anticoagulants or surgery.

[Wibly]

101. Respect people, respect

I swear, some of you sound as bad or worse than the Republicans.
The man is in his 80s. Get a concussion in your 80s and it can lead to all sorts of problems.
It is not unusual for a healthy person to be held for a few days after experiencing a concussion, let alone a man in his 80s who is high up in government.
It is also not unusual for families of such people to request privacy and respect while they deal with such a situation.
And it would not be out of the ordinary for the GOP to want to keep the well being of one of its leaders under wraps until such times as they can know themselves how he is doing.
Dems are always demanding respect, how about showing some?
I dislike McConnell as much as any of you, and think he is a pox on your nation, but he is also an old man who has just had a bad fall and it really is not your business why he's being held in hospital for a couple days.

[live love laugh]

108. If it worked the same for Dems I would agree. It doesn't.

McConnell is a prominent public figure not just any old man.

The public has a right to know about his condition.

Biden fell off a bike and it was nonstop. He hurt his foot and that was nonstop.

McConnell …. crickets.

[Paladin]

122. +1000. (nt)

[Jilly_in_VA]

125. We do NOT have to act like Faux Noise

just because we're from the other side. Geez, people. Grow the hell up.

[live love laugh]

130. "We" who? The media and their imbalanced coverage is at issue not "we".

“We” have no control over media coverage but I do have an opinion about it.

McConnell — and Republicans in general — deserve equal treatment by the media.

Period.

[Jilly_in_VA]

142. I am talking about us here at DU

some of the people on this thread are behaving like nasty schoolkids. Please do better.

[live love laugh]

143. Perhaps you should address "some of the people on this thread"

instead of singling me out.

Don’t bother responding you’re now blocked.

[nini]

123. I don't respect people who has done the things he has to democracy

Respect is earned and he chose to play along with fascist trump - so nope.

[brettdale]

103. Yep for sure if he was a Dem

Headine would be "Mitch's Gay fentanyl selling Lover..."

[live love laugh]

104. 3 Words: Republican Owned Media.

[Backseat Driver]

113. Don't think this fall is the first or his last; possibly due to post-polio syndrome...

DH fell forward on ice several years ago...broke his humerus near the shoulder without head injury, loss of consciousness or concussion. Two days later his arm and hand was black and blue down to the fingertips. At that point, he saw a doctor and was off work in a sling for 4 wks and some physical therapy for another two.

I don't think this is the first time McConnell has fallen; don't think it will be the last time. Likely had some complications to what was first described, technically a traumatic brain injury after a fall, much like those rough and tough NFL players who get their heads knocked about a few times. Recall the skier, Liam Neeson's wife, Natasha Richardson, who actually died after her insistence to avoid medical attention after a head injury fall on a beginner slope that turned out more dangerous than it first appeared.

The Turtle probably needs to think about wearing a nice soft helmet during daily waking hours barring other ailments.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

120. I figure he busted hs shell too and they're hiding it.

This will not be seen on Fox.....



KY......

[peggysue2]

126. WAPO reported McConnell had suffered a concussion in the fall

And that the man was being held for observation. He's what, 82? Makes sense at that age.

[malaise]

129. Is he still in hospital? n/t

[peggysue2]

137. As far as I know, Malaise

Haven't read or heard anything different. McConnell hasn't looked well for quite some time. Remember all the bruises on his hands last year? I thought sure he was failing at that point, and then he pushed for limiting Beshear in KY from appointing a replacement if a US Senator (maybe rep, too) was incapacitated and could no longer serve. He wanted to make sure only a Republican would fill the seat.

But McConnell defied predictions. The Turtle is stronger than he looks. Age is a factor, of course. If indeed it is a concussion and the jolt was severe, it could easily incapacitate.

[malaise]

139. Well turtles do have long lives

[peggysue2]

140. LOL!!

[LiberalFighter]

138. Maybe he was using viagra at the time and something else happened?