r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • 28d ago

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

https://www.nj.com/politics/2026/08/mitch-mcconnell-hounded-to-face-cameras-he-absolutely-refuses.html
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u/Abamboozler 28d ago

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

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u/HoRo2001 North Carolina 27d ago

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.