at the bookstore.

Additionally, my internal silly-sense tells me that U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell crossed the bridge (to that fiery place) just prior to his hospitalization on 14 June 2026.

And he has been gone ever since...

Jeezus.

early 2009 while being transferred from the hospital to a rehab facility, my parents were at Obama’s inauguration. They didn’t return home immediately (other relatives were present) because the relative was kept in a medically induced coma for a few days to allow time to heal before being brought out of the coma to see if they suffered brain damage or could recover. I believe it’s a pretty standard treatment approach.

It’s possible that Chao was waiting to see if Mitch woke up after being in an induced coma.

He's too old and sickly. Everyone knows he's on his way out.

Has anyone seen her? I want proof! I want proof of her hubby, the evil spawn, being alive too. They only know how to lie, cheat and steal. Greedy, psychopathic, hypocritical sadists.

Anybody can do a Mitch McConnell voice impression.

Also, she's a private citizen and not a government official.

of the United States.

with the Logan Act restrictions.

It says "AMBASSADOR to China"---an AMERICAN.

She also met with the U.S. Ambassador to China on her trip. Source: https://people.com/mitch-mcconnell-wife-elaine-chao-breaks-silence-on-hospitalization-china-trip-12014201

that there was no point of returning.

ALso... "The Senator's health...." that must be one very loving household.

A marriage of convenience, lacking even friendship or consideration.

Most of us are going to see it your way.

He peddles bullshit on CNN and gets called out for it quite frequently. He just keeps peddling because he operates under the same type of thinking as Trump - that being, that if you say something loud enough and long enough, others will believe it.

Sorry, I don't believe it.

Please note the word that I'm using here - "imply" as in being said purposefully.

It does not say when she actually went to China, and I thought she was said to have gone to China after McConnell was picked up by ambulance. It wouldn't make sense that she went to China after her husband had experienced a cardiac arrest.

If she was in China and he had the cardiac arrest, wouldn't it be reasonable for a spouse to immediately return to take care of matters personally? So that doesn't make sense either.

None of that statement makes enough sense to make even an idiot believe it.

few days and then begin outpatient rehab.

Anyone who is bedridden is either:
Sent home
Sent to another facilitiy

He would be in a skilled nursing facility
However, I took care of kids on vents who were severly brain damaged at their homes.

The police scanner that night stated that he was given CPR. That's not done for heart attacks. It's done for cardiac arrests, when the heart stops beating.

CPR is the alternative to immediate death but few elderly patients ever recover. CPR itself causes pretty heavy damage to the body - broken ribs, sometimes other broken bones.

If the cardiac arrest lasted more than a few seconds there is brain damage from lack of oxygen to the brain.

I don't know if McConnell is alive or dead but if he's alive he's probably in pretty bad shape, physically and cognitively. He could stay in the hospital for weeks or even months and never recover.

So when she claims his health didn't warrant a return from the trip, what in the world does that mean? A man over 80 who had a cardiac arrest is not going to be in good shape, even if not dead. How does that not warrant a return from a trip?

So I think all his fellow senators should rush right over with gifts and cards and balloons to celebrate his recovery and take lots of selfies!

Was wondering why she wasn’t at his bedside.

With compassion that matches King Tofu’s, Elaine’s family truly is rich beyond measure.



Don’t ask about the 40 kilos of cocaine in the hold of Foremost Shipping MV Ping May in Columbia just that one time in 2014.

Source: https://typeinvestigations.org/investigation/2014/10/30/mcconnells-ties-to-a-shadowy-shipping-company/

It could be that she just doesn't want to be there when the infernal maw opens up to swallow him.

For 8 fucking hours until the surgery nurse lead called me to let me know my partner was out, surgery was successful and it would still be hours before I’d be able to see him in recovery. Then I left for a couple hours to soothe my rattled nerves.
I’d be goddamned if he collapsed and I wasn’t on the next flight home. We had contingency plans for when I had to be in the US if his surgery was brought forward- no chance I was letting him deal with it alone.

I agree that this statement by Chao is bizarre.

A man over 80 had a cardiac arrest, was taken to the hospital, but it doesn't warrant a return from a trip?
All righty then.

Long recovery ahead and hopeful that the cancer hasn’t spread beyond the prostate. But he’s young and strong and handled the surgery like a champ ☺️

Wild horses couldn't drag me away.

But Republicans are weird, soulless creatures.