Mitch McConnell. Photo: JIM LO SCALZO/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Earlier this week, an arresting image emerged online: a tightly cropped photograph of discolored, purplish hands bearing a few small bandages, limply hanging from the sleeves of a black suit. They belonged to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Due to its haunting nature, the photo — which was captured on October 20 — quickly took off on social-media platforms.
Speculation about McConnell’s health abounded, and people pointed out that the area around his mouth also appeared bruised. There were several theories as to what could have happened, with some even wondering whether he might have had the coronavirus. A few days later, McConnell seemed to address the online uproar directly, insisting that absolutely nothing is wrong with his health.
According to the Courier-Journal reports, during a press pool on Capitol Hill yesterday, a reporter asked the longtime Kentucky senator him if there is “anything going on we should know about,” to which McConnell responded firmly, “Of course not.” When pressed by a different reporter if he was seeing a doctor, McConnell refused to respond.
If McConnell is in good health, as he claims, then the 78-year-old should be able to freely continue pursuing his lifelong passion: thwarting Democratic proposals and bolstering his reputation as one of the greatest obstructionists in U.S. political history. As of now, he’s on track to win what would be his seventh six-year term.
Regardless, the purplish hands — and apparent bruising above his lip — are fitting for a man who has proudly referred to himself the “Grim Reaper.”
First rule of fight club...
He’s so gross.
His disgustingness is peeking from the inside out
And his lips!
Blood thinners.
I think he died years ago and was taken over by a demon.
His faced is caked with makeup too.
speculation about Mitch McConnell's health reveals concerns-fears-rages-bitterness of Americans...though many offer up analysis few offer sympathy...McConnell has made himself into inadvertent lightning rod drawing in collective disgust with GOP activities
Hello
He is dying
Nothing to see here. Who you gonna believe? Me or your own eyes?
Looks like a fall. Bruise on chin, lip, and a cut on nose from glasses
Wine lips
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He’s been beat up or has something going on with his heart.
Pelosi put the purple curse on him!!!!!
Now do Biden's health. Or Hillary's
Jk67Joan
Just bad makeup choices. He will glow next week with the new Chanel collection. 😜
Purpura fulminans is a thrombotic subtype of disseminated intravascular coagulation that can accompany severe infections. Thrombotic? 🤔 like COVID19? He’s on massive blood thinners which will make dark color worse but save his life
Looks like he fell hitting his right eye, upper lips, chin and hands while taking a blood thinner like warfarin. He is not well physically or morally.
hopefully someone finally kicked his ass.
He's on blood thinners and he's done a face plant. Look carefully at the bridge of his nose on his left just under the bridge of his glasses there is a tiny abrasion. Plus he's got yellow bruising under the makeup and a chin abrasion.
Mitch McConnell looks like he tried to beat the shit out of someone with his fists and got punched in the mouth. He has a history of heart disease and is presumably on blood thinners/antiplatelet agents hence the easy bruising.
If that is considered “the picture of health,” then we really are in the Twilight Zone. He literally doesn’t know how to tell the truth, after years and years of nothing but lies.
And that’s with tons of makeup on his face!!!
Mitch should have borrowed some of Trump's pancake makeup.
senatemajldr has done some evil things.
Cthulhu has kept this shell alive for too long and has decided upon another
corts__world senatemajldr disgusting swamp monster. ghostoffuturepast
He may be linked to some kind of mafia - Russian or Chinese is anyone says guess! Wonder if this was a shake down?! Given all the crap he has allowed to happen Irving will surprise me anymore!
His lips are black too.
McConnell's hands look like they DIED.
Blood clot?
Lying lizard
And the blue lips? Should he be in hospital instead of running around in DC?
His nose is peeling off as well.
A lot of people say that he arm-wrestled with Pelosi. He clearly lost. Alotofpeoplesay
Rotting
Maybe his hands were bruised from wearing tight pants and hurt them tucking in his shirt.
Either he beat someone with his own hands or he was beaten by someone else’s.
I consulted the literature and it turns out this is a fairly common condition among 'the undead'
there is more to the photo than meets the eye...full disclosure...
He probably fell. Does he drink too much Kentucky whiskey?
Autarkh At least we know he’s one Horcrux down.
S & M?
Autarkh Dead man walking, who knows?
Is the Horcrux finally showing its effects on Manipulative McConnell?
Looked like an intonation tube bruise and IV bruises and infiltration on his hands. He is not well.
Why would anyone believe what he says?
This reminds me of the guy from Book of Eli that was rotting away
His soul is rotting. Nothing to see here...
When you are older you bruise easily.
Ok, that’s an obvious lie
Leukemia or ITP.
The Strom Thurmond of this generation, never leaving office
Ask a doctor what it means. I think something is going on.
Marks on his face suggest he has been on a respirator! Does he have Covid! would explain unsightly rush to confirm Barrett.
Maybe God is punishing the Devil.
I am worried some of his wife relatives battered him which he can’t report or else.
chuck_rushton Weekend at Bernie's.
Seriously, who had alien takes over Mitch McConnell’s body, days before 2020 election, on their bingo card? Or Science finds a way to keep Mitch moving, long after death? Or Leprosy resurgence in GOP?
Did his spouse punch him in the face, then he tried to break the fall?
the soul is so disconnected from its physical body that it legitimately does not know.
Sure there is, it's called soul rot
Mitch McConnell shows evidence that he is an actual walking dead man.
He’s fine! My grandmother had the exact same thing happen to her. It goes away in 3-4 months. It was almost gone on my grandma, but then she passed away unexpectedly.
He went to hell.
He is shedding his skin to reveal he is the devil
TheCut Not just his hands, his face too. I owe someone a beer 🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺 🍺 🍺
509ShawnG Why are republicans lying sooooo much ? Allllllll the time ? Why ? Really, shouting, fighting, yelling, mocking, bullying, bad joking is all they do. Why ?
The leeches didn’t work
The Kentucky electorate has a right to know about any health issues with Senator McConnell. If he had an accident, he has a professional responsibility to disclose how he was injured. McConnellsHands Disclosure
Did Rand Paul neighbor beat him up too?
At the very least, his wife probably punched him in the face.
Work of Trump's handyman man?
I think he was beaten. He has too many secrets and this looks like a warning.
he will cling to power with his last breath as Satan drags him to hell.
Yea, normal to have purple hands and yellow brushing on your face
The rot from the inside is beginning to show on the outside!
why start telling the truth now
Mitch needs to make friends with the TRUTH.
Maybe being the king of hypocrisy is a sickness that will kill you. GrimReaperMcConnell
The Mummy 3
there was no more of his soul left to rot, so his hands were next
POS.
Can they just start the autopsy now?
Mitch got his arse kicked by somebody....!!
warfarin necrosis, rare complication of being on blood thinners
And lips
Did SpeakerPelosi Slap him around a bit? 😳🤦♀️🤣
Probably shook hands with Rudy Giuliani and this was the result.
Egads, that doesnt look good! 🤔 one website suggests, scurvy (doubt this) or senile purpura. Has he tested for Covid? 😳
The rigamortis has begun to set in.
Yikes that's pretty scary & gross looking
fully read this phrase in the article 'As of now, he’s on track to win what would be his seventh six-year term' as As of now, he’s on track to win what would be his seventy-sixth term.
His devil make up is coming off.
The entire Republican Party lives in a bubble of denial
Violet. You’re turning violet, Violet.
It’s pretty obvious that’s he’s rotting from the inside out.
He literally looks embalmed.
45 prolly got him shootin up
When he takes the concealer off
He's lying. Even though medical privacy matters, a legislator at that level of the chain of command needs to be upfront with US public.
He tripped over his oversized turtle shell.
And the bridge of his nose.
just another lie. there is no way that man is healthy or hasn't suffered some form of incident. not a chance.
The formaldehyde is running low
Rough sex with a turtle?
He's just been getting make-up tips from Morticia Addams. Well, it is almost Halloween. Cut him some slack.
Are we still doing this? He fell. The purple areas are old blood that traveled down his arm from broken blood vessels. This happened to my dad quite frequently. He will be fine. The question is, why is he falling?
It’s the poison inside him
There must be a 💩 pipe blockage🤔
Clearly, he just got the beatings to make sure he doesn't sway from the right-wing mob.
his wife whacked him and he defended himself with his arms ?
And Lips? Lizard King ain’t hiding no more. The dead will be undead.
His evilness is eating him within.
I work in health care looks to me like he probably fell .
I'm fine.
Tucking his shirt in on the bed
He can still cast that vote for Barrett. Sorry NYMag
Covid 19
he’s permanent halloween
His dead soul is slowly killing the rest of him.
First rule of fight club..
Autarkh
tcj He fell down from too much laughing (when asked about the fairness of rushing a confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court)...
he’s a ghoul
Did vlads thugs pay him a visit?
Is he molting?
He wouldn't tell you the truth anyway, why ask?
anybody think to ask a doctor what this might be or is that too hard?
What happened to him?
Then perhaps his vision is shot as well.
Yeah right. His hands are so purple and bruised I thought he was wearing a costume. Wait, do turtles have some kind of hand and claw disease? Maybe?
The human exoskeleton is coming off, his lizard body is coming out!
MoscowMitch
He’s got a lot of makeup on in this photo and you can still see where his glasses cut him on the bridge of nose. Looks like he fell.
Once he rams Amy Coney Barrett through the confirmation process his work will be complete, then he can die knowing he fucked us all.
Looks like his face is bruised, too. A fall?
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