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SouthernCal_Dem

(852 posts)
Tue Oct 27, 2020, 03:33 PM Oct 2020

McConnell Insists His Health Is 'Just Fine' Despite His Bruised and Battered Appearance Last Week

McConnell Insists His Health Is ‘Just Fine’

October 27, 2020 at 3:04 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) declared his health is “just fine” Tuesday as he declined to explain photographs last week showing his hands bruised and bandaged, the Washington Post reports.

https://politicalwire.com/2020/10/27/mcconnell-insists-his-health-is-just-fine/

Here's what he looked like last week:


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McConnell Insists His Health Is 'Just Fine' Despite His Bruised and Battered Appearance Last Week (Original Post) SouthernCal_Dem Oct 2020 OP
Well that's disappointing. yankeepants Oct 2020 #1
Yeah, but he's a liar. LakeArenal Oct 2020 #2
McConnell is not well. ProudMNDemocrat Oct 2020 #3
McConnell is not well embalmed. lagomorph777 Oct 2020 #4
I'm sure its just thin skin bruising..my mothers hands would bruise up something awful... samnsara Oct 2020 #5
Major Heart Health Issues Wellstone ruled Oct 2020 #6

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,783 posts)
3. McConnell is not well.
Tue Oct 27, 2020, 03:40 PM
Oct 2020

Look at his skin color. On the pale side. Not enough oxygen is getting into the blood. This signals serious heart issues when oxygenated blood cannot get pumped throughout the body. First signs are the hands, ankles, feet, nose.

samnsara

(17,616 posts)
5. I'm sure its just thin skin bruising..my mothers hands would bruise up something awful...
Tue Oct 27, 2020, 03:50 PM
Oct 2020

...it scared me when I first saw it and asked her what happened..she was a nurse and explained how her skin just bruises...but it made her very self conscience about it afterwards

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