US senator Mitch McConnell on Sunday revealed for the first time that a fall led to his hospitalization, breaking the silence about the Kentucky Republican’s condition after weeks of mounting speculation about his health.
The statement included a smiling picture of McConnell with his wife, Elaine Chao, a tacit response to speculation online that he had died or was incapacitated. McConnell held a copy of Sunday’s Washington Post sports section in his hand.
Yeah, they took this photo months ago, and planned on photoshopping in any paper they needed. Kentucky GOP has been preparing for this eventuality.
EDIT: looks like he’s missing some fingernails
Those are his knuckles maybe
Ok, that makes sense. The grasp is weird. Like shoving a paper into a dead man’s hand.
It’s a grasping response…
One of the things they check new orns for, shove something near a baby and they grab it. The hand is a sign that his brain is done cooking, his eyes may be open, but there’s no higher function going on. And he’s probably juiced to the gills to get this picture