People make a big deal about whether or not Mitch McConnell is dead or in a persistent vegetative state. It's perfectly normal for high-ranking politicians to be hooked up to machines while others carry out their duties... in corrupt nations of the Global South. It's not democracy there, either.
Fifty-three days and counting: 93-year-old leader’s record absence fuels health speculationCameroon’s Paul Biya has not made a statement or been seen since leaving for ‘brief private stay’ at Swiss hotel on 7 Junewww.theguardian.com