Republicans plan to hide 'brain dead' Trump like McConnell: critics

Left Hook podcaster Wajahat Ali and independent reporter Jim Acosta say they have no doubt that Republican leaders will try to duplicate their hide-and-seek tactic with “brain dead” Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Trump when the president inevitably deteriorates too far to function.

“What they're doing with Mitch McConnell — clearly the man is brain dead. Clearly, he's not here — and Donald Trump is 80 years old. He has two and a half years left to finish his term,” said Ali. “Jim, he's an old man, and part of life is death. Suppose he becomes incapacitated in some way? Suppose, God forbid, he becomes brain dead. What we're seeing [with McConnell] is a sneak preview of what they'll do to cover up Trump's health.”

Acosta cited Republican pundits and apparatchiks already claiming to have spoken to McConnell to push the ruse.

“There are all these people coming out of the woodwork saying ‘oh I had I had a chance to speak with Mitch McConnell.’ I think [GOP pundit] Scott Jennings came out and said ‘I spoke with him for 20 minutes’ and then somebody else came out and tweeted that they had spoken with him for 20 minutes. Oh, really? Everybody's getting their 20 minutes talking with Mitch McConnell,” said Acosta. “Of course they're going to lie about this and insist to everybody that he's fine because they don't want to disturb the balance of power in the Senate right now.”

Both agreed Trump is already deep into mental and physical deterioration after falling asleep during the Knicks game, America’s 250th celebration, the Pope’s funeral, and a public meeting with Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

“[Trump] literally said we had 11 missiles shot by the ‘Islamic Republic of Japan.’ He called [Ukraine President] Zelensky ‘President Putin,’” Ali said, adding that Trump managed to fall asleep during a recent fireworks display in DC that looked like an attack on “Fallujah.” They're unleashing all these fireworks, you see Donald Trump just blinking. He's knocked out. Madison Square Garden, knocked out. Pope's funeral, knocked out. Talking to Erdogan, knocked out.”

“What would happen if he had troubling bruises on both arms and his neck? What would happen if he were to say ‘Tic Tac’ instead of Tik Tok and claimed that the Islamic Republic of Japan had fired missiles?”

“It would have been a story for days,” confirmed Acosta. “… Joe Biden has one episode in one debate. Trump does this every g—— day of the week. It's every day. There's no time off from him being a goofball and literally nothing happens and the media is afraid to call it out.”

“We still don't know why he's gone to Walter Reed so many times,” said Ali. “We still don't know why he's had so many MRIs. When you have these marks on your neck and marks on both palms that's IV infusions. What are you getting infused with? Why are your cankles swelling? Why are you literally incapable of staying awake? … Trump is a carnival barker. He knows how to have the cameras look at him, so he knows this looks terrible. He knows the cameras are on him, and he still can't help it and he falls asleep.”