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  Trump confidante says Mitch McConnell is "brain dead" Look, we obviously take anything Laura Loomer says with a giant grain of salt, but Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell's office has been anything but forthcoming regarding the ailing 84-year-old's health, so speculation is understandably running wild. McConnell, who has visibly deteriorated over the past few years — suffered a heart attack on June 14, and his aides have refused to provide any further details about his condition other than insisting he was recovering in the hospital. "High level source close to the White House tells me 'Mitch McConnell is officially brain dead. He's not coming back,'" Loomer wrote on nüTwitter. Desiree Townsend, the real journalist who first obtained a recording from emergency responders saying McConnell was unconscious after suffering a cardiac arrest, echoed Loomer's claims, writing, "I have heard the same thing from my sources for days. At this point, I...