The news agency caption confirmed that the photo had been taken on October 20.

One usersaid: “He’s on heavy blood thinners, which cause that discoloration and bruising.

My mom was on those, and showed the same.”

Mitch McConnell’s hands

Another took a flying leap andsaid: “Possibly COVID rash.

COVID is a weird disease.

I had a rash from March to about August.

Close up, Mitch McConnell’s face

Still flares up every so often.”

Then in the ER the IV’s caused hand bruising."

And there were those who let their imaginations go,saying: “Omg.

It’s like he’s being consumed by his own evil.”

The Tweetercontinued: “The press was obsessed about Speaker Pelosi’s haircut & Hillary Clinton having pneumonia.

Mitch McConnell has an obvious health condition and not one question and no reporting?