I forgot the medical term but when you have a REALLY bad liver the blood starts to take other ways to the heart to circumvent it (kollateral paths).
One path is going through your oesophagus so your venes widen very much. With the widening the risk of a rupture starts to increase very much and as soon as it does, there is nothing much that can save you.
I am not saying he got that but the description fits very much on point.
No she is gearing up for when trump takes over.
Keep in mind the nazis took power at a time when their votes weren't at their then all-time-high anymore and never had a majority by themselves.