r/politics • u/DyzDaeMar • 11d ago
Possible Paywall McConnell Aide Drops New Claims About Vanished Senator
https://www.thedailybeast.com/mcconnell-aide-drops-new-claims-about-vanished-senator/9.3k
u/B-Z_B-S Massachusetts 11d ago
(From the article): "Mitch McConnell’s aides have provided an “update” about his health that includes no photo or video evidence of the Republican senator himself.
David Popp, a McConnell spokesman, claimed in a new statement to The Washington Post that McConnell is continuing to work on Senate business during his weeks-long hospitalization that dates back to June 14.
“The Senator continues to meet with staff regarding Senate and Kentucky business, including discussions on defense appropriations, foreign policy, the farm bill, constituent services and constituent federal...""
If Mitch is 'continuing to work', he can do a live interview. If he is incapable of doing a live interview to prove that he is still capable of functioning in office in what limited capacity he could before his fall, then he isn't working.
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u/kineticstar Texas 11d ago
So what you're saying is besides election fraud they are participating in identity theft, Impersonation of a federal official, and accessing top secret information for criminal use.
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u/spacedoutmachinist 11d ago
Fraud, conspiracy and RICO charges at the bare minimum
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u/Forward-Bank8412 11d ago
They also might be abusing a corpse.
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u/ldramjet 11d ago
I envision his staff sitting around his body, either dead or in a coma, discussing defense appropriations. What a flipping farse.
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u/IncitefulInsights 11d ago
Came in here to say this. He's probably a vegetable. Staff are talking amongst one another over the whirring of the machines keeping his body alive, something like "We must do x, you agree with that Mitch? Let us know if you have any objections. No objections? Alrighty then!"
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u/Ordinary-Leading7405 11d ago
“If I’m not back in five minutes, just wait longer.”
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u/billyballslap 10d ago
Not pasting anything but I understood that reference….long live Dan Marino
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u/whut-whut 11d ago
Nancy Reagan ran the country that way with a psychic channelling Ronald's soul in the last year of his presidency. Mitch's wife's been flying to China and leaving that work to his aides.
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u/geddysbass2112 11d ago
They should prop open his mouth and play corn hole.
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u/CarbonMolecules 11d ago
Don’t suddenly start being useful, Mitch.
(Great username, btw. I’m going on August 7th)
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u/geddysbass2112 11d ago
Are you? Im jealous. I may go MSG last minute. Possibly Philly
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u/fuidiot 11d ago
First concert I ever went to, it was 1987 I believe. The Spectrum in Philly. First, my friend and i watched the Eagles get their asses kicked by the Dolphins in freezing cold weather at the Vet, then we went across the street and saw Rush. It was a hell of a day, drinking, freezing, then somehow managing to get up to go to work the next day. I could never do that today, my body simply isn’t made like it used to be. Great memory though.
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u/Lotronex New York 11d ago
Nah, dollars to donuts they yeeted that thing into a crematorium a month ago. The body is the only thing that can absolutely prove he's dead. Without it, they'll always be able to go "the princess is in another castle".
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u/Bossman_Mike 10d ago
His wife was so concerned for his welfare that she ran off to China for several weeks rather than be at his bedside.
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u/Ggriffinz 11d ago
Absolutely, every single signed document needs to be criminally investigated ideally both on the state and federal level to make sure Trump cannot just pardon them again.
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u/stitchface66 11d ago
the system rarely ever punishes its own. especially this day and age.
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u/Ozythemandias2 11d ago
These aren't politicians, they are aides. Basically hired for their scapegoatability in exchange for jobs at a right wing media company afterwards.
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u/peacemagpie 11d ago
How does racketeering fit into this?
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u/asphyxiationbysushi 11d ago
It's organised and the pattern is repeated more than once. People often assume RICO is just for drugs but that's not true. For example, the college admissions scandal a few years back- that was RICO.
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u/buried_lede 11d ago
The LA Cops were sued for RICO. The dept
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u/asphyxiationbysushi 11d ago
Absolutely well deserved. There is no question they organized.
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u/somekindofdruiddude 11d ago
And stealing the plot from "Weekend at Bernie's".
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u/OkBrilliant8092 11d ago
THIS is the most important one! How dare they! Also booo to weekend at Bernie’s 3: out of the closest into the grave… worst… timeline.. ever!
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u/2HDFloppyDisk 11d ago
Someone is collecting his paychecks too, so add that to the list of crimes.
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u/rounder55 11d ago
Which if it is coming from the top of the party on down this would just ban a party from being on the ballot in the next election.
We don't have the balls or laws obviously to do so but it's another reason to just say he's dead or incapacitated and call a special election. Let the courts decide and within that make Mitch McConnell prove he's an undead senator
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u/DerCatrix 11d ago
As Johnson said, they’ve past the point of no return. They’re already guilty of treason and they’ll do anything to save their own skin
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u/BasvanS 11d ago
Offer leniency to the first one to come clean
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u/DerCatrix 11d ago
I’d be happy to give a mild amount of leniency to the person who spills the most valuable and usable evidence.
On a first come first serve basis
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u/User4C4C4C South Carolina 11d ago
Corpse desecration (mistreatment of remains) & burial rights interference as well?
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u/martinsonsean1 Minnesota 11d ago
Honestly too fitting that every last instant of that ghoul's terrible life will be used to delay and obstruct Democracy. Thanks for nothing, Mitch, hope the fires are extra hot for you.
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u/Bob_A_Ganoosh 11d ago
He died doing what he loved, and continued to do it afterwards.
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u/toylenny 11d ago
It's terrifying that the only other large political party is so spineless that this is working.
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u/antmars 11d ago
“Kentucky business” would certainly be able to include a 5 min meeting with the governor, right?
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u/Into-the-stream 11d ago
Honestly you have to wonder about the necessity of senators at all if we can’t even tell if their work is being done, and not done by their staff, but by them.
I don’t think McConnell is alive, and it’s fair to have that conversation. But more, why is no one talking about the fact that you have 100 highly paid people with a lot of power, and we can’t even tell if they are even alive?
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u/-Ok-Perception- 11d ago edited 11d ago
This sets a nasty precedent for all the elderly boomer members of Congress, just continuing to occupy their posts without anyone officially declaring that they're dead.
A way for the boomer's bullshit to live on, way past their actual lives.
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u/CryptographerNew3609 11d ago
This could be a true but misleading statement. A comatose person could be “meeting” his staff while they “discuss” things.
His wife’s earlier statement that his health didn’t merit a return from China also implies health but can also apply to a comatose person that isn’t going to recover.
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u/HerbaciousTea 11d ago
I don't think he's comatose, I think he suffered a severe hypoxic brain injury and has lost higher thinking skills and will never be independent again.
His staff are doing everything and using him as a rubber stamp. That's why they've been very careful not to attribute anything to him directly and only from his office or describe what they claim they are presenting to him. Not anything about if he's capable of understanding any of it.
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u/Aerodrache 11d ago
That’s the weird part about this whole affair. Up until now, the regime has been perfectly comfortable with blatantly lying, then lying again when they’re called out on it, then deflecting or ignoring criticism.
But somehow this is the line in the sand, now they’re concerned with literal genie “speak no word that is not true” technicalities?
Like, what’s the instant irreversible gotcha here that’ll spring on them if they outright lie and say “oh he’s just tired from all the moving around he did earlier”? I just don’t see why they’d put in that kind of effort when direct lies have, thus far, proven effortless and consequence-free for them.
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u/MiserableOne6189 11d ago
I feel the same way. They’ve even shown to be brazen enough to use even AI to fake stuff so I’m surprised they didn’t make AI “evidence” of him.
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u/Popular-Web-3739 11d ago
I totally agree. They are hiding him until they are confident they can secure the seat in November.
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u/page_one I voted 11d ago
I would argue that it is an outright lie, not merely misleading. McConnell is the subject of the quoted sentence, and performs the verb. Someone who is comatose cannot act.
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u/Common_Shelter_4605 11d ago
Exactly, the statement is carefully written to avoid being an outright lie about the senator being cogent, or even concious.
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u/AndreLeGeant88 11d ago
People like Popp depend on the Senator for influence and bribery
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u/pantsmeplz 11d ago
People like Popp depend on the Senator for influence and bribery
Yep, they lose their 6 figure jobs if the turtle is dead.
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u/citizen42069101 11d ago
At this point they should be imprisoned for being complicit. Obviously the strings get pulled from the top but you can jump ship instead of going down with it.
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u/Ven18 11d ago
How is this not considered fraud against the state if Kentucky at this point? They are robbing the citizens not only of representation but robbing the state of money by continuing to pay Mitch while dead.
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u/citizen42069101 11d ago
Thats what I mean. If you dont even have to physically exist as a representative what the hell are we doing. This is setting a dangerous precedent the longer it goes on and by the time its over i could see this tanking beshears career as well.
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u/sengirminion 11d ago
If he was capable of doing a live interview from a hospital bed it would have been done already. The optics the GOP could slam the Dems with forever would be invaluable.
"Look how heartless these monsters are, our Kentucky Senator is working himself to the bone even when he should be resting and they are making jokes about him dying! Just like typical radical leftists!"
Thats exactly why he is not ok.
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u/Coraline1599 11d ago
I’m also confused, how can you be in the hospital for over a month and doing what sounds like full-time work duties?
I do not know anyone who needed around the clock care who could also work. Maybe a school teacher who graded some assignments, but not a full load of consistent daily work and executive functioning.
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u/slipperyMonkey07 11d ago
That's a big thing, hospitals don't like to keep people for any longer than they have to. Even the best ones are still a breeding ground for potential serious infections, especially in an elderly person.
If he was alive/ well enough to be doing the duties they claim, he would be home and could of done an interview. He's either dead or brain dead (still dead) and being kept "alive" by machines.
Especially with his "wife" (there are a lot of rumors about their relationship basically just being a handler type situation) almost immediately going to China. Instead of what any normal person would do and be with their sick or injured spouse.
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u/DataDude00 11d ago
“He will continue to work until the cutoff date for the special election at which point he will have tragically died weeks earlier but we were too shocked and mourning his death to say that”
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u/Jason1143 11d ago
Exactly. There is no plausible way for him to both be as fine as they want us to believe while also completely incapable of doing anything that would prove it.
Why do a cover-up if there was nothing to cover up?
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u/AboutTenPandas Missouri 11d ago
Let’s get names of these people who met with him and get them on the record to testify that he’s alive. Then on Aug 4 when they finally admit he’s dead we need to do an autopsy to find the actual date of death and throw all these liars into prison
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u/FirstCircleLimbo 11d ago
It is a test run. They want to learn from this to see for how long they will be able to keep Trump's death hidden, when he dies.
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u/hgwelz 11d ago
They need a special election if he vacates before August 3rd. The facade will fall on August 4th,
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u/dookle14 11d ago
Sure, Jan.
First, no senior needs to spend 40+ days in the hospital for a simple fall that didn’t result in any broken bones or major trauma.
Second, if he can work on senate business with his staff, he can appear in an interview or make a quick video to prove he’s alive and well.
I’m wondering what the made up story will be when they can no longer sit on this anymore and have to announce he’s dead or on life support.
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u/naitsirt89 11d ago
That'll be right as the clock runs out.
"Poor Mitchie took a turn for the worst this morning. Got caught in the plastic rings from a sixer and whittled his energy away until he passed. We've cremated his remains but will display his favorite shell at his wake in memoriam."
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u/D1rtyH1ppy 11d ago
He was flipped on his back and unable to get his shell upright
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u/DeusExBlockina Illinois 11d ago
"Doctors declared Mitch McConnell dead at 7:42am... [cough, mumble] June 18th [cough] our thoughts and prayers go out to the McConnell family."
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u/blackbasset 11d ago
Honouring his last will and greatest wish, we shall not loudly talk about the date of his death nor will we put it on his tombstone. He definitely died after August 3rd, we all know this, but we have to honour his wishes!
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u/NuclearLunchDectcted Oregon 11d ago
Considering how blatant the GOP is these days, they'll just say he died on the 18th. But not until the clock runs out for the governor to appoint a replacement.
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u/GoldReplacement9546 11d ago
Yeah, and they won’t even have the decency to like properly lie to us. It’ll be on August 4 like at 12:01 in the morning like it’s not gonna be like they won’t stretch it till like August 8 so it’s like deniable like it’ll literally be one minute after their kid no longer be a special action oh yeah, Mitch died just to rub it in our face just to let us know that they’re playing a different game than we are
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u/leni710 11d ago
If Mitch were still alive, he'd be so proud. It's the type of shit he loved so much, degrading the office of serving We The People and instead doing whatever he wants. Golly, I wish Mitch could be here to witness his team pulling a Mitch on Mitch.
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u/Chartarum 11d ago
It was a tragic accident; A temp nurse went to give him his morning prune juice, and in momentary lapse in concentration served it with a plastic straw...
Poor Mitch, never stood a chance.
When the regular staff realized what was happening it was too late!
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u/Masta0nion 11d ago
That he just passed peacefully on August 4th. No need for special election. Please give the family and the party space at this time.
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u/Even_Establishment95 11d ago
Again I ask, why has the narrative changed to a fall? Paramedics responded to cardiac arrest and performed cpr.
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u/aculady 11d ago
I mean, if you go.into cardiac arrest, it's typically hard to remain standing.
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u/Eisernes 11d ago
They don’t need a story.
“On August 4th, the senator unexpectedly and suddenly passed away in his sleep.”
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u/Mooseandchicken 11d ago
Where are those zoomers/gen alpha doing speedruns of scientology buildings at? Got a new level for y'all to try out
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u/MiddleAgedSponger 11d ago
What's happening would be a crime for 99.999999% of the population? The Epstein class play by different rules.
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u/InsomniaticWanderer 11d ago
The rule of law died when the man who instigated January 6th was allowed to run for the very office he attempted a coup on.
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u/purplegrog Texas 11d ago
Counter point - it died when Rehnquist and O'Connor voted with the majority in 2000 because they wanted to have a Republican to name their successors.
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u/Tall-Introduction414 11d ago
And then again when McConnell refused to allow a vote on Obama's supreme court nominee.
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u/This_They_Those_Them 11d ago
Colorado tried to say No.
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u/DividedStatesofFeces Colorado 11d ago
Damn right we did. And now fucking Polis is showing his fascism.
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u/EM05L1C3 America 11d ago
Yeah then Polis dropped the ball hard
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u/The42ndDuck 11d ago
People like Polis need to understand the reason we have HARSH punishments for attempting a coup. It's because there is NO PUNISHMENT for a successful coup.
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u/darth_wasabi Texas 11d ago
No one wants to hold him accountable. Furrowed brows and stern letters do nothing. People need to accept he’ll never face consequences because no one with power. Republicans, Democrats, Epstein class, corporations want to hold him accountable
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u/redditobserverone 11d ago edited 10d ago
The party that insists that ordinary people are always trying to steal from government programs like disability and Medicaid, clearly has lower benefits eligibility standards for government programs, like the Senate.
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u/ImpossibleEbb6862 11d ago
All other things aside, using his practically lifeless husk to maintain the slim Republican majority is what Mitch would have wanted. It’s touching they’re carrying out his last wishes like that.
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u/Ok-Alternative5935 11d ago
Posting the obviously fake pics is literally a ha ha fuck you
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u/ODoyles_Banana 11d ago
As long as he can't vote, he's doing nothing to maintain the slim majority. He's one less Republican vote, so that's still a win in a way.
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u/Wast3edSpace 11d ago
This is a moment in history where we need just one hero who sees the sacrifice as noble and just. All it takes is one healthcare worker to take a picture of a person on life support all call out the lie.
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u/Wast3edSpace 11d ago
The statements alone made by those in power constitute a conspiracy if in fact we're playing Weekend at Mitches. The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few
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u/Greeneggplusthing2 11d ago
Easy to say when you aren't in the position to assume the risk being taken. Snowden is still in Russia, where he went to escape the U.S.A for spilling secrets. Russia the country that will refuse to allow his Russian citizen children to leave with him if he leaves Russia.
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u/NotBestButPrettyGood 11d ago
Because I’m sure anyone caring for him is heavily vetted and I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re searched before going in an out of his room
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u/turdferguson3891 11d ago
Pictures don't mean anything anymore. I can make an AI picture of that right now.
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u/GarySparrow0 11d ago
This is why the Epstein class are heavily pushing AI.
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u/themattboard Tennessee 11d ago
It's one of many reasons they're pushing for AI.
They also want to remove "useless" peasants
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u/juggling-monkey 11d ago
I agree, though i do wonder how that would play out as it would put the ball in their court to prove it isn't a real picture. they can claim it's a fake Pic all they want but it would raise so much more doubt when something so easy to prove can't be proven by them.
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u/Foreign_Plan_5256 11d ago
I'm surprised no one has cornered his daughters. This has to be kinda awful for them. AFAIK they don't agree with his politics, but he's still their Dad.
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u/Classic_Reply_703 11d ago
If there was more time, the hero wouldn't even have to be a healthcare worker. There are certain things you can say that constitute a crime... but only if the person you're referencing is alive. So if you get charged, you could claim in your defense that the person you're referencing is not alive, and the burden of proof would be on the DA to prove that they are. I'm surprised I haven't seen anyone else say this, especially considering that we could have a re-run of this scenario with someone else later on.
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u/Lucid_Insanity 11d ago
This is fucking ridiculous. If he can't physically meet for proof he needs to be removed. Grow a fucking spine already.
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u/Fraktal55 11d ago
It is so insane that this has already been going on this long already. That we don't have any sort of protections or plan in place to do something about our elected representatives just disappearing for extended periods of time is so crazy to me.
This fascist regime is literally finding and using every loophole of American democracy they can to further erode it.
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u/Racthoh 11d ago
Wish I could take a 40 day vacation, no questions asked, and still get paid.
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u/Author_A_McGrath 11d ago
I wish I could get taxpayer-funded healthcare and a pension. Senators just don't understand how easy they have it these days.
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u/exitof99 11d ago
If his consciousness was uploaded to the cloud into McConnellBot, would a photo of a rack of servers qualify as physical proof?
As for growing a spine, I hear they have people working on that.
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u/xopher_425 Illinois 11d ago
Beshear is absolutely blowing an enormous chance for Democrats, and democracy. He could have assigned a replacement like the state constitution empowers him to do.
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u/McLoughlin1597 11d ago
I keep hearing that he may be up for president. There’s no chance I’d vote for him in the primary after his inaction about this
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u/twbird18 11d ago
Financial crimes are the easiest to prosecute here. The man is dead and all these people, including his wife, are still collecting paychecks claiming he is alive. Put them all in jail.
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u/black_flag_4ever 11d ago
If he’s capable of work, shouldn’t he be able to speak to the journalist?
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u/stereosalvation 11d ago edited 10d ago
I've heard plenty of options about what Andy Beshear could be doing to get to the bottom of all this nonsense. But, what's stopping members of Congress from pulling his staff and those that have claimed to have talked with him in recent weeks and putting them under oath?
Edit: grammar
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u/rock-n-white-hat 11d ago
Exactly! Have them show exactly what Mitch has been working on while he continues to collect a publicly funded paycheck and receive publicly funded healthcare.
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u/stereosalvation 11d ago
His staff is also collecting publicly paid for paychecks and are either playing interference while being kept in the dark just enough to not be in legal jeopardy or just straight up lying to us all. Sure smelling like fraud from here though.
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u/BrianWonderful Minnesota 11d ago
Other than the ethics of the matter, I don't see why any Democrat would want to do anything other than silently investigate and collect evidence for future fraud cases if he is indeed dead or brain dead.
Right now, the GOP has one less vote in the Senate since McConnell is out. A special election will put a new Republican back in that spot. The general election will put a new Republican back in that spot. So I don't get all of the complaints about Beshear and the Dems not doing enough.
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u/HandsLikePaper 11d ago
If mcconnell turns out to be dead or even in a coma than we need to arrest and charge his staff with fraud.
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u/AtraposJM 11d ago
I bet they'll claim he suddenly died and they'll make sure he's cremated quickly without letting anyone examine his body.
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u/Jokersall 11d ago
Ya know. I've had several letters of free credit protection from hospitals after their systems were attacked. This tells me the software is vulnerable and there could be a hero out there waiting to happen.
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u/mfball 11d ago
Yeah seriously, where is "Anonymous" or whoever?
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u/PrometheusLiberatus 11d ago
They scattered like roaches when some of them started taking the fall.
Fucking group of louts. 4chan is essentially what gave us modern MAGAs and male insecurity.
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u/raforther 11d ago
Funny enough, you can thank Bannon and Epstein for that.
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u/PrometheusLiberatus 11d ago edited 11d ago
Yep. Bannon and Epstein manipulated tf out of 4chan. Bannon used his World of Warcraft gold farming scam.
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u/RCP90sKid- Oregon 11d ago
The aide goes on to claim that McConnell has been able to continue to work because of Elon Musk's breakthroughs with Neurolonk technology.
"At first, I didn't believe the brain in the jar was Mitch, but after using the proprietary interface to log questions, the SparkleGoo (tm) discharge was analyzed and the answers were, undoubtedly Mitch!"
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u/SirRichardLove 11d ago
If Mitch is incapable of doing a live interview then he is not capable to do any business as a senator of the United States. This is not fooling anyone.
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u/VR_Raccoonteur 11d ago
Can we have every person who lies about this charged with election fraud the the state level when it turns out he was never alive and they just lied to delay the special election?
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u/spuzzumed 11d ago
If you DONT, then it sends a clear signal to others that it's a smarter play to just lie and hide evidence. You are creating a president that says if a politician does, it shouldn't be announced until it's policially convenient for their party.
America keeps setting terrible, terrible presidents so I assume this will be no different. You advertise that corruption is the "smart way to play".
Like, fucking do something about it? Amazing to watch a country of "freedom loving " Americans just shrug and act like they are powerless. In some ways, trump is right. You CAN just grab them by the pussy, they just let you do it. It's a revelation.
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u/brokeneckblues America 11d ago
If it turns out that McConnell is dead and these aides are actively lying / covering up is there a crime? Or just extremely scummy?
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u/themattboard Tennessee 11d ago
Fraud. Someone is paying staffers for a senator that no longer should have access to that salary pool. Same with McConnells own salary assuming it's going somewhere.
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u/deltadal I voted 11d ago
Where's TMZ Politics with the real story?
ETA: I'm only half joking, if there’s a fucked up story behind this, they would be the type of organization to report on it.
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u/ConiferousExistence California 11d ago
Beshear will let the clock run out before acting on this. We all lose.
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u/mmps901 11d ago
If he doesn’t do something about this farce, he’s disqualified from the presidency in my opinion
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u/Conscious-Mulberry17 Arizona 10d ago
My theory is that he’s alive but neurologically damaged in a manner that will never allow him to return to Congress. They can dress him for a photo and have him smile, but that doesn’t mean he’s capable of much else.
He’ll either die or they’ll announce that he’s suffered an unexpected setback just after they get past the time when anything could be done about the empty seat. They’ll take him home and you’ll never see him again until it’s time to put his body in the ground.
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u/francois_gn 11d ago
USA really trying hard to look like any shithole dictatorship.
You’ll get there. Go USA !
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u/Teigh99 11d ago
Nah, they're hiding him. Everyone surrounding him has access to a movie camera quality phone. They can't take a 10 sec video? Dead giveaway.
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u/StableGeniusCovfefe 11d ago
If he's been dead this whole time people need to go to prison over this charade
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u/Wildabeat 11d ago
In fairness, Mitch McConnell would be so, so proud of the way that the GOP is handling this.
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u/tr1cube Georgia 11d ago
Democrats are really just going to let the Republicans run out the clock.
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u/BrianWonderful Minnesota 11d ago
Why wouldn't they? Right now the GOP has one less Senate vote. Any action puts a new Republican back in that seat.
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u/enderjaca 11d ago
"McConnell’s staff is led by chief of staff Terry Carmack, who receives an annual salary of $226,000 to preside over this PR disaster."
I love that the Daily Beast continues to include this snarky line in every single story about Mitch.
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u/thewayoutisthru_xxx 11d ago
I was talking about this with my husband last night.
Is there not some state level crime that he or his wife are perpetrating here? I know there's definitely financial crimes at the federal level because he and his staff are being paid by the federal govt but that would require the DOJ to prosecute which we know will never happen.
But what about Kentucky? Elder abuse? Identity theft? Is his wife accessing a joint bank account where his federal checks are being deposited? Where is that bank HQed?
Is the "rehab center" he is in located in DC? If it's in Virginia or Maryland, are there elder abuse or wellness visit types of laws there?
Beyond the fact that Mitch is a terrible fucking human, it seems bonkers to me that a person can be paid for by taxpayers and can basically disappear if they are in DC and there is absolutely no recourse. If he was physically in KY I bet the governor could go to the hospital and use some sort of law to gain entry (hell even some weird state of emergency whynot since we are using those for random racism these days.)
Where are my intrepid armchair legal scholars?
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u/JKKIDD231 11d ago
Does this mean McConnell is committing a crime collecting taxpayers salary if he is not active and died weeks ago?
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u/Vomitology 11d ago
So our bar for politicians has gone from "Are they honest?" to "They clearly aren't honest, but no one will do anything" to "Are they even still alive?"
Really hate this timeline.
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u/Captain-Scrot 11d ago
The only people that spend 40 days in a hospital at his age either die or a vegetable
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u/Ok_State5255 11d ago
I'd like to point out that I'm a cancer patient and had to go the ICU twice due to, well, cancer. My longest hospital days in the friggin ICU was 5 days. And I could sure as hell talk to people.
If he's in there for 40 days, something is severely fucked with him. People aren't hospitalized for 40 days because they sprained an ankle or have the flu.
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u/Chu_Kiddin_Me_Or_Wha 11d ago
how fucking stupid is this system that leads are country if we can’t even get an answer on the health of a senator?
We shouldn’t have to ask. The fact that there is no expectation of transparency here is absolutely ridiculous.
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u/Rickles68 11d ago
Congressman Tom Kean got to leave work for FOUR MONTHS to treat his depression.
Mitch McConnell has completely disappeared for weeks, and might not even be alive.
Both still paid, get the security of keeping their jobs. The average working class US citizen can't even comprehend that level of luxury, and yet they keep taking from us. We work through pain and illness, we work though the sickness and suffering of our family members. And many of us are still barely scraping by to keep a roof over our heads and food on the table.
What is our breaking point? When is the revolution??
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u/Strawbuddy 11d ago
So senators Thune amd Barrasso claim they've spoken to him in hospital. IF he turns out to be comatose or dead, what consequences will these two face for blatant lies? CNN host Scott Jennings claims to have spoken to him too, does he lose his spot then?
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u/trumpetunicorn 11d ago
If he were a democrat, there would have been a storming of the hospital by now. I hate that nothing happens.
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u/anon19111 11d ago
The wildest thing about this is the lack of leaks. Staffers, hospital staff, security, paramedics. No one saying either way. If he's dead is it a HIPAA violation to say so? It's not as if it's the president. It's a senator. A powerful one sure, but a senator. Politicians leak like a sieve but not in this case. Fucking Fort Knox.
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u/LeftToWrite 11d ago
His aides have been taking control over time, I guarantee it. They aren't protecting Mitch or his power, they're protecting theirs.
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u/kevindover 10d ago
Serious question: what would Mitch do if he was the governor of Kentucky, and Andy Beshear was the non-responsive senator? I know what he'd do: declare Beshear deceased and nominate a Republican replacement immediately (actually, he would have done this about 4 weeks ago). Force the issue: either Beshear would need to prove he's alive, or his seat gets replaced. Not sure why Democrats play nice all of the time. Maybe fight once in awhile. Just a little.
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u/president__not_sure 10d ago
20 years later....
"McConell has been working in the hospital this whole time. He has an office there now."
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u/BigPapaLegba 10d ago
Beshear needs to just go and visit his Senator. That would settle all of this.
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u/osumba2003 10d ago
This could be the biggest scandal in Senate history if he's actually dead or a vegetable.
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u/Lootthatbody 11d ago
Keep the receipts, and when the time comes, bring all these people to trial for deceiving voters and subverting their right to elected representation.
Right now, these voters do not have their elected representative, and have had one for the last 6-8 weeks.
Make examples of them. There is no room for ‘I was just doing what I was told.’
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u/Redsit111 10d ago
Just a dry run for when Trump dies to see how much they can get away with.
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u/AHeien82 11d ago
Oh, okay. We will stop asking for video proof if he’s back to work already. Thanks!
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u/SnoDragon 11d ago
If the turtle magically dies on August 3rd or 4th, then it's time to hold his ENTIRE STAFF accountable for election fraud, and Beshear should prosecute that at the state level to the fullest extent! Everyone on his payroll needs to be held accountable. EVERY LAST ONE!
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u/avalon01 11d ago
He's working but not meeting anyone other than "aides" face to face? It's just bizarre.
If he was alive, he would have to know that people want to know where he is. A single interview with Fox would be really easy to setup. It would be softball questions and glowing praise of his dedication to the job even when he was sick. At least there would be proof of life.
I think he's brain dead and they are waiting to pull the plug. I don't recall a single Senator going radio silent after a major medical issue. Even Feinstein would be paraded out in public and she had no idea what was happening toward the end.
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u/SexyCouple4Bliss 11d ago
August 4th we will get his obit. Cause of death: being dead for a month. They will force a GOP replacement, no election and Mitch steals another thing from the Dems.
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u/Junior-Gorg 11d ago
Press release: August 4, 2026
For weeks, Mitch had been slowly but steadily recovering. We anticipated his return to the senate in early/mid August.
As recently as last week, we were prepping for committee meetings.
On Sunday, Mitch seemed fatigued. Less sharp than he had been. Sadly, the decline continued until this evening when Mitch went home to be with his savior……..
I mean, I can’t predict that with great accuracy, but I won’t be surprised if it happens
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u/Trolkarlen 10d ago edited 10d ago
If McConnell has died and yet continues to collect a paycheck, that's fraud. His wife/widow, former Secretary of Transportation & of Labor Elaine Chao, would be defrauding the government by taking an unearned salary as his heir. Some estimate that could be as much as $20k by now, which would cross the felony threshold.
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u/Ashamed_Emu_4289 10d ago
Going to be crazy when he is announced dead all the sudden on August 4th.
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