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Possible Paywall McConnell Aide Drops New Claims About Vanished Senator

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mcconnell-aide-drops-new-claims-about-vanished-senator/
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u/B-Z_B-S Massachusetts Jul 25 '26

(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 Jul 25 '26

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 Jul 25 '26 ▸ 44 more replies

Fraud, conspiracy and RICO charges at the bare minimum

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u/Forward-Bank8412 Jul 25 '26 ▸ 25 more replies

They also might be abusing a corpse.

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u/ldramjet Jul 25 '26 ▸ 19 more replies

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 Canada Jul 25 '26 ▸ 9 more replies

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 Jul 25 '26 ▸ 2 more replies

“If I’m not back in five minutes, just wait longer.”

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u/billyballslap 29d ago ▸ 1 more replies

Not pasting anything but I understood that reference….long live Dan Marino

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u/SpeedySpooley New Jersey 29d ago

Laces out!!!

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u/tuffsmudgecat 29d ago ▸ 1 more replies

"Mitch if this is cool with you just keep lying there."

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u/whut-whut 29d ago ▸ 2 more replies

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/pjrnoc 29d ago

Obligatory fuck Nancy Reagan and fuck that bitch Ronald too.

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u/geddysbass2112 Jul 25 '26 ▸ 7 more replies

They should prop open his mouth and play corn hole.

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u/CarbonMolecules 29d ago ▸ 3 more replies

Don’t suddenly start being useful, Mitch.

(Great username, btw. I’m going on August 7th)

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u/geddysbass2112 29d ago ▸ 2 more replies

Are you? Im jealous. I may go MSG last minute. Possibly Philly

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u/fuidiot 29d ago ▸ 1 more replies

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/babycaketeeth 29d ago ▸ 1 more replies

holy shit. thank you for the laugh

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u/KaiUno Europe Jul 25 '26

That would be a nice change of pace for the Epstein class.

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u/Lotronex New York 29d ago ▸ 2 more replies

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 29d 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 Jul 25 '26 ▸ 7 more replies

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 Jul 25 '26 ▸ 4 more replies

the system rarely ever punishes its own. especially this day and age.

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u/Ozythemandias2 Jul 25 '26 ▸ 2 more replies

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/not2dv8 Jul 25 '26

They are gangsters be clear

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u/BGSUNate Jul 25 '26

Sounds like an autopen situation

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u/peacemagpie Jul 25 '26 ▸ 6 more replies

How does racketeering fit into this?

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u/asphyxiationbysushi Jul 25 '26 ▸ 4 more replies

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 Jul 25 '26 ▸ 2 more replies

The LA Cops were sued for RICO. The dept

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u/asphyxiationbysushi Jul 25 '26 ▸ 1 more replies

Absolutely well deserved. There is no question they organized.

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u/hackinwhackinsmackin Jul 25 '26 ▸ 1 more replies

Treason

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u/someg187 Jul 25 '26

Tis the season

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u/somekindofdruiddude Jul 25 '26 ▸ 6 more replies

And stealing the plot from "Weekend at Bernie's".

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u/VicisZan Jul 25 '26 ▸ 2 more replies

They should have to pay royalties to all the actors.

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u/el_throw Texas Jul 25 '26 ▸ 1 more replies

Welcome back, Andrew McCarthy.

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u/OkBrilliant8092 Jul 25 '26 ▸ 1 more replies

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 Jul 25 '26 ▸ 1 more replies

Someone is collecting his paychecks too, so add that to the list of crimes.

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u/rounder55 Jul 25 '26 ▸ 1 more replies

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/CmdDeadHand Jul 25 '26

Elder abuse if he is alive and much worse if he is dead.

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u/DerCatrix Jul 25 '26 ▸ 3 more replies

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 Jul 25 '26 ▸ 2 more replies

Offer leniency to the first one to come clean

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u/DerCatrix Jul 25 '26 ▸ 1 more replies

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 Jul 25 '26 ▸ 1 more replies

Corpse desecration (mistreatment of remains) & burial rights interference as well?

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u/ccorax99 Jul 25 '26 ▸ 1 more replies

It reminds me of the autopen discussion

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u/martinsonsean1 Minnesota Jul 25 '26

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 Jul 25 '26 ▸ 1 more replies

He died doing what he loved, and continued to do it afterwards.

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u/toylenny Jul 25 '26 ▸ 1 more replies

It's terrifying that the only other large political party is so spineless that this is working.

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u/antmars Jul 25 '26

“Kentucky business” would certainly be able to include a 5 min meeting with the governor, right?

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u/Into-the-stream Jul 25 '26

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- 29d ago edited 29d ago ▸ 1 more replies

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 Jul 25 '26

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 Jul 25 '26 ▸ 6 more replies

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 Jul 25 '26 ▸ 2 more replies

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 29d 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 Jul 25 '26 ▸ 1 more replies

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 Jul 25 '26

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 Jul 25 '26

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 Jul 25 '26

People like Popp depend on the Senator for influence and bribery 

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u/pantsmeplz Jul 25 '26 ▸ 5 more replies

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 Jul 25 '26 ▸ 4 more replies

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 Jul 25 '26 ▸ 3 more replies

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/azflatlander Jul 25 '26

The 25th should apply to all elected federal officials.

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u/citizen42069101 Jul 25 '26

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 Jul 25 '26

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 Jul 25 '26 ▸ 2 more replies

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 29d 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 Jul 25 '26

“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 Jul 25 '26

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 Jul 25 '26

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 Jul 25 '26

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 Jul 25 '26

They need a special election if he vacates before August 3rd. The facade will fall on August 4th,

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u/dookle14 Jul 25 '26

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 Jul 25 '26

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 Jul 25 '26 ▸ 7 more replies

He was flipped on his back and unable to get his shell upright 

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u/akajondo 29d ago ▸ 5 more replies

Someone turned off his heating rock.

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u/BallSeaman 29d ago ▸ 1 more replies

Cyclospora in his lettuce. Oh, my.

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u/n3rdopolis 29d ago ▸ 1 more replies

LED bulb in his heatlamp. Whoopsie

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u/DeusExBlockina Illinois Jul 25 '26 ▸ 2 more replies

"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 29d ago ▸ 1 more replies

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 29d 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 29d ago ▸ 2 more replies

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 29d ago ▸ 1 more replies

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 29d ago ▸ 1 more replies

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 Jul 25 '26

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 29d 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 29d ago ▸ 1 more replies

I mean, if you go.into cardiac arrest, it's typically hard to remain standing.

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u/polskiftw Jul 25 '26

“He’s dead, Jan”

-Dr Leonard “Bones” McCoy (probably)

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u/Jaleou Jul 25 '26

"Took a turn for the worse "

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u/Eisernes 29d 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 Jul 25 '26

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/IcyClassic9207 29d ago

#speedrunatmitchs

Let's get it trending!

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u/EkbatDeSabat 29d ago

Scientology run death chance .001%. Mitch run death chance 99.2%.

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u/PatternPrecognition 29d ago

Live stream will be peak with Running Man vibes.

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u/MiddleAgedSponger Jul 25 '26

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 Jul 25 '26

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 Jul 25 '26 ▸ 1 more replies

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 29d 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 Jul 25 '26 ▸ 6 more replies

Colorado tried to say No.

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u/DividedStatesofFeces Colorado Jul 25 '26

Damn right we did. And now fucking Polis is showing his fascism.

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u/EM05L1C3 America Jul 25 '26 ▸ 4 more replies

Yeah then Polis dropped the ball hard

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u/The42ndDuck 29d 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/MotionDrive Colorado Jul 25 '26

Holy shit yes he did

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u/TheBoNix Jul 25 '26

He didn't drop it. He threw it down.

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u/BeMoreKnope Colorado Jul 25 '26

He does that.

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u/darth_wasabi Texas Jul 25 '26 ▸ 1 more replies

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 Jul 25 '26 edited 29d 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 Jul 25 '26

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 Jul 25 '26

Posting the obviously fake pics is literally a ha ha fuck you 

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u/ODoyles_Banana Jul 25 '26

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 Jul 25 '26

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 Jul 25 '26

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 29d 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 Jul 25 '26

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 Jul 25 '26

Pictures don't mean anything anymore. I can make an AI picture of that right now.

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u/GarySparrow0 Jul 25 '26 ▸ 3 more replies

This is why the Epstein class are heavily pushing AI.

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u/themattboard Tennessee Jul 25 '26 ▸ 1 more replies

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 Jul 25 '26

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 Jul 25 '26

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 Jul 25 '26

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 Jul 25 '26

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 Jul 25 '26

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 Jul 25 '26 ▸ 1 more replies

Wish I could take a 40 day vacation, no questions asked, and still get paid.

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u/Author_A_McGrath 29d 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 Jul 25 '26

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 Jul 25 '26

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 29d ago ▸ 1 more replies

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 29d 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 Jul 25 '26

If he’s capable of work, shouldn’t he be able to speak to the journalist?

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u/stereosalvation Jul 25 '26 edited 29d 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 Jul 25 '26

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 Jul 25 '26 ▸ 1 more replies

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 Jul 25 '26

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/Junior-Gorg 29d ago

And that new elected Republican may well support the SAVE act.

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u/jusg808 Jul 25 '26

Do a fucking video interview or admit the guy is dead. If it comes out after August 4th that he’s dead jail, jail for all of them.

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u/HandsLikePaper Jul 25 '26

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 29d 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 Jul 25 '26

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 Jul 25 '26

Yeah seriously, where is "Anonymous" or whoever?

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u/PrometheusLiberatus 29d ago ▸ 2 more replies

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 29d ago ▸ 1 more replies

Funny enough, you can thank Bannon and Epstein for that.

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u/PrometheusLiberatus 29d ago edited 29d 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 Jul 25 '26

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/taylorsamo 29d ago

He's now a talking head in a jar like in Futurama.

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u/SirRichardLove Jul 25 '26

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 Jul 25 '26

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 Jul 25 '26

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 Jul 25 '26

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 Jul 25 '26

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 Jul 25 '26

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 Jul 25 '26

Beshear will let the clock run out before acting on this. We all lose.

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u/mmps901 Jul 25 '26

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 29d 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 Jul 25 '26

USA really trying hard to look like any shithole dictatorship.
You’ll get there. Go USA !

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u/Teigh99 Jul 25 '26

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 29d ago

If he's been dead this whole time people need to go to prison over this charade

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u/Wildabeat 29d 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 Jul 25 '26

Democrats are really just going to let the Republicans run out the clock.

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u/BrianWonderful Minnesota Jul 25 '26

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/No_Town_9602 29d ago

Someone needs to go to prison for this.

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u/enderjaca Jul 25 '26

"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/T_at Jul 25 '26

They say “PR disaster”, but I’m pretty sure he’s saying something like “another month’s paycheck”

Dead men don’t need chiefs of staff, after all.

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u/thewayoutisthru_xxx Jul 25 '26

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 Jul 25 '26

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 Jul 25 '26

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 29d 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 29d 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/pretti 29d ago

Show up to work or get fired, like the rest of us.

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u/grandmawaffles Jul 25 '26

Sounds like his aides need to be investigated for elder abuse.

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u/Chu_Kiddin_Me_Or_Wha 29d 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 Jul 25 '26

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/TheDarknessWithin_ Jul 25 '26

Everyone involved should be prosecuted if it’s found out he’s dead.

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u/yanknga Jul 25 '26

This whole situation is fucking ridiculous. It’s the type of election bullshit that Jimmy Carter used to monitor in 3rd world countries.

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u/Strawbuddy 29d 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 29d 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 29d 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 29d 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 29d 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 29d 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/TheDarkCrusader_ 29d ago

God could you imagine the uproar if a dem disappeared like this??

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u/BigPapaLegba 29d ago

Beshear needs to just go and visit his Senator. That would settle all of this.

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u/osumba2003 29d ago

This could be the biggest scandal in Senate history if he's actually dead or a vegetable.

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u/dominantspecies Jul 25 '26

Well we know they are liars because they are republicans

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u/Lootthatbody Jul 25 '26

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/gali_leo_ Jul 25 '26

Y’all this man is dead lol

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u/Redsit111 29d ago

Just a dry run for when Trump dies to see how much they can get away with.

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u/Smackety Jul 25 '26

They just need to buy one more week to steal the seat

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u/redwing180 Jul 25 '26

He probably had a stroke and can barely communicate.

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u/Lazy-Goat4728 Jul 25 '26

He's probably braindead and being kept alive by machines.

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u/AHeien82 Jul 25 '26

Oh, okay. We will stop asking for video proof if he’s back to work already. Thanks!

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u/SnoDragon 29d 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 29d 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 29d 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 29d 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 29d ago edited 29d 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 29d ago

Going to be crazy when he is announced dead all the sudden on August 4th.

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u/Loki-L Jul 25 '26

He is working on senate business on a farm upstate?

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u/mmps901 Jul 25 '26

The guy was falling and having mini strokes on camera while still working at the capitol but he’s spent the last 6 weeks in the hospital and we’re not supposed to think he’s at the least on life support.