Republican leaders have moved to quash speculation about Mitch McConnell, the former Republican leader in the US Senate, amid a growing revolt over the lack of transparency around his health.
The 84-year-old Kentucky politician, who led Senate Republicans for longer than anyone in history before stepping down last year, was admitted to the hospital on 14 June but his office declined to say what he was being treated for.
The secrecy led to a backlash from Donald Trump’s support base, with some claiming that McConnell’s condition is graver than acknowledged and accusing his office of a cover-up.
On Tuesday, John Thune, McConnell’s successor as Republican leader, sought to quell the anger by claiming that he had spoken by phone with McConnell on Monday. A Thune spokesperson said: “They had a lengthy and substantive conversation that covered a variety of topics, including national security.”
McConnell is filibustering death. It’s what he would’ve wanted.
Filibustering his own death is definitely fitting for him
It’s Obama’s fault.
Goes without saying.
No wonder he didn’t want to abolish the filibuster. He knew he’d be needing it soon.
Andy Beshear says he wants to hold a special election anyway unless Mitch shows proof of life. I say do it.
I mean, the bar isn’t “alive”, it’s “capable”. If he can talk on the phone, he can object to a special election. I just want him to do it on live video with a copy of that days newspaper.
Shit, I’m naive enough that I’d settle for a 2-minute non-video call to Fox News. If he can talk with others for at least 10x that, surely that’s not too much to ask.
Nah AI voice changer could handle that. I need PROOF.
Easy fix. Unless they are lying shit baskets and no one has actually talked to him he should be able to FaceTime a call to one of the multitude of Press out there and shut everyone up. He won’t though because it’s hard to FaceTime from hell.
He’d just be doing the Sam Kinison scream after about three seconds. OH! OHHHHHHHHHHHH!
This is my second favorite thing on the Internet today. You’re close behind those retired barn cats.
Lindsey Graham went to check on him
You know who could end the speculation real quick? Mitch McConnell.
One of the most hilarious things I’ve seen in a long time was when that MAGA dope on CNN the other day said he’d had a 20 minute conversation with McConnell, and the rest of them ALL jumped in and said “Hey! Since you can get him on the phone, hows about you call him right now, and end all the speculation?”
I’ve never seen a guy “Hummina, Hummina” so badly in my life.
Dude is 100% BRAIN DEAD. If he was even remotely alive, they would have did a video call or at the very least they would have gotten on the phone. Nope. Dude is 100% dead.
He’s going to die on August 4th.
The day after a special election can be called.
Well, just let some trusted reporters in with the cameras.
The more noise they make the more apparent that even if the meat that was him is still warm its the machines that are keeping it that way.
This is the dumbest thing. Anyone with a pulse has to assume he’s dead or near to it. Shameless.
He just had a 20 minute conversation with Lindsey Graham.
You would think it is easy to prove that somebody is alive…
They are still harvesting Grahams organs. Give em some time to get them in McConnell
Nonsense. Mitch would not take gay organs. Besides, what do you think McConnell’s wife was doing in China in the days after he went to the hospital? Obviously she was buying top of the line organs for him freshly harvested from young Chinese dissidents.
The horror of that mental image will keep me awake for months…
Id like to apologize for only putting in 5% effort into my post. Your are correct and I am not
Lindsey can’t wait for his Turtle Cuddle.
He’s just pining for the fjords.
We need a picture of him with eyes open (without tape) and holding up the current day’s NYT and WaPo papers.
In these days of AI you will get videos of him tap dancing and backflips.
McConnell with a six-pack and giant biceps riding on the front of a tank with eagles overhead and fireworks in the sky along with the blue angels.
Maga: “He’s alive! See, there’s proof!”
