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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThere's more chatter on McConnell being dead.
https://www.whas11.com/article/news/local/kentucky-gov-beshear-claims-sen-mcconnell-died-hospital-release/417-aff6dc47-d8ff-47c8-a614-4b5f07902fd7
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said he received calls from two different agencies suggesting U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell had died before the senator was released from the hospital on July 12.
I don't know how reliable this is, BUT, it is Friday night, when the trash is taken out.
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Ms. Toad
(39,025 posts)So it's not new/more speculation. They calls were what triggered the governor's demand last Sunday for more transparency.
surfered
(15,515 posts)
evolves
(5,910 posts)alive or dead!
PufPuf23
(10,083 posts)Jack Valentino
(5,452 posts)Blues Heron
(9,267 posts)ahnakneemoose
(173 posts)And he has been gone ever since...
bucolic_frolic
(56,576 posts)I kept saying there's a red political and medical wall around the whole thing. Republicans would have it no other way.
likesmountains 52
(4,303 posts)CrispyQ
(41,245 posts)Biophilic
(6,882 posts)Short of locking down the center completely there is just no way someone hasn't come forward whether it's another patient or a therapist or nursing staff. We're talking a lot of people.
paleotn
(23,307 posts)Ol Janx Spirit
(1,175 posts)...a lot of people that know that--or know he isn't where they say he is, etc.--and haven't come forward.
We need to go on the evidence we do have, not speculate based on the evidence we don't have.
Yes, the actions of the staff and lack of information is concerning, but the evidence we have at the moment suggests he is alive in some capacity.
In reality it doesn't matter at all. The Senate can and will function without him. We just need to wait and see what reality tells us--and it will; in time.
usonian
(27,606 posts)Mitch McConnell's body lies a-mouldering in the grave,
Mitch McConnell's body lies a-mouldering in the grave,
Mitch McConnell's body lies a-mouldering in the grave,
But the selfies keep on coming.
CHORUS: Glory, glory, hallelujah,
Glory, glory, hallelujah,
Glory, glory, hallelujah,
A chatbot talks for Mitch
He's gone to be a soldier in the Epstein troop in hell,
He's gone to be a soldier in the Epstein troop in hell,
He's gone to be a soldier in the Epstein troop in hell,
He likes them very well.--CHORUS
Mitch McConnell's tortoise shell is strapped upon his back,
Mitch McConnell's tortoise shell is strapped upon his back,
Mitch McConnell's tortoise shell is strapped upon his back,
But he cannot hide for long.--CHORUS
Mitch McConnell died that the Constitution burn.
Mitch McConnell died that the Constitution burn.
Mitch McConnell died that the Constitution burn.
His Frankenstein monster lives on.--CHORUS
The stars above in Heaven now are blocked by awful soot,
The stars above in Heaven now are blocked by awful soot,
The stars above in Heaven now are blocked by awful soot,
That's capitalism, comrade. --CHORUS
NJCher
(43,944 posts)Thanks to you.
What kind of dreams will it prompt?
usonian
(27,606 posts)Mozart right now.
Almost always.

OAITW r.2.0
(33,071 posts)I like how Republicans are honoring him.
BigmanPigman
(55,893 posts)He's at home in hell and he is instructing his GOP pals to continue what they have been doing. He probably instructed them to do it in his living will. He LOVES going out this way...screwing the USA as he has been doing his entire lifetime. He is having the last laugh at the country's expense.
PufPuf23
(10,083 posts)GoodRaisin
(11,265 posts)pissing on it.
popsdenver
(2,953 posts)the cemetery already paved 20 acres around his burial spot, complete with area Drains.......
Same with Trump's burial plot.......
mwmisses4289
(5,431 posts)the repukes are trying to prevent Bashear from calling a special election. If the repukes and his family wait until after Aug 3, apparently Kentucky law considers that too close to a regular election, and it would just have to wait until then for a new senator to be elected to take his place.
TBF
(37,893 posts)make them sue. Then discovery would commence, and they'd have to produce an alive Senator.
Ol Janx Spirit
(1,175 posts)...about the outcome of a special election to replace McConnell, and they stripped the governor of the ability to appoint someone more friendly to Democrats.
Occam's razor says McConnell is alive--despite the concerning actions or lack thereof of his staff--and things will play out in the coming weeks.
I know we all love conspiracy theories--it's not just limited to the Reich-wingers--but we really shouldn't speculate and just see where this goes. It really is not important in the long-run other than to give us all something to wring our hands about.
onenote
(46,553 posts)They are down a vote. They more likely than not will win a special election.
TBF
(37,893 posts)there are people who have been in comas for years.
His wife went off to China a few days after that ambulance call didn't she? He had to either have been dead, in a coma, or stable at that point. I have a hard time believing he was stable - he would have made an appearance by now.
mwmisses4289
(5,431 posts)She finished whatever it was, and came back a few days after he was already in the hospital.
TBF
(37,893 posts)that makes more sense. I couldn't figure out how someone would take off for another country while their so was critical in the hospital! But then I don't usually understand much of what republicans do ...
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Blue Owl
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gab13by13
(33,224 posts)just by looking how uplifted Mitch's face is compared with his real face.
I mean, why shouldn't people believe he's dead or incapacitated?
BannonsLiver
(21,280 posts)Go Mitch Go!
RandySF
(88,952 posts)Sympthsical
(11,397 posts)That's a kind of a news, right?
synni
(827 posts)GB_RN
(3,604 posts)Mitch Rigor-tortoise McConnell suffered at least as much pain as he has caused.
MikeyDi
(78 posts)Were all so fucking doomed.