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Ilsa

(64,870 posts)
Fri Jul 17, 2026, 08:46 PM 19 hrs ago

There'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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There's more chatter on McConnell being dead. (Original Post) Ilsa 19 hrs ago OP
The calls were from before the press release - Ms. Toad 18 hrs ago #1
No way! There's a 20 minute music video of him and Michael Jackson! surfered 18 hrs ago #2
Mitch never looked that good evolves 17 hrs ago #24
Those zombies look to be loaded with Hegseth's testosterone. nt PufPuf23 17 hrs ago #25
Wasn't Mitch McConnell an extra in "Night Of The Living Dead" ??? Jack Valentino 17 hrs ago #27
They really need to come clean on this sleazy prick, one way or the other. Definitively, not some photoshop bs Blues Heron 18 hrs ago #3
In a previous reply, I stated: ahnakneemoose 18 hrs ago #4
Would be nice to catch them at this game if possible bucolic_frolic 18 hrs ago #5
In the pic they released, he certainly looked well enough to do an interview, or make a verbal statement. likesmountains 52 18 hrs ago #6
Maybe a statement about his long time colleague, Mitch McConnell. -nt CrispyQ 18 hrs ago #7
I just can't figure out how he could be in a rehab center participating in rehabilitation without a single peep. Biophilic 18 hrs ago #8
Right. paleotn 18 hrs ago #11
But the same thing applies in the opposite direction: if he is not alive there are also... Ol Janx Spirit 17 hrs ago #20
So we mourn. usonian 18 hrs ago #9
I now have an earworm NJCher 16 hrs ago #32
I've got classical music earworms galore. usonian 15 hrs ago #34
Well, if he's dead...... OAITW r.2.0 18 hrs ago #10
This is exactly what Mitch would want them to do. BigmanPigman 16 hrs ago #31
At the taxidermy shop? nt PufPuf23 15 hrs ago #36
Perhaps they are hiding his grave to prevent people from GoodRaisin 18 hrs ago #12
Too late........... popsdenver 17 hrs ago #19
There has been much speculation online that mwmisses4289 17 hrs ago #13
Personally I think he should call it now - TBF 17 hrs ago #15
This really makes no sense. I don't think Republicans in KY are worried for one second... Ol Janx Spirit 17 hrs ago #22
How does that advantage the repubs? onenote 17 hrs ago #23
Could be hidden away somewhere on life support TBF 17 hrs ago #14
Actually, she apparently had already been in China for a couple of days when he went down. mwmisses4289 17 hrs ago #17
Ah, ok, thanks - TBF 16 hrs ago #30
This message was self-deleted by its author GoodRaisin 17 hrs ago #16
The weekend (at Mitchie's) has begun! Blue Owl 17 hrs ago #18
The pic they released is obviously fake, gab13by13 17 hrs ago #21
That can't be I just watched him hop out of bed and do the Charleston on Facebook. BannonsLiver 17 hrs ago #26
Ok, we need to stay away from some sites and YouTube channels. RandySF 17 hrs ago #28
The tweet excised all context from the governor's interview Sympthsical 15 hrs ago #35
Are those "My Pillows"? synni 16 hrs ago #29
One Can Only Hope... GB_RN 16 hrs ago #33
Things that never happened yet people believe MikeyDi 1 hr ago #37

Ms. Toad

(39,025 posts)
1. The calls were from before the press release -
Fri Jul 17, 2026, 08:53 PM
18 hrs ago

So it's not new/more speculation. They calls were what triggered the governor's demand last Sunday for more transparency.

Blues Heron

(9,267 posts)
3. They really need to come clean on this sleazy prick, one way or the other. Definitively, not some photoshop bs
Fri Jul 17, 2026, 09:06 PM
18 hrs ago

ahnakneemoose

(173 posts)
4. In a previous reply, I stated:
Fri Jul 17, 2026, 09:06 PM
18 hrs ago
My internal silly-sense tells me that U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell crossed the bridge (to that fiery place) just prior to his hospitalization on Sunday 14 June 2026.

And he has been gone ever since...

bucolic_frolic

(56,576 posts)
5. Would be nice to catch them at this game if possible
Fri Jul 17, 2026, 09:13 PM
18 hrs ago

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)
6. In the pic they released, he certainly looked well enough to do an interview, or make a verbal statement.
Fri Jul 17, 2026, 09:14 PM
18 hrs ago

Biophilic

(6,882 posts)
8. I just can't figure out how he could be in a rehab center participating in rehabilitation without a single peep.
Fri Jul 17, 2026, 09:33 PM
18 hrs ago

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.

Ol Janx Spirit

(1,175 posts)
20. But the same thing applies in the opposite direction: if he is not alive there are also...
Fri Jul 17, 2026, 10:13 PM
17 hrs ago

...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)
9. So we mourn.
Fri Jul 17, 2026, 09:35 PM
18 hrs ago

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

BigmanPigman

(55,893 posts)
31. This is exactly what Mitch would want them to do.
Fri Jul 17, 2026, 10:59 PM
16 hrs ago

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.

popsdenver

(2,953 posts)
19. Too late...........
Fri Jul 17, 2026, 09:59 PM
17 hrs ago

the cemetery already paved 20 acres around his burial spot, complete with area Drains.......

Same with Trump's burial plot.......

mwmisses4289

(5,431 posts)
13. There has been much speculation online that
Fri Jul 17, 2026, 09:51 PM
17 hrs ago

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)
15. Personally I think he should call it now -
Fri Jul 17, 2026, 09:53 PM
17 hrs ago

make them sue. Then discovery would commence, and they'd have to produce an alive Senator.

Ol Janx Spirit

(1,175 posts)
22. This really makes no sense. I don't think Republicans in KY are worried for one second...
Fri Jul 17, 2026, 10:26 PM
17 hrs ago

...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)
23. How does that advantage the repubs?
Fri Jul 17, 2026, 10:30 PM
17 hrs ago

They are down a vote. They more likely than not will win a special election.

TBF

(37,893 posts)
14. Could be hidden away somewhere on life support
Fri Jul 17, 2026, 09:52 PM
17 hrs ago

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)
17. Actually, she apparently had already been in China for a couple of days when he went down.
Fri Jul 17, 2026, 09:59 PM
17 hrs ago

She finished whatever it was, and came back a few days after he was already in the hospital.

TBF

(37,893 posts)
30. Ah, ok, thanks -
Fri Jul 17, 2026, 10:55 PM
16 hrs ago

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 ...

Response to Ilsa (Original post)

gab13by13

(33,224 posts)
21. The pic they released is obviously fake,
Fri Jul 17, 2026, 10:14 PM
17 hrs ago

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)
26. That can't be I just watched him hop out of bed and do the Charleston on Facebook.
Fri Jul 17, 2026, 10:40 PM
17 hrs ago

“Go Mitch Go!”

Sympthsical

(11,397 posts)
35. The tweet excised all context from the governor's interview
Fri Jul 17, 2026, 11:59 PM
15 hrs ago

That's a kind of a news, right?

GB_RN

(3,604 posts)
33. One Can Only Hope...
Fri Jul 17, 2026, 11:46 PM
16 hrs ago

Mitch “Rigor-tortoise” McConnell suffered at least as much pain as he has caused.

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