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Mitch McConnell provides proof of life, reveals fall led to hospitalization after weeks of silence
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 12 Jul 2026
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Lemmy has decided on a narrative to believe so no evidence will be enough. Couldn't be that a video would reveal the actual state of his health so they went with a picture. No, obviously it's a deepfake. If they release a video that'll be a deepfake or a body double.
If they were in a position to get away with lying so brazenly with a fake proof of life they wouldn't need to bother with the pretense.
I wish I had the brain disease that made me willing believe anything as long as it serves a convenient narrative. Seems more fun.
Or, you know, McConnell himself could readily put all the whispers to rest.
It's not like reporters have never interviewed someone in a hospital before, and if he really did talk with all those Republicans that swear he did in the last few days, twenty minutes at a time apparently, then he should have enough stamina to issue a few words to the public personally. If he can sit in a chair, he can sit in a wheelchair.
This is not live. It is a still, posed photograph issued by McConnell's office along with a written press release, which would have been fine in say 1876, but technology has moved forward. Why the leap backward?
When a sitting Senator who is facing the possibility of a special election because everyone, including his own state's governor, thinks his seat is probably vacant, I don't think it's too much to ask that he say a few words to his constituents, LIVE, in a publicly verifiable manner.
He was barely presentable in front of a camera before this happened. Obviously he's in rough shape and they don't want to reveal how rough.