I’m sure that McConnell was a great listener that day.
Did he, you know, say anything back?
Assholes.
“spoken to” not “spoken with”.
In fairness, I say “to” and not “with” if I say something similar. I know it’s incorrect, but I’m American and we’re lazy in how we talk.
‘speak to’ is the norm in Standard Southern British English, at least. ‘speak with’ is definitely marked at best, and at worst sounds American/foreign.
In fairness, Mitch has been seizing up in front of cameras for years and is being carted around on a wheelchair looking like you can’t process what’s going on around him.
My guess is that his aides used AI to replicate his voice.
to, not with.
Herman Cain.
Your right
Spoken to?
Spoken with?
More like spoken at.
ok but did he speak back?
Oh sure, the candles flickered and the ouija board spelled out “I hate poor people” so we’re pretty sure it was him.
But that could be any rich old white politician…
Nope. He has been declared brain dead.
Since like 1985, yeah. Any recent news?!?
The “Joe Biden is an empty suit” people sure don’t seem to mind empty suits when they’re members of the GOP. Curious.
Stop wasting your time pointing out their hypocrisy. Hypocrisy is the whole point. They know. We know.
Doin everything they can to avoid that special election.
The special election isnt what worries them, it’s the opposite. Unless McConnell “stays alive” until the first week of August, the Kentucky Governor (D) can appoint a replacement. If he dies “after” that date, a special election can be triggered, which the Republicans are a lot more confident they can rig.
Actually, Kentucky is a special case, as the heavily Republican legislature passed a law (over the Democratic Governor’s veto) specifically removing the right of the Governor to pick a replacement. Now, in the case of any vacancy, the Governor’s only role is to schedule the special election.
But, if it’s too close to the General Election, then the governor is obligated to fold the special election in with the General. The current theory on the Internet is that Republicans are stringing this out so that happens, because they are afraid if there is a special election then Thomas Massie would win it.
After some thought, that seems unlikely to me. Even if a special election is held, it would only be for the remainder of McConnell’s term, which is up at the end of the year. So, that would mean that Republicans are more comfortable leaving the seat vacant (and reducing their majority) for a few more months rather than risk Massie getting the job for a few months. (And although Massie is an anti-Trumper, he is still a Republican, and will likely be a reliable vote on all sorts of evil shit for them)
It’s even more complicated than that. You’re right that the legislature passed that law but the original one (that the governor named a replacement) is still in the state constitution. They’re two literally irreconcilable laws and either scenario would have to be litigated
I think it’s law first until it’s challenged. So they’ll do the state election and then the challenge can play out, likely for next time because removing an elected official is a minefield.
We don’t believe you.
The heart monitor isn’t Morse code
He keeps saying " E E E E E E E " what does it mean?
Only the good die young.
Weekend at McConnell’s.
Film it and show us
Then again with AI videos now, it’s not worth much…
I sincerely doubt that anyone lying for the conservative party has the wherewithal to create a convincing AI video of Mitch McConnell.
Thinking about; no it shouldn’t be that difficult to create an AI video of a man with 1000’s of hours in footage of him publically available. I still don’t think this admin could pull it off.
I’ll take " things that are simultaneously terrifying and reassuring" for 200, Alex
Sorry, it wasn’t my intent to do either — I am anticipating their usage of AI for something; I just don’t see it being something like this. These circumstances are much more easily obfuscated through things like HIPAA/ privacy demands/ his wife leaving for China while having power of attorney (if there isn’t a foreign espionage case there I don’t know what to say). Why risk a spurring on a legitimate conversation by falsifying easily disproved evidence? Why not wait and try to do that as like some last ditch effort to wring a couple more days out?
I would be more suspicious of pictures or edited videos on other topics. Like, unironically some Stalin-esque ‘delete people from pictures’ stuff. Not necessarily on the same level as Stalin, I don’t think it’s possible to totally delete people from the current information ecosystem. I do think it’s absolutely possible to take real govt footage, like the footage from aircraft thermal optics, edit that a little bit; boom, aliens. Or say, real pictures of Epstein and the other pedophile elite; seems like a good way to legitimize Trump while demonizing his enemies.
Fair (and well articulated) point…
Curious to hear your opinion, what do you think their end game is with pretending that McConnell isn’t dead?
Thank you, I think the Trump admin is terrified of all the investigations that will be thrown at them should the majority in the House and Senate be taken by Dems. I think McConnell being dead means Massie has a chance back in through that seat as an independent, he will at the very least pull votes from the conservative candidate.
I’m not optimistic that these investigations will lead to anything. I am optimistic that it will mean the Trump admin can’t continue to fuck us however they want, beyond a literal coup.
Barrasso spokesperson Kate Noyes said the two discussed a number of topics, including recent sexual assault allegations against Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner (allegations Platner has denied) and national defense spending, during a 20-minute phone conversation on Tuesday afternoon.
Billionaires that own American media really want the anti-genocide progressive to drop out…
They’re shoehorning it into everything these days, and apparently even McConnell is focused on stopping Platner.
I’d just also like to call out that Republicans are using McConnell’s warm corpse as a campaign billboard and that is weirdly hilarious.
The highlight for me was his wife immediately hoping on a jet to Bejing to meet with Chinese officials days after he had to be revived with CPR in their home.
Married for 30+ years and she immediately went as far away as she could without leaving the fucking planet.
Is there more to this? Is she fleeing or just business?
I guess she was already there, and just didn’t cut the trip short.
Somehow that’s even worse.
god… y’all gotta shut up about your rapist candidate. They really should pull a Biden/Harris fast. They’re gonna single handedly keep Maine under the billionaires thumb by running this chud. Even Mamdani, who has the same aides, is saying Platner is a bad look for the left.
You guys really just wanna soften vets that haven’t done the work to redeem themselves. American Imperialist Vets shouldn’t be in office anyway but y’all also aren’t ready for that conversation.
And I’ll say it again: Believing women doesn’t mean believing allegations until it’s against someone you like. Deeply ingrained misogyny makes you think ppl like Platner are so cool.
Also this is hilarious:
apparently even McConnell is focused on stopping Platner.
Lmfao. Yeah I’m sure he’s doing a whole lot 😂
Republican leaders have zero credibility
Yeah, why not have Democrat leaders talk to him? If Democrats lied that he was worse than he actually was, the truth would come out as soon as he left the hospital, and the liar would look really bad. Because they would have said things that hurt Mitch and his family.
But if Republicans lie that he’s better than he actually is, as they are likely doing, they can easily get away with it by saying that it was for his family or some shit.
Because they don’t give a shit about trying to seem honest, they just say what they want their cult to hear
Mitch?? Mitch???
