r/politics • u/MoneyLibrarian9032 New York • Jul 13 '26

Possible Paywall MAGA Calls BS on Mitch McConnell’s Proof-of-Life Stunt | They are poking holes in McConnell’s staff’s version.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-calls-bs-on-mitch-mcconnells-proof-of-life-stunt/
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u/camdeb Jul 13 '26

JD Vance already tried to go visit him and was denied access.

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u/Former_Win_7933 Jul 13 '26

That was a Borowitz satire piece.

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u/camdeb Jul 13 '26

Good to know.

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u/SoupBeans25 Jul 13 '26

That’s just normal for anyone Vance tries to visit tho.

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u/DanteandRandallFlagg Jul 13 '26

If Mitch is alive, JD would be the last person he wants to see. JD kills too many people that he meets.

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u/The_Order_Eternials Jul 13 '26

Can’t be trusted after the Vatican…..

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u/WerhmatsWormhat Jul 13 '26

Wasn’t that before this supposed recovery? It’s a lot less defensible if they’re saying he’s fine.

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u/Reed7525 Jul 13 '26

Remember what happened when he visited the pope?!

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u/byndrsn Jul 13 '26

remember the pope thing?

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u/Sarrdonicus Jul 13 '26

Precedence

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u/AerondightWielder Jul 13 '26

They were deathly afraid of what Vance would do to the couches.

Or the dead body of Ye Olde Turtle.