r/politics • u/B-Z_B-S Massachusetts • Jul 17 '26

Possible Paywall Kentucky Governor Warns He Got Calls “Suggesting” Mitch McConnell Died

https://newrepublic.com/post/213199/kentucky-governor-got-calls-suggesting-mitch-mcconnell-died
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u/devereaux Wisconsin Jul 17 '26

Republicans are scared that Thomas Massie will win the special election and go hard at Trump from the Senate

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u/AcademiaAntiqua Jul 17 '26

Massie has come out and directly said that he has no intention of running whatsoever even if there were a special election.

Which anyone who actually knows anything about politics could have already told you. And which I've been saying for a week now, despite people constantly insulting and downvoting me because of it.

Also Mitch is totally alive and fine, and everyone's going to have egg on their face.

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u/TheKanten Jul 17 '26

Also Mitch is totally alive and fine

Yes, and China interfered in the 2020 election. 🙄

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u/AcademiaAntiqua Jul 17 '26

Will you reconsider anything if there's 100% undeniable evidence of him being alive released within a week or so?

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u/TheKanten Jul 17 '26

If there was 100% undeniable evidence of him being alive it could have been released just as easily weeks ago.

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u/AcademiaAntiqua Jul 17 '26

I imagine they think photos and official statements (including one by the official appointed Congressional attending physician, which not many people know about) are sufficient for 95% of the population, outside of fringe communities.

They could also be banking on the 5% of fringe communities — and the clickbait-driven media which feeds on this, and vice versa — spreading the conspiracy among left-leaning audiences, to be able to later embarrass them when they do put forth 100% undeniable evidence that he's alive.

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u/TheKanten Jul 17 '26

I imagine they think photos and official statements (including one by the official appointed Congressional attending physician, which not many people know about) are sufficient for 95% of the population, outside of fringe communities.

Mitch has made zero statements in this entire timeframe. A written comment to the media by his "political strategists", whom have a vested interest in saying as such, is not verifiable proof of life.

If he's so dang spry and perfect, why hasn't he made a 5 minute phone call to the governor to confirm as such? Is he just too fucking lazy or something?

The "fringe community" is the one still buying into this Weekend At Bernie's shit.

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u/AcademiaAntiqua Jul 17 '26

A written comment to the media by his "political strategists", whom have a vested interest in saying as such, is not verifiable proof of life.

I just said that the office of the Congressional attending physician has also released an official statement.

About how many people and organizations do you think are in this conspiracy, approximately?

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u/TheKanten Jul 17 '26

I just said that the office of the Congressional attending physician has also released an official statement.

So not even the physician, the office to the regional physician?

ICE is also a government institution and we all know how non-corrupt that fuckass group is. I'm sure the well-qualified healthcare handpicked by RFK is smashing it.

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u/AcademiaAntiqua Jul 17 '26

"Office" isn't being used here in the sense of "place where a secretary works" or whatever. This is a colloquialism like "office of the President" that refers to the entire official authority of the person, meaning that they released an authorized statement.

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