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Sen. Ron Johnson on Mitch McConnell: "I just heard from a source that was an older photo"

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Oh ffs. 🙄 Some fool on Twitter isn't a reliable source. People are starting to sound exactly like MAGA when they are presented with information. "That's fake news because someone said. That's AI because I couldn't possibly be wrong."

His staffers would lose all the perks that come from being the employees of a living, senior senator, rather than whatever caretaking arrangements are in place. But regardless, once a lie is in place, people often circle the wagons, because admitting the lie is embarrassing and perhaps dangerous.

Politicians & sycophantic corporate media can try to whitewash & forget all the damage done by Lindsey Graham & Mitch McConnell* but We the People will not A soulless ghoul who betrayed everything he once stood for to become a “remora” on Trump’s ass** *dead until proven **credit to Rude Pundit

So, now RON JOHNSON A REPUBLICAN SENATOR, IS SAYING IT'S AN OLDER PHOTO OF MITCH AND ELAINE THAT WAS USED! All right, it wasn't AI but it wasn't a recent photo. Why not? What are Mitch and his staff hiding about his condition? I'm NOT a conspiracy theorist, I'm A skeptic. Prove to me he's alive and

Exactly. That would do it. Why hasn't it happened? If he were in ANY condition besides dead or comatose he would know he has to do it to prove he's still alive and kicking and put the rumors to rest. He's savvy enough to know that.

I am fully prepared to believe that an elderly man had a bad fall and his doctor insisted that he absolutely had to stay away from his high-stress job and do rehab. That part of the story is fine. But, like, even the strictest-regime of bed rest would allow one to make a quick facetime call, surely?

Suggesting that Republicans are just as confused about Mitch as everyone else and wishing him well is just another Republican delay tactic to stall until Aug. 3. They know he’s dead or brain dead. Let’s see video evidence. Releasing an old photo is fraud! Johnson is lying.

So, McConnel’s staff released an old photo, with this week’s newspaper photoshopped into it as “proof of life” …? Yeah, that guy’s dead and they’re covering it up. The special election should be called, now.

Ron Johnson is too stupid to recognize the difference between an older photo and a more recent photo. Too stupid to recognize a scam claim from a plausible claim. There is brick where brain matter would otherwise be located.

“Well, I heard it was an older photo, so yeah, they may have posted an altered photo of Mitch and his wife. Sucks getting old.” That’s the least of Republican problems if that photo turns out to be fake and Mitch is lying in a bed brain-dead. Certainly, Johnson is blasé about the possibility.

And they're eating the dogs and cats, too, I suppose. If someone can link to an actual news article from 2023 that contains that same photo I'll eat my hat. Not a screenshot of a supposed link or AI saying some hallucinated bullshit, an actual link.

Most reasonable assumption: if McConnell could speak even in a weak voice, we'd have heard from him. Or maybe he's actually fine and they're holding off on the "big reveal" for dramatic effect, but this would be awfully strange.

Stranger things have happened, but I wouldn't put money on it. The photo surprised me because I had assumed he was unresponsive on life support the whole time. I am not really sure way to make of it, but he has not provided any evidence he will be able to return to the Senate.

His staff: Hey, Jimmy - we have to include a photo Jimmy finds photo Staff: thanks Jimmy for adding the photo of him alive. We don’t have a current photo - because that is morbid…..

You gotta love Ron I Spent The 4th Of July In Russia With 7 Other GOPs Johnson telling us how much Mitch loved this country. Nah man. YOU ALL love the power, NOT this country OR YOU’D do your GD jobs and stop the criming in the WH.

Special Election Requirement: Rather than picking a successor, the Governor who is a Democrat, is legally obligated to initiate a special election process to fill the vacancy. After August 6th the seat will go unfilled until after the November election.

I don’t wish the man ill in any way, but don’t the voters who McConnell represents, Congress and the Senate, deserve a clear, honest and unequivocal answer as to his state of health? Why does everything about Trump’s administration, and the GOP as a whole, seem to smell of subterfuge and dishonesty?

Same clothes. Photoshop expert caught this. And overlayed the photo and the COLLAR IS A PERFECT MATCH for hospital pic. Btw, my dad wasn’t allowed to wear jeans at rehab. PULL UP sweats is what they want their patients in!!

The newspaper was in fact the current sports section of WaPo, but it looks photoshopped in, or AI-inserted. I mean... the very presence of the newspaper is kind of hilarious. "HeY eVeRyBoDy ThE cUrReNt NeWsPaPeR pRoVeS tHe DaTe!"

Folds and shadows in the cloth aren’t the same, tension in the fabric isn’t the same, drape in the fabric around the collar isn’t the same. It’s just the same shirt, and similar posture/body position. This is not some groundbreaking clue.

thnaks for the feedback, it could be a case of confirmation bias on my part but seeing a repository of photos using almost the same clothes as he was wearing made me a little curious. as an experiment, i used the getty site as training material to generate this

Don’t get me wrong, hiding his condition to avoid his seat being lost is just the sort of shithousery i’d expect from these crooks. But i don’t think there’s anything in these images that proves that, unless some one gets the original that’s been used to analyse it for manipulation.

Why are they using a 2-3 yr old picture and claiming it's now? How obvious can it be that the dude is probably dead, or if he's not he needs to be retired. I don't CARE if he loves his country. I freaking hate the bloody lipservice the GOP keeps spewing! DO IT @govandybeshear.bsky.social !!!

If Mitch is doing as well as the photo/statement say, why can't he be interviewed by a reporter?? Why hasn't Mitch expressed condolences for the sudden death of his long-time buddy Lindsey Graham? Why does the 'minor' fall/ pneumonia require such extensive treatment and rehab? 🤔

Not 1000 reporters, not an entire interview, just one trusted unbiased person (TUP) to see him for one minute. TUP: “You good? Mitch: “Yeah, I’m good.” TUP: “That’s great. Glad to hear. Thank you for your time.” “Hey everybody! He’s all good.”

Exactly. Why would it take so long for his condition to come out? The whole thing is a dereliction of duty, not to mention totally disrespectful to his constituents and the state he “supposedly” represents.

Yes, and I don't know if Graham's death was reported in that paper, but if he was as spunky as that picture suggests, they would tell him the GOP vote had dropped - they are down to a 2-seat margin, including his. I just can't believe he'd have that airy smile, knowing that.

Will they be pulling the plug on August 3, 2026? Yes he will officially be dead in August. Is there a place we can all go place a bet on that happening? 🤔😉

Is there a problem with people believing theirs a conspiracy and lies about McConnell’s condition, McConnell, an 84 year old with complications from childhood polio, who has had many recent “freezes”, who, on a good day, looks like death? No, we are not allowed to think there may be something

afoot here? Really? But believing Jan 6 was an inside job, a love fest, was antifa, and Dems ran a pedophile torture racket in the basement of a pizza joint? Get real! That applies to the media anyone poo-pooing this. Faking /altering a pic of McConnell is well within the range of bullshit

On the left Mitch McConnell is holding a newspaper while in bed wearing a red and white check shirt and blue jeans. On the right is what appears to be the actual Washington Post sports page from Sunday, July 12, 2026.

I have seen that picture (on the newspaper) on a page dated as I described. He and his wife (as seen in the “proof of life” are copied from a poolside photo, also from 2023.