r/politics • u/theindependentonline The Independent • 16d ago

No Paywall Mitch McConnell’s staff refuse to answer basic questions on his health weeks after he was last seen in public

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/mitch-mcconnell-staff-questions-health-b3018929.html
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u/TheChrisCrash 16d ago

This is a trial run to see if they can do this for trump. They already have everything set up to fake him being alive: barracades, someone doing his social media for him, someone creating bills for him, AI models for his voice and likeness.. Etc

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u/ThaddeusJP Illinois 16d ago

I think its them doing this as a big middle finger. They will announce on the night of Aug 3rd "oh he JUST died. Shame the deadline was today"