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They're always ruining an otherwise good day.
Jul 12, 2026 9:45 PM
boogsdad
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They're always ruining an otherwise good day.
JinxRocks
I call bullshit. My dad fell and broke a hip, wrist and got a concussion. It didn't take him nearly four weeks before he would talk to people.
boogsdad
My point is that we're all weeping about the terrible news about our sweet Lindsay/s. Then this distraction popped up
shortbutsquat
I'm still holding out for a trifecta.
SpartaWolf117
If true, he should try falling down some stairs next time.
bad1080
guys stop worrying about him, he has sick leave and health care! (things he voted against for all btw)
Nukls
Shut your eyes... Trust in me... /gallery/WMz9yH2
MaybeIllDisappear
The picture on CNN looks fake as hell
evilspock
To a close approximation, every single person in the US has a cellphone that can take video. Proof-of-life is trivial to provide - that fact that they have not is telling. Where there is smoke there's fire, and Mitch doesn't drop off the face if the earth for 3 weeks with no reason better than a "oops I slipped" statement.
SirPerfluousOfTheShire
Maybe next time
Kablooeeey
Now we know why his wife flew to China, it was to pick up replacement organs harvested from political prisoners. :O
Sebastopol140
Damn!
duktayp
This is a different fall from years ago https://media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExYnEzaGVmd3g3bnQ3ejNxY2V6ZjQ2bmRkdTZrZHh2Zmoxa3N6bWg4NyZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/4B7dZjx1F68t5D2iF2/giphy.gif
LariCheltsy
nintendolunchbox
Republicans wouldn't lie
StrandedonEarth
TheAnswerIsViolence
If he's actually dead and this statement was false, it should be criminal. He's actively holding a slot that needs to be filled. If it comes out in the future that he was dead before this statement, every single person related to making it should be charged with fraud and intent to commit criminal conspiracy.
TuffyTDog
A fall can absolutely lead to a catastrophic head injury and brain death. Lost a family member that way.
ChelVanin
Impersonating a government official is criminal.
GreaseMonkeyOfLove
Did he himself say it, or was it a spokesperson?
gayvillian
AI video that didnt air live anywhere and he looks better than before the fall and his wife who's in China teleported in for the photo and hes super conveniently holding todays newspaper. They're so used to dipshits swallowing the lies that they put in zero effort.
StunttheRunt
And not just a phone call as we know AI can fake that. Let reporters into his hospital room.
mrthewhitee
It was a statement. So a press release written by his staff.
I'm gonna wait for some real proof of life.
CrisprCAS
Mitch said it, but the spokesperson's lips were moving and no one could see his right hand.
SlayerOfGoat
Link to source? I want to know HOW he revealed that.
GBMaker
He blinked it in morse code.
redditmcredditface
Im assuming by séance
spontaneous9
The word I want to hear is "posthumously."
Merkonian
"The statement included a smiling picture of the senator with his wife Elaine Chao, a tacit response to speculation online that McConnell had died or was incapacitated" From the article. I hope he held up a newspaper with the current date on it. https://apnews.com/article/mitch-mcconnell-hospitalized-fall-health-senate-d708e9a1f18763fbb961fd3879227ce3
PutItInNeutral
tex65
I hate how we have to check photos.
evilspock
"AI checkers" are just as much hogwash at AI. They guess, and are regularly wrong.
tex65
Or are outdated almost immediately. There really isn't a good solution
ShinksAvoHazaar
Isn’t she visiting her handle…. China currently. When was this picture taken. ?
Merkonian
She was 2 days after his hospitalization. Might be back already. But no reliable way to know when the picture was taken.
Merkonian
CNN has the picture: https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/12/politics/mitch-mcconnell-hospital-announcement
Roganisms
He hasn't looked that alive in decades, obviously AI.
TheImgurWarsMadeMe
https://media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1aG0wc2QzcjF1b2ptOWR0MHN2YW45aDRqZWw1Z3ZnbnN3bHFxbzRpbCZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/FBeSx3itXlUQw/200w.webp
Pulger
*cue thousands of people checking photo for signs of AI generation*
genericanamoly
A comment down lol, AI said its fake and mist likely AI generated.
evilspock
It said 54%.
That as close to "lol I dunno" as an AI gets.
The reality is you cannot reliably tell if a given image is AI. Some are easily identified, and some are not.