Sen. Mitch McConnell has had phone conversations with several Republican leaders as he remains hospitalized, spokespeople for the lawmakers told ABC News on Tuesday.

I’m sure that McConnell was a great listener that day.

  • bigbangdangler@reddthat.com
    25·
    2 months ago

    The “Joe Biden is an empty suit” people sure don’t seem to mind empty suits when they’re members of the GOP. Curious.

      • Jax@sh.itjust.works
        31·
        2 months ago

        I sincerely doubt that anyone lying for the conservative party has the wherewithal to create a convincing AI video of Mitch McConnell.

        Thinking about; no it shouldn’t be that difficult to create an AI video of a man with 1000’s of hours in footage of him publically available. I still don’t think this admin could pull it off.

          • Jax@sh.itjust.works
            2·
            2 months ago

            Sorry, it wasn’t my intent to do either — I am anticipating their usage of AI for something; I just don’t see it being something like this. These circumstances are much more easily obfuscated through things like HIPAA/ privacy demands/ his wife leaving for China while having power of attorney (if there isn’t a foreign espionage case there I don’t know what to say). Why risk a spurring on a legitimate conversation by falsifying easily disproved evidence? Why not wait and try to do that as like some last ditch effort to wring a couple more days out?

            I would be more suspicious of pictures or edited videos on other topics. Like, unironically some Stalin-esque ‘delete people from pictures’ stuff. Not necessarily on the same level as Stalin, I don’t think it’s possible to totally delete people from the current information ecosystem. I do think it’s absolutely possible to take real govt footage, like the footage from aircraft thermal optics, edit that a little bit; boom, aliens. Or say, real pictures of Epstein and the other pedophile elite; seems like a good way to legitimize Trump while demonizing his enemies.

            • Ulvain@sh.itjust.works
              2·
              2 months ago

              Fair (and well articulated) point…

              Curious to hear your opinion, what do you think their end game is with pretending that McConnell isn’t dead?

              • Jax@sh.itjust.works
                2·
                2 months ago

                Thank you, I think the Trump admin is terrified of all the investigations that will be thrown at them should the majority in the House and Senate be taken by Dems. I think McConnell being dead means Massie has a chance back in through that seat as an independent, he will at the very least pull votes from the conservative candidate.

                I’m not optimistic that these investigations will lead to anything. I am optimistic that it will mean the Trump admin can’t continue to fuck us however they want, beyond a literal coup.

    • BillyClark@piefed.socialEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      Yeah, why not have Democrat leaders talk to him? If Democrats lied that he was worse than he actually was, the truth would come out as soon as he left the hospital, and the liar would look really bad. Because they would have said things that hurt Mitch and his family.

      But if Republicans lie that he’s better than he actually is, as they are likely doing, they can easily get away with it by saying that it was for his family or some shit.

      • ripcord@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 months ago

        Because they don’t give a shit about trying to seem honest, they just say what they want their cult to hear

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    123·
    2 months ago

    Barrasso spokesperson Kate Noyes said the two discussed a number of topics, including recent sexual assault allegations against Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner (allegations Platner has denied) and national defense spending, during a 20-minute phone conversation on Tuesday afternoon.

    Billionaires that own American media really want the anti-genocide progressive to drop out…

    They’re shoehorning it into everything these days, and apparently even McConnell is focused on stopping Platner.

    • disorderly@lemmy.world
      9·
      2 months ago

      I’d just also like to call out that Republicans are using McConnell’s warm corpse as a campaign billboard and that is weirdly hilarious.

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        2 months ago

        The highlight for me was his wife immediately hoping on a jet to Bejing to meet with Chinese officials days after he had to be revived with CPR in their home.

        Married for 30+ years and she immediately went as far away as she could without leaving the fucking planet.

    • deathmetaldawgy@lemmy.mlEnglish
      314·
      2 months ago

      god… y’all gotta shut up about your rapist candidate. They really should pull a Biden/Harris fast. They’re gonna single handedly keep Maine under the billionaires thumb by running this chud. Even Mamdani, who has the same aides, is saying Platner is a bad look for the left.

      You guys really just wanna soften vets that haven’t done the work to redeem themselves. American Imperialist Vets shouldn’t be in office anyway but y’all also aren’t ready for that conversation.

      And I’ll say it again: Believing women doesn’t mean believing allegations until it’s against someone you like. Deeply ingrained misogyny makes you think ppl like Platner are so cool.

      Also this is hilarious:

      apparently even McConnell is focused on stopping Platner.

      Lmfao. Yeah I’m sure he’s doing a whole lot 😂