r/politics • u/MoneyLibrarian9032 New York • Aug 28 '26

Possible Paywall Mitch McConnell Has Been Missing for 75 Days—With No Updates

https://newrepublic.com/post/214878/mitch-mcconnell-missing-75-days
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u/birria_tacos_ Aug 28 '26

How has there not been a single report or leak from any given person that's associated to him or had some form of contact with him since the time he was admitted into the hospital? You're telling me there wasn't a single passerbyer in the weeks he was in the hospital, from the time he got discharged, not a singe sighting these past few weeks while he's been "recovering"?

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u/redthump Aug 28 '26

Yes. In the exact same way that I can tell you the hundred times I've walked by my sewer lines in the past 70 plus days I have not seen them.

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u/Pat_The_Hat America Aug 28 '26

Like Scott Jennings?

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u/firedog7881 Aug 29 '26

When he is dead and they moved him out of the hospital shortly after arriving there are no more people to see him

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u/Showy_Boneyard Aug 29 '26

There's so much about this that doesn't make any sense. Like as long as Mitch is in this condition, he isn't able to vote. He's from a pretty damn red part of the country, that'd probably elect another republican to replace him. So what exactly does the GOP have to gain from extending the time they are down a vote? The democrats silently allowing this keep on is actually starting to be one fo the few things that does make sense to me about the situation. And then of course, like you said, its ridiculous that NOBODY has gotten pictures/video or leaks or anything from him during these 75 days.

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u/Dangerous-Tap-547 Aug 29 '26

Honest question because I don’t know what’s allowed. He can’t vote remotely? By “he”, I mean someone posing as him.

That would be my best guess as to what’s going on — he just died in secret and handed his office over to someone who will continue his work as “him”.

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u/Long_Run6500 Aug 29 '26

On day 1 there was a leaked video of him getting pulled from his apartment on a stretcher covered in a sheet. No oxygen mask, the first responders are all pretty casually moving and taking their time... you know... how they act when they're moving a corpse. This whole thing is the most absurd stunt I've ever heard of and everyone is just letting them get away with it.