lol apparently Mitch is dead.

[ Insert “Rigor-tortoise” joke here ]

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fratermus@piefed.social · 78 pts · 27d (1 reply)

“Mitch McConnell remaining technically alive for an extra three weeks because of a manipulative procedural maneuver is exactly how he would have wanted to go out,” Morris wrote in a social media post on X.

100% on brand for Mitch

LordCrom@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 27d

The gov should replace him now and then let the pieces fall where they may.

GOP will complain but will be unable to produce McConnell

Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 48 pts · 27d (1 reply)

Rest in piss

green_goglin@thelemmy.club · 24 pts · 27d

green_goglin@thelemmy.club · 43 pts · 27d (2 replies)

Context:

https://www.rawstory.com/mitch-mcconnell-2677159427/

https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-demands-proof-of-life-for-mitch-mcconnell/

https://www.snopes.com/news/2026/07/07/mitch-mcconnell-dead-rumors/

https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-senator-admits-truth-about-mitch-mcconnells-condition/

TLDR:

KY GOP is suspected of actively suppressing any/all news of his passing and/or keeping him on life support until after the first week of August in order to avoid triggering a special election.

Update

NY Post has run a story saying Glitch called the same people who have already claimed without any evidence to have spoken with him in the time since June 14th. He’s definitely fucking dead.

https://nypost.com/2026/07/07/us-news/sen-mitch-mcconnell-84-calls-gop-allies-from-hospital-to-dispel-internet-chatter-hes-brain-dead/

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 26d (1 reply)

green_goglin@thelemmy.club · 1 pts · 26d
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N0t_5ure@lemmy.world · 42 pts · 27d (3 replies)

"I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction."

dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net · 9 pts · 27d (2 replies)

It’s “I have never wished anyone dead, but…”

N0t_5ure@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 27d

The quote I lifted is from Clarence Darrow's 1932 memoir.

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/05/05/darrow-obituary/

SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org · 3 pts · 27d

Well that would be a lie then.

antifahq@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 27d (4 replies)

Lasherz12@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 27d

Lol that dude's been a walking corpse for so long. Even before his void staring contests.

SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social · 6 pts · 27d

altr

SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org · 4 pts · 27d

Nightmare fuel

green_goglin@thelemmy.club · 1 pts · 26d
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OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 27d (1 reply)

He might be dead, he might be braindead and on life support, he might be recovering. Until we see a body, it’s impossible to know.

Schrödinger’s Turtle

50MYT@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 27d

lazynooblet@lazysoci.al · 21 pts · 27d

db2@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 27d

Ding-dong! The Mitch is dead
Which old Mitch? The Wicked Mitch!
Ding-dong! The Wicked Mitch is dead
Wake up, you sleepy head
Rub your eyes, get out of bed
Wake up, the Wicked Mitch is dead
He's gone where the goblins go
Below, below, below
Yo-ho, let's open up and sing and ring the bells out
Ding-dong, the merry-oh, sing it high, sing it low
Let them know the Wicked Mitch is dead!

YoureHotCupCake@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 27d (1 reply)

So where's our next public toilet going to end up?

green_goglin@thelemmy.club · 11 pts · 27d

High probability it’ll be erected somewhere in mainland China.

BillCheddar@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 27d (7 replies)

He was a fucking traitor, right up to the bitter end.

green_goglin@thelemmy.club · 32 pts · 27d (6 replies)

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 26d (5 replies)

that took me a minute

green_goglin@thelemmy.club · 10 pts · 26d (4 replies)

lol

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 26d

Pat_Riot@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 26d (2 replies)

Lol, to not with

tmyakal@infosec.pub · 5 pts · 26d (1 reply)

The joke is that Cain has been dead since 2020. Presumably he and Mitch chatted in hell.

Pat_Riot@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 26d

I figured it out, far too late, but I did. Gave me a good chuckle

DarkFuture@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 27d

insert galactic celebration from end of Return of The Jedi

samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 27d (3 replies)

Better late than never.

chocrates@piefed.world · 12 pts · 27d (2 replies)

Ostensibly they are avoiding announcing it to avoid a special election. Even in death he is still gaming the system

samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 27d (1 reply)

I dunno why they're bothering, his replacement is guaranteed to be a Republican.

pomegranatefern@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 26d

It seems like they're trying to keep Massie specifically from going for the special election, because he defied Trump on the Epstein files.

Canajan@piefed.ca · 7 pts · 27d (4 replies)

Good riddance, maybe Kentucky will drag itself out of the dark ages now.

db2@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 27d (3 replies)

Narrator: It won't.

Canajan@piefed.ca · 4 pts · 27d (1 reply)

Ya likely not, it’s a real shame. My mother was fan of horses, and we vacationed in Kentucky once, 40 some odd years ago, it was a nice place back then. At least to a kid it was.

db2@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 27d

You were likely shielded from a lot.

Professorozone@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 27d

Didn't he almost lose an election to a trans woman?

FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 27d

spacegoat@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 26d

(Once) Living evidence that abortion is moral

Chivera@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 26d

Burn in hell next to Kissinger

FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 27d

🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🎊🎉🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎆🎇🎆🎆🎇🎇

ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 27d

He will be fuel for the Fire. ✌️