Republican Rep. Marlin Stutzman made the eyebrow-raising statement on NewsNation after being bluntly asked if he believes McConnell, 84, is dead.
“You know, just the things that I’ve heard and seen from some friends is that he’s obviously not doing well, but don’t know if he’s alive or has passed away,” Stutzman said.
Stutzman, who represents northeast Indiana, slammed the secrecy surrounding McConnell’s three-week hospitalization. He demanded answers from the McConnell team, which is led by his longtime, camera-shy aide, Terry Carmack, who is set to earn more than $226,000 this year.
27 Comments
BigMacHole@thelemmy.club · 61 pts · 50d
This is the MOST Transparent government on the UNIVERSE OF HISTORIES!
-Alpha Republicans!
switcheroo@lemmy.world · 53 pts · 50d
The old fuck is dead! Everyone knows it! The Cons just don't want anyone to check before August so that there won't be a Special Election.
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 25 pts · 50d
Undercover journalism and dems looking for the spotlight have a great opportunity here. Just saying.
mr_account@lemmy.world · 46 pts · 49d
Could the governor just call for the snap election to replace him and stop the GOP from obviously attempting to fuck over the midterms? If they say "you're not allowed to do that, he's still alive and fit for service", call their bluff and say that McConnell can walk into the governor's office and say it himself
lmdnw@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 49d
If he’s dead, and I hope with all my heart that he is, if his staff are still getting paid, is that not fraud?
Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 49d
Nope, it's only fraud if the libs do it. Otherwise it's freefom-funding
wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 14 pts · 49d
How atypical of them! 🫡
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 28 pts · 49d
He's DEFINITELY dead.
There's no way they don't try their very best to keep it secret until the deadline, pretend that ot just happened, and then stop even pretending after the election.
cynar@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 49d
Not recovering, almost certainly, dead is another matter. Modern medicine can do an insane job of keeping someone "alive" long past the point their body has given out. Particularly when money isn't a factor.
My guess is that he's either brain-dead, but kept "alive" by machines, or wishes he was brain-dead, while being kept in pain by machines.
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 49d
Personally I like the latter.
RedAggroBest@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 49d
We should only be so lucky
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 49d
I'm pretty sure he has the standard lawmaker clause in his will that of they don't Weekend at Bernies IV: Wrath of Cancun him then he becomes a vampire, or possibly wolfman if it's direct to video.
Rentlar@lemmy.ca · 23 pts · 50d
Schrödinger's Senator
wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 49d
Pfft, we wish there was a box he'd stay in!
Traditionally, a certain wooden one, in fact.
jagermo@feddit.org · 20 pts · 50d
He looks like Garry Oldman as Mason Verger in Hannibal
tpyo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 49d
I was blown away when I learned he was mason verger. Granted I'd seen the movie a long time before I knew who gary oldman was but that character has stuck around with me through the years
I read the book first and really liked it. But I was also a lot younger, so I don't know if it's all that good of a book or movie
jagermo@feddit.org · 2 pts · 49d
Same. Oldman is fantastic.
IAmLamp@fedia.io · 1 pts · 49d
The Riz must have revoked his immunity.
eldoom@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 49d
He looks like the feast monster from Pan's Labyrinth.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 49d
My guess is he's unconscious and being kept alive by machines.
justaman123@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 49d
Yeah when they say they talked to him that's not exactly a lie because it's like talking to your plant. No one can prove you didn't
BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 49d
Just keep saying he's dead, because likely he is in some capacity. If you're in KY, call your governor and pressure him to put an ultimatum out that they present he is alive and conscious to do his duties or he is considered incapable of such and hold an election to immediately replace him.
joeljoelle@piefed.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 49d
I wasn't sure 10 years ago, I thought it was common knowledge he was a ghoul now
nosuchanon@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 49d
This is a trial run for when Trump kicks the bucket.
shittydwarf@piefed.ca · 7 pts · 49d
He's so dead
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 4 pts · 49d
Truth is, he's been a literal undead ghoul animated by necromatic magic for decades and now they are keeping him in Area 51 for study after discovering this.
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe · 2 pts · 47d
Schrödinger’s turtle.