Mitch McConnell returns to the Senate after three-month absence due to health issues
Sen. Mitch McConnell returned to Capitol Hill on Monday for the first time after a three-month absence due to health issues.
He was seen leaving his home in a wheelchair en route to the Capitol.
“Today, I’ll cast my first Senate vote since I took a bad fall back in June. I’m really looking forward to being back on the Senate floor and seeing my colleagues,” the GOP senator from Kentucky said in a statement.
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i drank that champagne weeks ago. guess i need a new bottle
That’s not the flex you think it is you old bastard.
Somehow, this coming back like nothing ever happened and everything is fine, business as usual act pisses me off SO much more than him being gone for three months without a fucking word.
The level of entitled contempt this shows for his constituents, his state, and his governor is beyond anything I have ever seen from a US Senator before in my life.
I am literally furious. He should have fucking STAYED GONE.
Looks like I'm not alone. His X announcement was met with much the same reaction:
https://twitterviewer.net/SenMcConnell/status/2099616441079124330
You know those cognitive tests that Trump's really proud of? Can we do ol Mitch? Really like to see where we'd land on that.
I still think he's dead.
This is a bit strange, because this site posted at the same time saying police surrounded his house, then they said he wouldn't appear until Wednesday:
https://www.rawstory.com/police-surround-mcconnell-home/
Maybe they were just drawing on some of the cop's life force to power his projection.
that was to keep anyone from getting eyes on the actual mitch, while the clone took over at the senate.
Some news sites and live streamers jumped the gun hoping to make the headlines about his absence. They were obviously not in the loop and not paying attention.
Rawstory is a clickbait trash rag. I always cross-check their headlines with more legitimate sources. I'd ban their links altogether from Lemmy if it were up to me; half of their "stories" are either exaggerated, taken out of context, or based on something shat out by some random Xitter user.
I just saw news that he ghosted his own comeback, which is it?
He was "seen leaving his home", are they sure it was him? He "returned to Capitol Hill" but did anyone see him? He only put out a written statement.
Something's still fishy.
took them 3 months to find a suitable doppleganger.
I'm not one for conspiracy theories but man...with this current timeline THAT honestly would NOT surprise me.
it also would NOT surprise if after this stint, in say like a couple days he finally "dies".
And I was just saying yesterday , Where the hell is Mitch McConnell ??
Don't fall for it! This is just George Santos playing his final bet on Kalshi!
It's probably an android
Congress was concerned he would have to work remotely via Ouija board.
#doppelganger
Really seriously thought he was pushing up daisies
He didn't speak publicly while he was at the Capitol but he put out a written one later so he still might be.
How fucking funny would it be if he showed up alive for a day and then died
I too enjoyed the movie "Dave".
I've been waiting for someone to mention that, lol.
I honestly and unironically believe the current administration has a "Dave" plan for what they're going to do when the time comes for the orange chancre. There are NO limits for them, and they are not just going to leave quietly because the orange excrescence finally shuffles off his decrepit mortal coil.
Crazier shit have happened. Being exposed to so many people right after recovering from something catastrophic and being in an isolated environment can often lead to even more severe illnesses. Usually death.
He sustains on pure hypocrisy.
He didn't speak, because they found a Fake Mitch. A Fitch, if you will.
The RoboCop procedure was successful.
New profile pic incoming: