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  1. #McConnell, out sick for two months, voted against medical leave 23 times since 1985

    by Judd Legum, Rebecca Crosby, and Noel Sims, Aug 13, 2026

    "Senator #MitchMcConnell (R-KY) was hospitalized on June 14 after suffering a fall that left him unconscious. He remained hospitalized until mid-July, when he was transferred to a rehabilitation center. On August 6, McConnell announced that he was discharged and was continuing his recovery at home.

    "But, two months later, McConnell has not returned to work in the Senate. Over that period of time, he has missed 59 floor votes. Nevertheless, McConnell has continued to receive his Senate salary of $174,000 per year [!!!].

    "McConnell is fortunate to be employed in a job with excellent benefits. There is no federal law, however, that provides guaranteed paid sick leave. In 2025, about 27 million private sector workers had no paid sick leave.

    "One reason: Mitch McConnell."

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    #USPol #GOP #Hypocrisy #MedicareForAll #SickLeaveForAll #GetMoneyOut

  2. #McConnell has enjoyed over two months of paid sick leave from the US Senate

    ...but voted against sick leave laws 23 times in the past 35 years.

    #RepublicansAreAProblem

  3. McConnell, out sick for two months, voted against medical leave 23 times since 1985.

    #McConnell

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  4. I was just wondering what they did with Mitch McConnell's body if he did die weeks ago. Did they stick it in a freezer with plans to thaw it out when they are ready to openly say he's dead and have a funeral?

    Could an honest coroner tell if a body has been thawed and defrosted? Not that they would let an honest coroner anywhere near Mitch's body.

    #uspol #mcconnell #trump #republicans

  5. Has anyone seen positive proof of life from Mitch McConnell since late June? Has he actually made a live appearance anywhere? Spoken publicly?

    Or are we still taking the word of his office and the compliant media that he's alive and cognitively functional?

    #USPol #McConnell #Senate

  6. He walks! He talks! He crawls on his belly like a snake!

    If Mitch is "frustrated" that people think he's in a not-alive state, all he need do to clear the air is to use a phone to call any MSNOW anchor during any show, to say hi and chat about the weather. If his fingers are frustrated with phones, he can have any of the people who claim to have spoken with him hold the phone up to his fine "Confederate solder in King Donald's Court" of a head.

    Easy peasy. I solve all political problems. Reasonable rates.

    #McConnell #Republicans

  7. Until someone wheels out Mitch McConnell and props him up in front of the cameras I don’t want to hear another Republican talking about dead people voting in our elections.

    #trump #republicans #Midterms #MAGA #news #vote #epstein #EpsteinFiles #mcconnell

  8. Has anyone reporting that "Mitch McConnell said..." actually SEEN McConnell to confirm that this isn't just a fabricated statement?

    Every single media report I've seen does two unconscionable things:

    1. Takes an uncorroborated statement from (someone?) and reports it as fact without attribution, and

    2. Uses a stock photo from the past as if it's a CURRENT photo of McConnell.

    WTAF?

    #USPol #Politics #McConnell #Senate #Journalism

  9. @newsguyusa Should the headline actually be:

    Sen. Mitch McConnell allegedly released from rehabilitation center, according to someone

    Did Mitch McConnell personally deliver the statement? Or was it purportedly him but issued through a spokesperson? If so, who?

    These are not minor details. They are the whole story. And they're completely missing from the reporting.

    Do better.

    #USPol #McConnell #Flipboard #Media

  10. @thenewrepublic

    And this is why I don't vote moderate centrist, and why many people believe they're the same thing.

    The moderate centrist isn't going to stop the GOP's shenanigans. What they'll do is act like a publicist and sportscaster, yelling at us:

    "SEE! Look at what they're doing! OMG. How awful! Look! Keep looking! Keep watching!"

    Notice there is zero effort to stop them. At best, they'll instruct you to protest until most people are tired out, all while your letters and emails go straight into a spambox.

    The governor could call for a replacement. True, it would likely end up in the courts, but it would do two things:

    1) Prevent the deadline from expiring.

    2) Force someone to prove Mitch McConnell really is alive and conscious enough to perform his duties.

    But you're not going to get that. You're stuck with a moderate centrist who won't lift a finger to help, and only keep us playing this same stupid rigged game.

    @breaking-news-thenewrepublic

    #MitchMcConnell #McConnell #Kentucky #Democrats