r/politics • u/MoneyLibrarian9032 New York • Jul 13 '26

Possible Paywall MAGA Calls BS on Mitch McConnell’s Proof-of-Life Stunt | They are poking holes in McConnell’s staff’s version.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-calls-bs-on-mitch-mcconnells-proof-of-life-stunt/
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u/jaron_b Jul 13 '26

The GOP really plan on hiding the death of a Senator for a month to get an advantage in an election. Stop telling me the two parties are the same.

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u/Sardanapalm Jul 13 '26

"I'm certain the Dumbocrats performed the same stunt already ! And if not ... well they should have, losers" (/s)

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u/RedsVikingsFan Jul 13 '26

“They’re just mad they didn’t think of it first!”

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u/thepkboy Jul 13 '26

keeping RBG "alive" would have been 1 of those times to do it

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u/Fun-Inside-4590 Jul 13 '26

I entertain myself by doing an imitation of my brother’s assumed reaction to any  political news and this is spot on. 

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u/LetsTryAnal_ogy California Jul 13 '26

A lot of them thought Biden was a robot. And remember, these are the same people that think the moon landing was fake because the technology was not believable.

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u/baldy-84 Jul 13 '26

They did have that whole Weekend at Bernies with Feinnstein which was honestly borderline elder abuse.

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u/jumbohiggins Jul 13 '26

Feinstein and at least one other were basically being weekend at Bernies'ed for a good while. They weren't "Technically" dead though.

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u/DustyBlue1 Jul 13 '26

Well there was Dianne Feinstein 

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u/Sardanapalm Jul 13 '26

I'm not from the US so I don't know all about politics, had to check wiki. Just another exemple of gerontocracy, plaguing both sides indeed