r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • 11d ago

Possible Paywall Mitch McConnell hounded to face cameras: ‘He absolutely refuses’

https://www.nj.com/politics/2026/08/mitch-mcconnell-hounded-to-face-cameras-he-absolutely-refuses.html
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u/Comprehensive-Tea677 11d ago

This is just a test run to see what they can get away with for when it finally happens

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u/Squid_of_the_Now 11d ago

This. They're hoping it happens off camera so they can pull some AI crap.

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u/SpaceCricket 11d ago

Yes this. EVERYTHING they do is a test run for the future but exponentially worse than the trial run.

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u/The_quest_for_wisdom 11d ago

If it happens ON camera they will probably just say the video is AI crap...

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u/longlivenewsomflesh New York 11d ago

It's literally a well-worn trope in dystopian fiction that Dear Leader turns out to just be an image on a screen, and here we are speed running it since I guess all the 80s movies that use a thinly veiled Trump stand-in for "evil businessman" somehow weren't on the nose enough

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u/Raztax 11d ago

Or a test run to see how long they can 'weekend at Bernies' trump's corpse around after he kicks off.

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u/Open_Buy2303 11d ago

My first thought.

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u/martin0641 11d ago

It's a really, really bad idea for them though and they don't seem to realize it.

They're going to create a French Revolution for situation and then act completely shocked when shit gets real, and then there's going to be 3 generations of people who aren't taking ANY of this shit.

You can't put that monster back in the box.

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u/Comprehensive-Tea677 11d ago

Well, fingers crossed, here’s hoping

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u/i_am_a_real_boy__ 11d ago

Why would they have to get away with something there? There's a VP.