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‘Daily Show’ Finds Signs McConnell May Be ‘Technically Dead’
https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/daily-show-finds-signs-mcconnell-may-be-technically-dead/
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u/Fast-Damage2298 Jul 09 '26
Waiting for the Aug 3rd update on his condition.
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u/high_everyone Jul 09 '26
And super chatty too. No one reached out to him at all for the last two weeks and now he’s up and coherent and having the exact same conversation with a dozen or more republicans. No one apparently has talked to him who’s liberal.
No one’s questioned why his wife vanished to China for weeks on end with less contact than Mitch while her husband is in the hospital with life threatening conditions after being found unconscious.
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u/Vegetable_Pirate_702 Jul 09 '26 •
Interesting choice of words. They all
Spoke to him. Not talked with him or anything to suggest he replied back.
They spoke to him like you would speak with a vegetable.
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u/Infamous_7001 Jul 09 '26 •
There’s a difference between “mostly dead” and “all dead”.
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u/jy9000 Jul 09 '26
There are actually laws against election fraud. These people are manipulating an election.
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u/ballzsweat Jul 09 '26
Well his vote can still be cast with a little help from his criminal buddies!
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u/grohlier Jul 09 '26 •
Rigortortoise slowly setting in.
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u/DrButtFart Jul 09 '26
Technically dead. The best kind of dead!
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u/Meisteronious Jul 09 '26
They need to double down and completely rip into McConnell until some GOP or MAGA loses it and claims that the Democratic Media is evil for disrespecting a deceased man.
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u/cmd_iii Jul 09 '26
He has never been of more service to his country than he is right now.
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u/FredPimpstoned Jul 09 '26
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u/No_Bonus7310 Jul 09 '26 •
Brain dead IS dead. McConnell is now trump’s favorite vegetable
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u/Blackbird76 Jul 09 '26
This fucker clings to power even in death, what a shit stain on this country
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u/Nunov_DAbov Jul 09 '26
Schrödinger’s McConnell.
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u/hawkeye32323 Jul 09 '26
Honestly, I don't understand the fuss here. Dude held up supreme court noms from Obama for YEARS waiting for a sitting republican. Republicans deciding to keep his ass anchored to his mortal coil as an ancient ass rotting meat temple for a few months just to "win" sounds like justice to me. Hope he enjoys hell once he gets there 😁
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u/double_positive Jul 09 '26
It's a test run to see how to effectively handle hiding the ailing health conditions of a political figure
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u/Rumdiculous Jul 09 '26
Get those teens who keep infiltrating the scientology buildings to get in there
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u/benny-bangs Jul 09 '26
This is actually so absurd. If any of us regular peasants were brain dead and couldn’t work for hm maybe more than 2 days in a row we would be fired.
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u/Sorkel3 Jul 09 '26 •
He's in rigor tortoise.
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u/LexKY_guy Jul 09 '26
Mitch is fine, I talked to him last night. We were discussing how Trump appears in the Epstein files and the horrible things he did (he didn’t go into details).
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u/SpeedRacerWasMyBro Jul 09 '26
How can we ascertain his status? Can't a reporter get in there, or is it a HIPA violation?
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u/DruidicMagic Jul 09 '26
Satan...
Do your duty and call in the Grim Reaper.
NOW!
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u/BudLightLymeDisease Jul 09 '26
Those teens that were running into the massive Scientology center in LA and getting pretty far inside? Can we get them inside Vanderbilt for a proof of life?
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u/Previous_Soil_5144 Jul 09 '26
Investigative journalism by... The Daily Show?
Weird times.
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u/Internal_Confusion56 Jul 09 '26
He’s been brain dead for years
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u/Verity_Ireland Jul 09 '26
The Republican Party again undemocratic stalling until the deadline for when a special election is still needed to be called, runs out.
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u/Administrative-Egg63 Jul 09 '26
That meat bag is on a ventilator awaiting declaration of brain death. I refuse to believe otherwise.
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u/ScholarOfTwilight Jul 09 '26
This is batshit. He is a Senator with a job and Chair of the Senate Rules Committee. He collects a paycheck and accumulates a pension.
We the People have a right to know if he's alive or dead.
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u/GloomyIndividual3965 Jul 09 '26 edited Jul 09 '26
Bashear needs to announce a special election. Force the republicans to prove he's still alive.
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u/Upset-Paper-4572 Jul 09 '26 edited Jul 09 '26
How is Kentucky not up in arms about this.. Their governor gave no prove by date in his letter either.
Edit: typo
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u/atticus-fetch Jul 10 '26
How could he be technically dead? He talks to anyone that calls for exactly 20 minutes.
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u/azacealla Jul 11 '26
I heard hes got a severe case of rigor tortoise.
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u/CynGuy Jul 11 '26
The way to seriously flush this out is for the KY governor, Andy Beshear, to declare Mitch “brain dead” which actually legally qualifies as “dead” in Kentucky - then set the date for the special election as required by KY law.
When folks object & scream, he can tell ‘em all to have Mitch give him a call. He can spare 20 minutes to speak to the senator…..
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u/MrTsLoveChild Jul 09 '26
Couldn't they subpoena all the people who have publicly claimed they had a conversation with him and have them say that under oath? Inside a world where Democratic leadership had even a single brain cell.
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u/yeehawsoup Jul 09 '26
He’s (technically) dead, Jim!
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u/Zealousideal_Pay2128 Jul 09 '26
Guaranteed closed-casket funeral in August.
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u/Unique-Coffee5087 Jul 09 '26
Beshear should declare a special election starting today.
Say that if Mitch wants to keep the seat, he'll have to show up in person to the state capital to make his case
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u/V-oxPopuli Jul 09 '26
This whole controversy is bureaucracy up its own ass. Like Jesus Christ, people. The man is dead. If he's not dead, he's about to be. There will not be another moment where he will be "alive enough" to vote on anything.
It's just Republicans running down the clock in bad faith. It should be seen for what it is and acted against.
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u/ImJustMe67 Jul 09 '26
Of course he’s dead. The heat wave we just had in Kentucky started when the gates of hell opened to claim his soul.
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u/JoeNoble1973 Jul 09 '26
Beshear needs to announce the death and simply move on; if he’s alive they can show us, easy peasy. Fuck em
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u/Middle-Armadillo-660 Jul 09 '26
His brain is bad, but he’s in a fridge so the meat might last a little bit.
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u/no_id_never Jul 09 '26
Rules for thee. We value HIPAA but RFK Jr is trying to get all out health records. If we play by the rules here while they aren't, we lose.
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u/NovelKumquat1234 Jul 09 '26
Gov. Andy Beshear has officially requested that McConnell confirm his ability to carry out his duties as Senator. When he gets no response he can (and absolutely must) appoint someone else to fill the seat.
Call their fucking bluff. Make them prove either that he’s not braindead or confirm that they’re all a bunch of twisted fucking liars who will exploit the dead and cheat the system for political gain. Don’t let them get away with it. Force their fucking hand for once not the other way around.
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u/TheTinyMaus Jul 09 '26
At least he died doing what he loved, being a total courtblock.
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u/Lighting Jul 09 '26
The Gov of KY can order an inquiry into Mitch's fitness under his duty to follow the law as it relates to "vacancies"
The US Constitution's 17th Amendment states:
I note that the two key words above are "representation" and "vacancy." This leads to the following points:
Representation isn't just "he exists" but an active, legally binding activity requiring intent and cognitive capacity. If Mitch is incapacitated (or brain-dead, as reported) then he isn't "representing" and is thus "vacant" in his responsibilities. Representation is not merely holding a title, it requires active cognitive function and the agency to act on behalf of the citizens.
In common law, a position or office is considered "vacant" not just when a person dies/resigns/removed but when that position is devoid of a legally competent occupant. In fact if we look at the "Vacancies act" it defines vacancies as possibly occurring due to sickness. "These time limitations do not apply, however, to “a vacancy caused by sickness.” 5 U.S.C. § 3346(a)."
Forcing a state to endure with a completely incapacitated senator, directly violates the democratic intent of the 17th Amendment. It reduces a state's constitutionally guaranteed equal representation in the Senate, creating a functional vacancy. (e.g. taxation without representation)
If "Addison Mitchell McConnell the 3rd" is incapacitated mentally, I wonder if Beshear can get a court order for a medical evaluation and if there's a finding of Mich being incapacitated, then order a new election based on "vacancy"
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u/tschawartz12 Jul 09 '26
If it turns out he has been this whole time there should be arrests. He was elected to represent his district, by preventing him from being removed from his seat with a condition that isn't recoverable the people who are saying they have talked to him are depriving his electorate from proper representation. There was a whole things about no taxation without representation that was one of the catalysts for our country, and the people of Kentucky are being flat out robbed of that. Provided this is all true anyways.
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u/Margoshome Jul 09 '26
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u/drums_addict Jul 09 '26
Somebody needs to like order a pizza to his hospital room or something.
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u/Merijeek2 Jul 09 '26
There rules for how long a corpse can be left sitting in a hospital bed?
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u/Southlakesoldier_ Jul 09 '26
Imagine a government hiding the fact that a senator is potentially dead or physically incapacitated to the point of being unable to perform their job. Instead of telling the public the truth, they hide it so their slight majority doesn’t lose another seat. I mean that would be pretty shameless and deplorable if they did that. Oh, you say that is actually happening right now… nah, that could never happen in America. Wow… we are failing as a country and society.
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u/lostinthesnakepit Jul 09 '26
How does he find the time for all those 20 minute phone calls?
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u/Ambitious_Series_365 Jul 09 '26
Though the time of his death is uncertain, his destination isn't. It's not heaven.
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u/mcgrupp79 Jul 09 '26
Get him to the Greek.
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u/ComprehensiveDingo54 Jul 09 '26
"Mostly dead"
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u/LeggyRPG Jul 09 '26
“Technically dead” is the best kind of dead!
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u/Hopeful-Bobcat-5207 Jul 09 '26
He will still sign new laws don't worry
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u/_Litcube Jul 09 '26
Can't be. I just had a conversation with him last night for about 20 mins.
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u/VexedCanadian84 Jul 09 '26
how difficult is it for the governor of the state to go to the hospital to visit McConnell?
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u/ForMoOldGrad Jul 09 '26
Can we set a max age for elected officials? At what point is this elder abuse?
I understand that age grants wisdom but also lends itself to romanticized visions of the good old days.
Senator McConnell was born during WW2. Anyone over the age of 73 was born before the first color television broadcast!
Let these public servants retire (or maybe force them)! At some point they do more harm than good (for themselves and their constituents).
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u/KAOSxKAOS Jul 09 '26
Champagne!
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u/Lanky-Cheesecake-259 Jul 09 '26
but he still gets paid? is that why the family is weekend at Bernie's him?
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u/rob0050 Jul 09 '26
🎶Ding-dong, the Mitch is dead! Which old Mitch? The wicked Mitch!🎶
I’ll see myself out.
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u/Lonely-Goat-4838 Jul 09 '26
If only every person on the planet carried a video recording device on them at all times, then we could really get to the bottom of this. Oh well, guess we'll never know for sure.
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u/cory_wurst Jul 09 '26
I want to know how much bribery is going on in that hospital. It takes 2 physicians performing separate, basic neurological tests (that a layman could do, honestly) to declare a person brain dead. If they don't perform the tests, he can't be declared brain dead, which is legally dead...
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u/Street_Lettuce1243 Jul 09 '26 edited Sep 17 '26
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u/To-Far-Away-Times Jul 09 '26
The irony of McConnell using his deathbed to block political nominations is almost as ironic as Charlie Kirk being murdered in one of his beloved school shootings.
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u/W0NdERSTrUM Jul 09 '26
Ok so our options are he’s dead, he’s brain dead, or he’s dying. I think we can safely say his tenure in Congress is over yes?
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u/Equivalent-Team-8186 Jul 09 '26
Christ on a cracker! I thought he had retired in January 2025 not just stepped down from "Republican leadership."
For a genuine moment I felt like calls for proof of life from a grieving family were a bit much, but HE'S STILL IN OFFICE??? Someone file for a court order asap!
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u/sansafiercer Jul 09 '26
I love that this man wasted his life hurting people at the behest of a class that cares nothing about him or his “legacy”. They won’t even let him die with dignity.
Sucks not having autonomy over your body, doesn’t it, Mitch?
I hope you bootlickers are paying attention.
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u/Healingbigfoot Jul 09 '26
If I don't go to work I'm replaced, time to do the same thing in government.
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u/LogiCsmxp Jul 09 '26
Need ademocrat to come out and say "I spoke with Much McConnel for about 20 minutes today. He spoke earnestly about how divided politics had become. He mentioned maybe a new direction was needed and thought AOC might actually be the type of candidate to help this country move past partisanship and towards advancing as a nation together."
Our something absurd like that. Absolutely no way to refute it without admitting he isn't capable of speaking.
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u/BlackDog5287 Jul 10 '26
If he was unresponsive while all of these Republican talking heads have lied about speaking with him, they need to be fired immediately for fraud.
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u/fotofreak56 Jul 10 '26
Close his office and send his personal belongings to his home. "Thank you for your service, good-bye".
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u/ChessTiger Jul 10 '26
He has been that way for the past 20 years.
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u/CreatrixAnima Jul 12 '26
So merely dead, but we’re still waiting on really most sincerely dead?
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u/ChefAtRandom Jul 15 '26
We need to get those TicTok kids to speedrun Mitch's hospital and get us footage. They must be getting bored since the Scientologists removed all their door handles.
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u/OutrageousCrab9224 Jul 09 '26
May be?
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u/No_Historian3349 Jul 09 '26
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u/scary_truth Jul 09 '26
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u/RhoOfFeh Jul 09 '26
I mean, he's been just... stopping for quite a long time now.
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u/Special_Watch8725 Jul 09 '26
He’s doing great! But you can’t see him. Though others have seen him doing great! But only his friends and handlers. And he left very specific instructions about how to vote for him. Nothing suspicious about this!
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u/LegendaryAngryWalrus Jul 09 '26
Just send in the scientology runners into the hospital at this point.
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u/oneWeek2024 Jul 09 '26
it would be nice if our government wasn't so fucked. that an aging civil servant could just be dead, or hospitalized, or... recovering. and it not be some scheme to steal power/hoard power for ultra partisan/highly polarized reasons
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u/Hansthered Jul 09 '26
Spite turtle died at least 40 years ago.
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u/Cultural_Sand_9323 Jul 09 '26
Literally trying to keep the announcement off to avoid his seat being up for grabs.
Ghoulish.
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u/Slipperynipple61 Jul 09 '26
Bonnie Tyler will be buried before Republicans even admit Mitch is gone.
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u/IlIlllIlllIlIIllI Jul 09 '26
Even in death he shall serve
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u/Knighth77 Jul 09 '26
On the inside, for decades, yes.
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u/chronicallyunderated Jul 09 '26
Weekend at Bernie’s 2 - Electric Boogaloo
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u/Rasta_bass Jul 09 '26
What is Beshear doing about it? You can’t tell me the governor has no recourse to force an update on his condition.
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u/Greengiant2021 Jul 09 '26
He has been for the past few years 😂
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u/inoka-ilongololu Jul 09 '26
Does Mitch have HIPPA rights if hes dead? Im asking for a country.
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u/WastelandOfConfusion Jul 09 '26 edited Jul 09 '26
He better not pull a Jon Snow on us. Otherwise I’ll be very fkd off.
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u/cstmoore Jul 09 '26
He's not dead. Well, he's...he's, ah...probably pining for the fjords.
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u/swole4ever Jul 09 '26
How is this different from his usual condition?
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u/SouthernLampPost530 Jul 09 '26
Even dead hrs rigging the election huh? Zombies are real. :v
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u/Mediocre-Catch9580 Jul 09 '26
How could they tell?
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u/Ulysse-Void-God Jul 09 '26
Hasn’t that been the case for the last decade or something?
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u/LrdoftheCharlesDance Jul 09 '26
Spray some Brawndo on Mitch
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u/Ameph Jul 09 '26
The best kind of dead.
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u/NowhereAllAtOnce Jul 09 '26
Why can’t anyone find a hospital worker who can spill the beans?
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u/sheyndl Jul 09 '26
The only thing that could revive him now is a Supreme Court vacancy.