US senator Mitch McConnell on Sunday revealed for the first time that a fall led to his hospitalization, breaking the silence about the Kentucky Republican’s condition after weeks of mounting speculation about his health.
The statement included a smiling picture of McConnell with his wife, Elaine Chao, a tacit response to speculation online that he had died or was incapacitated. McConnell held a copy of Sunday’s Washington Post sports section in his hand.
If there was ever a time to use AI to cover the truth, it would be now.
I’m only casually following us politics but what would the advantage of delaying announcing his death be (and why wouldn’t the same apply to Lindsey Graham).
It’s about trying to maintain as much control over the senate as possible before the midterms hit. If he really died there would have to be a special election for a temporary senator. If it were a Democrat win, it might be hard to displace them as there’s rarely movement of who sits in a senate seat.
I’ve seen posts all over from people using AI to generate similar photos.
it can’t be ruled out.
Graham happened to fast and unexpectedly for them to weekend at bernies him, but they’ve had plenty of time to prep for McConnell.
I feel like they used AI when Trump first had the face droop and needed to make that speech. Was that confirmed?
Edit: droop, not drool
Notice that ever since then he’s had the droop.
Maybe half of his face suddenly stopped believing his bullshit.