That shirt that mcturtle is shown wearing in his POL (proof of life)

[niyad]

image. .Does anybody know the brand? I am curious about the label/tag/whatever below the last button. One does not normally see labels/tags in such places.

We won't even go into the many things wrong with that image, although a DU'er did do an ai scan on it, says it is not ai.

[dweller]

1. Looks like

A laundry instruction tag
Not where you would find it on a shirt

I think his face looks several years younger , but whatev



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[Turbineguy]

2. The brand is on the pocket.

[niyad]

3. There is an icon there that I cannot make out. I am asking about that

tag or whatever it is below the buttons.

[Brother Buzz]

7. Looks like washing instructions to me

[niyad]

9. An odd place for care instructions.

[montanacowboy]

15. Isn't Elaine in China?

how can she be in the picture with him?

[sarisataka]

17. She returned a couple days ago nt

[montanacowboy]

21. Thanks

I hadn't heard that

[Brother Buzz]

18. Apparently she finished her business in China, flew straight back....

Stopped to pick up the shirt for the photo op and headed to the hospital.

[Renew Deal]

10. That could be the Louisville Cardinals

[dweller]

4. It's not the same on the other photo

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[niyad]

5. Snicker!!!

[Luz]

23. 6:20am on Monday and that's what i see? Thanks

for starting my week off with a snort

[highplainsdem]

6. They put tags there on shirts decades ago. See this Facebook page and the replies:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/628399624759224/posts/1987220258877147/

[niyad]

8. But the tag on the RL shirt is not like the one in the mitch pic,

and we do not know what kind of tag it is.

[highplainsdem]

13. The tag in the McConnell pic is obviously a care tag, as is the one on that Facebook page, though

one tag is horizontal and the other is vertical. I also saw photos of vintage RL shirts where instead of a care tag, it was a tag with Ralph Lauren's name. So the type of tag varied.

The point is that old shirts often had tags there, as the people answering on Facebook explained. The brand isn't important.

This tag isn't something that suggests, let alone proves, that the photo is fake.

[niyad]

14. Nowhere did I indicate that the tag indicated the image was fake (although

internet sleuths are now saying the image is three years old). I specifically asked if anyone knew the brand of shirt, since it was not one with which I am familiar. Please do not attribute to me, and then correct me about, things I did not write.

[highplainsdem]

19. Your paragraph about the placement of the tag said its placement wasn't normal, and it was

immediately followed by a sentence about the many things wrong with the image, suggesting you thought the placement of the tag was the most obvious and that was why you were curious about the brand. It didn't sound like curiosity about McConnell's fashion sense. Just the tag placement.

Does anybody know the brand? I am curious about the label/tag/whatever below the last button. One does not normally see labels/tags in such places.

As for the internet sleuths who supposedly discovered the photo is three years old - I haven't seen any evidence yet that it's three years old. No links to an earlier photo.

[Random Boomer]

22. Internet "sleuths" or internet trolls?

Someone on DU posted a fake 2003 photo of Mitch and Elaine Chao sitting beside a pool, exactly matching the pose and lighting from the hospital photo. The spurious claim was that this proved the hospital photo was a fake.

It IS obvious that the photos are a match, but the lighting for the hospital photo is realistic. There's a strong left side light source that is consistent with a nearby window.

That same lighting is present in the photo of them sitting outside on a sunny day. It's completely inconsistent with the lighting you would actually get from the sun. Even an umbrella or veranda covering would not create that lighting.

[Renew Deal]

11. There are brands that put tags below the last button if the shirt is meant to not be tucked in

But that looks like a laundry tag

[niyad]

12. Thank you. None of the shirts in my closet have those outside tags,

so obviously different brands.

[hookaleft]

16. I have bought many shirts for my sons over the years

And yes they do put tags there. And it is not a laundry care tag.

[niyad]

20. I occasionally buy men's shirts as outerwear, when they work with

what I am wearing, as they tend to be a bit longer, which I prefer.