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BigmanPigman

(55,860 posts)
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 11:02 PM 11 hrs ago

The Mitch photo is a fake...on-line sleuths did a great job [View all]

"The 2026 Statement: McConnell broke nearly a month of silence following his June 14, 2026, hospitalization with a statement released via News Nation.Photo Origins: Social media sleuths quickly pointed out that the smiling photo of McConnell and his wife, Elaine Chao, is identical to the picture originally circulated in March 2023 following a severe fall and concussion, as noted on Facebook.The Newspaper Detail: While the 2023 hospital photo was reused, the newspaper McConnell is holding in his hand appears to have been digitally updated to a current edition (such as a recent Washington Post sports section) to act as a "proof of life," according to New York Magazine.Continued Scrutiny: The reuse of this photograph—combined with his wife's recent trip to China—has fueled intense internet speculation regarding the transparency and actual status of the senator's health, as reported by The Daily Beast."

GOP thinks we are morons to buy this BS!

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A'right everyone. Off the internet. Sympthsical 11 hrs ago #1
Could not have said it better myself. Perfect. FadedMullet 11 hrs ago #2
😄😄😄 littlemissmartypants 9 hrs ago #35
Colour me soooo NOT surprised! niyad 11 hrs ago #3
It looked fake or altered to me PatSeg 30 min ago #75
Where is the evidence the photo was previously published? Renew Deal 11 hrs ago #4
Good question. A quick check of Google Images doesn't show anything like that. highplainsdem 11 hrs ago #6
Those making the claim should be able to prove it. Renew Deal 11 hrs ago #7
That seems a detail that would be included sarisataka 11 hrs ago #12
Exactly AverageOldGuy 11 hrs ago #15
Here's a link to the Snopes fact check, which, by the way, took me less than ten seconds to find... littlemissmartypants 9 hrs ago #37
That's not the picture in question. EdmondDantes_ 6 hrs ago #56
I love it when I am a victim of mis/disinformation on the Democratic Underground. littlemissmartypants 5 hrs ago #59
This message was self-deleted by its author hookaleft 4 hrs ago #62
I saw this one. Swede 10 hrs ago #21
Yep, that's it! DavidDvorkin 9 hrs ago #29
Do you have a link to where that was originally published? Jarqui 8 hrs ago #45
someone said they found it on google hookaleft 4 hrs ago #63
This looks faked, too. ColoringFool 2 hrs ago #69
Whoa, they didn't even try very hard on that one PatSeg 28 min ago #76
Yes..i need evidence BlueWaveNeverEnd 10 hrs ago #27
The Department of Justice needs to investigate this obvious fraud on the People! Baitball Blogger 11 hrs ago #5
where is the facebook photo from 2023?? hookaleft 11 hrs ago #8
What "sports section?" Grins 11 hrs ago #9
Half dead senator posts a photo proving he's still half dead fujiyamasan 11 hrs ago #10
Corroboration? MineralMan 11 hrs ago #11
Link? sarisataka 11 hrs ago #13
We're supposed to believe this when you don't even provide a link? Wiz Imp 11 hrs ago #14
How about a link or something? Where is this from? Any corroboration? Ocelot II 10 hrs ago #16
Oh no he didn't !!!! Ford_Prefect 10 hrs ago #17
Cool story bro JoseBalow 10 hrs ago #18
If you go to the Daily Beast the title of their article is ToxMarz 10 hrs ago #19
I remember Reagan. BidenRocks 10 hrs ago #20
This was on facebook. Swede 10 hrs ago #22
no matter where they are Skittles 10 hrs ago #24
They sure make a lovely couple! MorbidButterflyTat 10 hrs ago #25
Compare his face and shirt in that image with what was shown today: Disaffected 10 hrs ago #26
They do. BadgerMom 9 hrs ago #32
One thing that is iidentical is his left hand.. .the bruised look, niyad 9 hrs ago #36
Most online AI image detectors say that this one is the fake. LudwigPastorius 9 hrs ago #33
Dropping this photo into zerogpt sarisataka 8 hrs ago #40
Do you have a link to facebook where that photo is? ... nt Jarqui 8 hrs ago #43
Hmmm Beachnutt 5 hrs ago #60
Whose facebook? LisaL 2 hrs ago #70
Mitch wouldn't try to McConn anyone.... Blue Owl 10 hrs ago #23
Sorry but you are simply wrong (and you also provided zero links to back up you claims), unlike my positings here: Celerity 10 hrs ago #28
No, it's not AI. There are lots of ways to fake photos besides AI MorbidButterflyTat 9 hrs ago #31
the pic in post 22 is an OpenAI construct Celerity 8 hrs ago #48
Post 22 is the AI photo. pcdb 8 hrs ago #50
It is interesting, I did some similar checks in other detectors sarisataka 8 hrs ago #42
Photoshop existed LONG BEFORE any AI! That is NOT a man...... ColoringFool 2 hrs ago #68
This board has (far from limited to just this McTurtle issue) a real CT problem that keeps getting worse. Celerity 2 hrs ago #73
I copied both the 2023 photo and the one published today on a new note. BadgerMom 9 hrs ago #30
where did you find the 2023 photo?? hookaleft 8 hrs ago #46
I googled... BadgerMom 6 hrs ago #55
OMG you are right! hookaleft 5 hrs ago #57
Which tells you somebody posted that image on imgur and typed in the name: AZJonnie 4 hrs ago #61
well it fooled me hookaleft 3 hrs ago #65
Who says is it 2023? kirby 17 min ago #79
Just stop it. canetoad 9 hrs ago #34
I don't think they are saying it is AI hookaleft 8 hrs ago #47
But no one is providing a link to the 2023 photo sarisataka 8 hrs ago #49
I know I have asked to see it three times hookaleft 8 hrs ago #51
See post 55 It is a photoshop!!!!!!! hookaleft 5 hrs ago #58
Well some online sleuth apparently made that 2023 photo and is trying to pass it as real. LisaL 2 hrs ago #71
As I commented in a previous McConnell post, it's odd that the only thing out of focus generalbetrayus 9 hrs ago #38
Original? Tasmanian Devil 8 hrs ago #39
I noticed he had a lot of red marks on his face in his last set of photos before disappearing. C Moon 8 hrs ago #41
Check this out... BigmanPigman 8 hrs ago #44
Get outta here! canetoad 7 hrs ago #52
Wow! And you know what else I noticed is that his resolution is terrible compared to the wrinkled pillow behind him. C Moon 7 hrs ago #53
I'm so tired blogslug 7 hrs ago #54
If so, after the filing time for the new election expires, he will have a "relapse" and unexpectedly die... /nt artemisia1 3 hrs ago #64
Why are you so intent on their being a special election onenote 2 hrs ago #72
ITA. LisaL 2 hrs ago #74
92 recs... embarrassing (especially the people who are insisting that the other AI Mitch pic is the real one). demmiblue 3 hrs ago #66
lol cmon yall, have some discernment WhiskeyGrinder 3 hrs ago #67
Like someone around here said, oh yeah me, they are taking our Social Security Eliot Rosewater 26 min ago #77
Are we not sick of being lied to? FalloutShelter 25 min ago #78
Maybe the journalists aren't at the hospital because McTurtle isn't in the hospital, MarineCombatEngineer 12 min ago #80
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