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BadgerMom

(3,475 posts)
55. I googled...
Mon Jul 13, 2026, 03:45 AM
17 hrs ago

“2023 photo of McConnell and Elaine Chao”. The first photo that came up was the one others in the comments have posted. (Clearly, they’re much better techies than I.)

If you copy that one and today’s and post them one above the other, the similarities are too great to miss. Same smile, same expression, same posture, same clothes. There’s no doubt. People here have ruled out AI, but there are other technologies (Photoshop?) that could take out chaises, palm trees and tropical drinks and replace them with a hospital bed. That’s especially true when you consider that the equipment and expertise available to staffers and others at that level of the federal government must be top-notch.

EDIT
Here’s the Imgur link to the two photos next to each other, at least one atop the other.

https://imgur.com/a/vvEqFbs

Anyway, I’ve gotta believe my own eyes.

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A'right everyone. Off the internet. Sympthsical 22 hrs ago #1
Could not have said it better myself. Perfect. FadedMullet 22 hrs ago #2
😄😄😄 littlemissmartypants 20 hrs ago #35
Colour me soooo NOT surprised! niyad 22 hrs ago #3
It looked fake or altered to me PatSeg 11 hrs ago #75
Where is the evidence the photo was previously published? Renew Deal 22 hrs ago #4
Good question. A quick check of Google Images doesn't show anything like that. highplainsdem 22 hrs ago #6
Those making the claim should be able to prove it. Renew Deal 22 hrs ago #7
That seems a detail that would be included sarisataka 22 hrs ago #12
Exactly AverageOldGuy 21 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 19 hrs ago #37
That's not the picture in question. EdmondDantes_ 17 hrs ago #56
I love it when I am a victim of mis/disinformation on the Democratic Underground. littlemissmartypants 16 hrs ago #59
This message was self-deleted by its author hookaleft 15 hrs ago #62
I saw this one. Swede 21 hrs ago #21
Yep, that's it! DavidDvorkin 20 hrs ago #29
Do you have a link to where that was originally published? Jarqui 19 hrs ago #45
someone said they found it on google hookaleft 15 hrs ago #63
This looks faked, too. ColoringFool 13 hrs ago #69
Whoa, they didn't even try very hard on that one PatSeg 11 hrs ago #76
Where is the evidence that it was published prior to this week? Renew Deal 10 hrs ago #81
From what I've read, PatSeg 9 hrs ago #85
Yes..i need evidence BlueWaveNeverEnd 20 hrs ago #27
The Department of Justice needs to investigate this obvious fraud on the People! Baitball Blogger 22 hrs ago #5
where is the facebook photo from 2023?? hookaleft 22 hrs ago #8
What "sports section?" Grins 22 hrs ago #9
Half dead senator posts a photo proving he's still half dead fujiyamasan 22 hrs ago #10
Corroboration? MineralMan 22 hrs ago #11
Link? sarisataka 21 hrs ago #13
We're supposed to believe this when you don't even provide a link? Wiz Imp 21 hrs ago #14
How about a link or something? Where is this from? Any corroboration? Ocelot II 21 hrs ago #16
Oh no he didn't !!!! Ford_Prefect 21 hrs ago #17
Cool story bro JoseBalow 21 hrs ago #18
If you go to the Daily Beast the title of their article is ToxMarz 21 hrs ago #19
I remember Reagan. BidenRocks 21 hrs ago #20
This was on facebook. Swede 21 hrs ago #22
no matter where they are Skittles 21 hrs ago #24
They sure make a lovely couple! MorbidButterflyTat 21 hrs ago #25
Compare his face and shirt in that image with what was shown today: Disaffected 20 hrs ago #26
They do. BadgerMom 20 hrs ago #32
One thing that is iidentical is his left hand.. .the bruised look, niyad 19 hrs ago #36
Is that a pen clipped to his pocket broiles 8 hrs ago #86
Most online AI image detectors say that this one is the fake. LudwigPastorius 20 hrs ago #33
Dropping this photo into zerogpt sarisataka 19 hrs ago #40
Do you have a link to facebook where that photo is? ... nt Jarqui 19 hrs ago #43
Hmmm Beachnutt 15 hrs ago #60
Whose facebook? LisaL 13 hrs ago #70
Mitch wouldn't try to McConn anyone.... Blue Owl 21 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 20 hrs ago #28
No, it's not AI. There are lots of ways to fake photos besides AI MorbidButterflyTat 20 hrs ago #31
the pic in post 22 is an OpenAI construct Celerity 19 hrs ago #48
Post 22 is the AI photo. pcdb 19 hrs ago #50
It is interesting, I did some similar checks in other detectors sarisataka 19 hrs ago #42
Photoshop existed LONG BEFORE any AI! That is NOT a man...... ColoringFool 13 hrs ago #68
This board has (far from limited to just this McTurtle issue) a real CT problem that keeps getting worse. Celerity 13 hrs ago #73
I copied both the 2023 photo and the one published today on a new note. BadgerMom 20 hrs ago #30
where did you find the 2023 photo?? hookaleft 19 hrs ago #46
I googled... BadgerMom 17 hrs ago #55
OMG you are right! hookaleft 16 hrs ago #57
Which tells you somebody posted that image on imgur and typed in the name: AZJonnie 15 hrs ago #61
well it fooled me hookaleft 14 hrs ago #65
Who says is it 2023? kirby 11 hrs ago #79
"I googled" WhiskeyGrinder 10 hrs ago #83
Just stop it. canetoad 20 hrs ago #34
I don't think they are saying it is AI hookaleft 19 hrs ago #47
But no one is providing a link to the 2023 photo sarisataka 19 hrs ago #49
I know I have asked to see it three times hookaleft 19 hrs ago #51
See post 55 It is a photoshop!!!!!!! hookaleft 16 hrs ago #58
Have you given thought to the photoshopping being done sarisataka 10 hrs ago #82
Well some online sleuth apparently made that 2023 photo and is trying to pass it as real. LisaL 13 hrs ago #71
As I commented in a previous McConnell post, it's odd that the only thing out of focus generalbetrayus 19 hrs ago #38
Original? Tasmanian Devil 19 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 19 hrs ago #41
Check this out... BigmanPigman 19 hrs ago #44
Get outta here! canetoad 18 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 18 hrs ago #53
I'm so tired blogslug 18 hrs ago #54
If so, after the filing time for the new election expires, he will have a "relapse" and unexpectedly die... /nt artemisia1 14 hrs ago #64
Why are you so intent on their being a special election onenote 13 hrs ago #72
ITA. LisaL 13 hrs ago #74
What are you talking about? I simply stated that they would find it advantageous to "keep him alive" for the time being. artemisia1 8 hrs ago #87
92 recs... embarrassing (especially the people who are insisting that the other AI Mitch pic is the real one). demmiblue 14 hrs ago #66
lol cmon yall, have some discernment WhiskeyGrinder 13 hrs ago #67
Like someone around here said, oh yeah me, they are taking our Social Security Eliot Rosewater 11 hrs ago #77
Are we not sick of being lied to? FalloutShelter 11 hrs ago #78
Maybe the journalists aren't at the hospital because McTurtle isn't in the hospital, MarineCombatEngineer 11 hrs ago #80
There is a simple way to answer any questions on McConnell's condition LetMyPeopleVote 10 hrs ago #84
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