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.
Photos mean precisely fuck-all in today’s world, unfortunately.
Agreed I honestly think it might be AI there’s something weird about it to me but I don’t wanna say it too loud. I’ll wait until he’s on video, alive. Until then I believe he’ll be dead by August 5th
Realistically, who lays in a hospital bed after being there for weeks for testing and observation, wearing a dress shirt and jeans?
I’m not saying there is no reason to continue questioning whether he is fit for office, but that is a hospital chair, not a bed.
Wow good point honestly
I thought they said he was in rehab which would make sense.
Except then I’d expect to see a video of him talking, assuming he still can.
He’s always looked like that
Lol I mean it’s more like the lighting, the lack of visible hands, the lack of visible anything. It’s just a bland picture of a smiling turtle. It feels weird to me.
But also he always looked like that and Charlie Kirk’s neck just did that as well.
Note that thanks to AI upscaling, real photos end up looking a bit AI even right in the phone, particularly if you ‘digital zoom’ hard enough.