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While the office of former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell insists he is merely recovering from a fall at a hospital, conspiracy theories continue abound that the continuously-absent Kentuckian seen carried away on a stretcher is actually in a much worse state.<\/p>\n

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\u201cCornyn says \u2018we need some transparency\u2019 from McConnell,\u201d reported NBC News congressional correspondent Brennan Leach, referring to an interview with Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX). \u201cSays he wishes McConnell had updated about his health \u2018earlier.\u2019 \u2018I think it would have resolved a lot of questions.\u2019\u201d Cornyn also said he wants to see toxicology reports on the unexpected death of a different Republican lawmaker, Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiven where he was and the sorts of things he was advocating for, I think we just ought to resolve all those questions by seeing what the toxicology reports show,” Cornyn said about Graham.<\/p>\n

Earlier on Monday, Cornyn told NOTUS reporter Igor Bobic that he believes Trump’s chief foreign policy adviser, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, disclaimed any interest from the United States in charging for passage through the Strait of Hormuz, even though Trump has reneged on that.<\/p>\n

“I recall Secretary Rubio saying that would not be proper for any country. Am I wrong?\u201d Cornyn said.<\/p>\n

When it comes to Cornyn’s critique of McConnell, he is not alone among prominent conservatives. A different Republican senator, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, offered a bold argument about what he thinks is going on with McConnell.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just heard from some other source that was an older photo, so I really don\u2019t know,\u201d Johnson told Fox News, later emphasizing that \u201cit was a rumor. Just discount it[.] I have no idea. I just, I heard that. I just heard it. So just assume it’s false.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking with conservative podcaster Megyn Kelly, The Daily Wire’s Michael J. Knowles admitted that he is \u201cskeptical\u201d about the McConnell team\u2019s claims that he is still alive and conscious.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don’t know if I buy the excuses[.] I’m pretty skeptical\u2026” Knowles said. Another right-winger, anarchist podcaster Michael Malice, instead decided to joke about McConnell\u2019s health by comparing him to former Rep. Gabrielle Gifford (D-AZ), who was left brain damaged after an assassination attempt in 2011.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMitch McConnell is so brain damaged that it’s giving Mark Kelly an erection,\u201d Malice said. Right-wing radio host Wayne Allyn Root by contrast humored the conspiracy theories.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, is Mitch McConnell photo real, or an old photo being recycled to make us think he’s alive & recovering?\u201d Root wrote. \u201cI have no idea. But I hear many are questioning the photo. The guy has been half dead for years…blank stare…then he almost dies in his home…needs CPR…now his wife tries to convince us he’s fine.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cReally? More gaslighting? And what was she doing running to China? Should have been by his bedside. Or maybe at White House with Trump. Why China? Is that who owns her?\u201d<\/p>\n

Perhaps to counter the right-wing conspiracy theories, Rep. Jack Kimble (R-CA) asked people to give the Kentuckian his space.<\/p>\n

\u201cI posted a picture yesterday from the McConnell campaign that a lot of people claimed was AI and demanded proof it was real,\u201d Kimble said. \u201cFortunately, Mitch\u2019s team was kind enough to provide proof, but this has to stop. Let the poor man recover.\u201d<\/p>\n

At least one prominent Democrat, former Vice President Kamala Harris adviser Mike Nellis, made it clear that he thinks his party should hold Republicans\u2019 feet to the fire over McConnell, citing Kentucky\u2019s own governor as an example.<\/p>\n

\u201cKentucky Republicans have tried to take away Governor Beshear\u2019s ability to appoint Mitch McConnell\u2019s replacement,\u201d Nellis wrote. \u201cBeshear says he\u2019s considering ignoring the state legislature and appointing a Democrat to replace McConnell anyway. He believes the law is unconstitutional, that Kentucky\u2019s constitution gives him the authority, and that he\u2019s prepared to test the GOP on it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more Legal experts alarmed as Trump plans to claim Georgia\u2019s Dem senators are illegitimate<\/a><\/p>\n

He added, \u2018This is exactly how Democrats should be fighting.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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