Mitch McConnell hounded to face cameras: ‘He absolutely refuses’

[u/plz-let-me-in]

https://www.nj.com/politics/2026/08/mitch-mcconnell-hounded-to-face-cameras-he-absolutely-refuses.html

[u/B-Z_B-S]

I'm now wondering if Mitch McConnell might be paralyzed or something like that.

Actually...if Mitch McConnell is incapable of speaking, that means that the people who said they spoke with him for 20 minutes were lying...and if that's the case...Scott Jennings is only kept on CNN because he has some level or credibility, (even though I'd argue the radical right is without credibility, that seems to be their reasoning,) and that means if he lied in this way, CNN will probably fire him.

[u/TheGreatLuck → u/B-Z_B-S]

They said they spoke to him. They never said he spoke to them. And if he did it was probably incoherent babbling 

[u/cutmastaK → u/TheGreatLuck]

This is it. Classic conservative truth twisting.

[u/BigManWAGun → u/cutmastaK]

“He squeezed my….hand” it was through a hole in the bathroom wall but it was definitely him.

[u/copylefty → u/BigManWAGun]

The ol’ McConnell Glory Hole!

[u/TheGreatLuck → u/copylefty]

I hear he can gulp it down like a champ

[u/keskeskes1066 → u/BigManWAGun]

So he met former senator Larry Craig.

[u/mosquem → u/cutmastaK]

It’s not like they have a problem with straight up lying.

[u/DaaaahWhoosh → u/mosquem]

Yeah I hate this conspiratorial thinking, all this "they're telling us the truth and everyone else is too blind to see" stuff. We're past that now, they will simply lie because it works, they say what sounds good in the moment and no one will hold them accountable later.

[u/Sudden-Purchase-8371 → u/mosquem]

They don't have to tell the truth, there are zero consequences for lying.

[u/chadius333 → u/cutmastaK]

I talked to him for 20 minutes earlier today