‘Mitch McConnell hospital photo taken today’: Washington Post sports section in senator’s hands becomes ‘evidence’
Mitch McConnell’s office has maintained that the 84-year-old has been recovering in the hospital since his hospitalization on June 12. But the MAGA team on social media refused to believe this and demanded prove life is provided.
On Sunday afternoon, there was renewed interest in the Kentucky senator’s health after South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham died Saturday night, with Mitch McConnell’s office providing long-awaited evidence that the senator was still alive.
It comes in the form of a photo of Senator McConnell. Hospital Sharing the same bed with his wife Elaine Chao. But conspiracy theorists are unconvinced, with many claiming the photos of Senators McConnell and Elaine Chao were generated by artificial intelligence.
But a key detail in the photo challenges these claims.
Washington Post sports section appears in Senators’ hands
Despite claims that the photos were fake, users on social media were quick to notice a key detail in the photos: the newspaper Lindsey Graham was holding in his hospital bed. The 84-year-old holds the front page of the newspaper. washington post Sports section today, July 12th.
The cover of the newspaper McConnell was holding featured a photo of Chris Hacopian, a Washington Nationals rookie from the Texas A&M Aggies. Part of Hacopian’s face and the pillar next to her when Linda Nosková won the Wimbledon women’s title on Saturday.
Mitch McConnell addresses Kentucky residents, doctors provide update
Along with the photo, Sen. Mitch McConnell’s office released a statement that included the senator’s brief address to constituents. It also includes an update on the senator’s hospitalization and subsequent death.
“As you all know, our generation is often reluctant to share the vulnerabilities that come with age. Even in the public eye, I have the same instinct — and I have no control over it,” McConnell said in the statement.
Additionally, his doctor said: “Senator McConnell has experienced several falls over the course of the year, which he has attributed to the residual effects of polio. Four weeks ago, he fell at home and suffered minor injuries that landed him in the hospital.
“A comprehensive evaluation by a multidisciplinary team determined that he had no fractures, cardiac abnormalities, strokes, tumors or bleeding. Early in his hospitalization, he developed pneumonia and antibiotic treatment was rapidly effective.”
