Princess Habibi

I took this picture of Mitch McConnell on May 12th. No way that photo of him they released today is real.

BREAKING: AI SLOP? MAGA conspiracists join Jimmy Kimmel to TRASH Mitch McConnell's "proof of life" photo! After weeks of speculation about Mitch McConnell's health, the Kentucky senator finally released a photo of himself from what appeared to be a hospital or rehabilitation facility alongside his wife, former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao. But instead of ending the rumors, the image immediately sparked a fresh round of conspiracy theories from some of Donald Trump's most vocal supporters. The 84-year-old McConnell disclosed Sunday that he was hospitalized after a fall that left him briefly unconscious, but that he had not suffered a stroke, heart attack, tumor, hemorrhage, concussion, or broken bones. The statement was accompanied by the first public image of McConnell since his June 14 hospitalization, supposedly in a rehab center. That would have settled the matter except … for some of MAGA's most prominent conspiracy theorists, it had the opposite effect. Far-right activist Laura Loomer, who appears to play a doctor on the internet, immediately questioned the authenticity of the photo and demanded video evidence that he was actually alive and recovering. "How come Mitch McConnell's staff won't release a video of him?" Loomer wrote on X. "A photo could have been taken at any time." Loomer later argued that parts of a newspaper visible in the image looked suspicious and claimed the statement released under McConnell's name was not actually written by him. "There’s no way Mitch McConnell wrote that essay," she declared. The attacks were particularly notable because Loomer had spent recent weeks promoting claims that McConnell was effectively incapacitated. Earlier this month, she cited an unnamed source to claim the longtime senator was "officially brain dead" and being kept alive by life-support systems. Former Utah congressman Jason Chaffetz also questioned why McConnell had not appeared on video, writing that a written statement was "far different than saying it on camera." Former Fox News producer Kylie Jane Kremer similarly argued that a short video would be more convincing than a photograph and suggested the image failed to prove when it had actually been taken. The debate across the internet has been furious. People asking what’s he doing in a button-down shirt and jeans in a rehab center bed? … Why does his face look so smooth when earlier pictures showed red marks under his eyes and on his cheeks? … Why is his hair now darker than it was a few weeks ago? … Why does the baseball story seem to be in Spanish when blown up, and what’s up with the logo on the player’s helmet? Wags have posted funny AI versions of the shot to prove just how easy it would have been to create, noting there is no metadata associated with the picture that could help verify its authenticity. Comedian Jimmy Kimmel even superimposed his own head on McConnell’s to show how easy photos are to manipulate. The episode highlights how conspiracy theories can become difficult to contain once they take hold. For weeks, online trolls have insisted McConnell's office was hiding the truth about his condition. Now, those same voices responded not by accepting the evidence but by demanding a new level of proof. The result was a remarkable spectacle: some of the loudest figures in Trump's political movement are openly accusing Republican Senate staff, doctors, family members, and longtime allies of participating in an elaborate cover-up. What was intended as a reassurance quickly became the latest conspiracy theory.

I know Americans are dumb but I take this as an insult to our intelligence.

Why hide all of this until today? Of all days?

Let's talk about Mitch's "proof of life"

If you think this is a real photo, I have a bridge in Kentucky to sell you.

Don't worry. I'm back in DC watching and waiting for news about ol' Mitch.

This photo is obviously AI and it’s being used to coverup the death of Mitch McConnell and all of the Politicians and news media reporting it as real and reporting that they spoke to him for 20 minutes should all be investigated and prosecuted for election fraud because it is.

..after a month in the hospital too.

Why's Mitch wearing jeans in a hospital bed? Why's that hospital bed in the corner? Why not hold the paper up? Where's his IV's? So many questions.

Does this look ready to vote? @ChrisVanHollen @JudiciaryDems @SenWhitehouse @SenWarren @SenSanders

HEARTBREAKING: Mitch McConnell is ok.

Don't tell me this demonic, glitched-out bitch feasted on the remnants of Lindsey Graham's demented soul to cling to this mortal realm for another moment and grip his claws on to a copy of today's issue of the Washington Post to play in our faces. I REBUKE THIS SATANIC SCHEME!

@RonFilipkowski @saintamourmi

I didn’t think they would actually do it.