r/politics • u/Getatbay • Jul 06 '26

No Paywall Laura Loomer, Reporter Claim Hospitalized Mitch McConnell 'Brain Dead'

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/07/06/laura-loomer-reporter-claim-hospitalized-mitch-mcconnell-is-brain-dead/
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u/justreadinplease Jul 06 '26

Not clicking the link to support Breitbart. The claim might be true, but Laura Loomer? Come on

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u/Ragnarok_747 Jul 06 '26

I dunno, I think she can assess brain-death at a glance using the “takes one to know one” technique.

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u/justreadinplease Jul 06 '26

Yeah but I don’t trust her not to lie.

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u/pchs26 Jul 06 '26

Yea thing is with the info out she doesn't need any information she is more than likely right by just taking a guess.

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u/Ragnarok_747 Jul 06 '26

Nor would I, she’s literally a monster.

I doubt I’ve seen a more troubled human than Ms Loomer. She always looks like she’s visibly trying to stave off a mental-breakdown.

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u/justreadinplease Jul 06 '26

Body dysmorphia is pretty sad, despite my disagreements with her, she’s done more damage to herself than any cutting words I could say to her

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u/Oldfolksboogie Jul 06 '26

Unsuccessfully

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u/Luckydog12 Jul 06 '26

He was found unresponsive on the floor, THEN CPR was administered, it’s shocking he’s not dead dead. The facts point in the same direction she does. You don’t have to like her to assume she’s right.

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u/justreadinplease Jul 07 '26

I don’t want to listen to crazy people even when they’re right.

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u/1000scarstare Jul 07 '26

yeah it sucks but it's like a pretty big logical fallacy to disregard something someone says because they're terrible. like if Stalin said "hey it's noon" and it is noon you'd be the stupid one to not agree, even though Stalin was a terrible person.

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u/justreadinplease Jul 07 '26

Crazy people don’t need to be platformed at all. Loomer is a white nationalist

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u/wrxninja Jul 07 '26

Happy Cake day 🥳

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u/RainbowDarter Jul 06 '26

He's been brain dead for months

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u/unibrow4o9 Jul 06 '26

Game knows game

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u/Nvenom8 New York Jul 07 '26

Also, the crypt keeper knows a corpse when she sees one.

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u/Rockooch1968 Jul 06 '26

Well, she did say that MTG has roast beef.

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u/Knobinator Jul 07 '26

Game recognize game

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u/CreepyWhistle Jul 07 '26

That's a scorcher of a response and gimme some cake.

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u/noreast2011 Jul 07 '26

I mean, Moscow Mitch has been brain dead for 20+ years...

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u/narium Jul 07 '26

I mean brain dead is probably the most possible spin they could put on it. The truth is he's likely deceased.

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u/IlludiumQXXXVI Jul 07 '26

I can't believe I almost opened a Breitbart link. JFC people, do better. I wouldn't give them a click if they were the sole outlet reporting that Trump shit himself to death.

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u/turquoise_amethyst Jul 07 '26

Thank you for a good hearty laugh

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u/weaponjaerevenge Jul 06 '26

Someones been pushing a lot of propaganda outlets lately between this and all the Fox News posts.

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u/ProtectionVirtual225 Jul 06 '26

Really, I've noticed the same with all the Fox News links. These are just pure propaganda, with a likely virus.

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u/turquoise_amethyst Jul 07 '26

Yeah I ain’t clicking on this.

I agree MM is dead or a vegetable though. It’s been obvious since they found him.

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u/turquoise_amethyst Jul 07 '26

Politics has been swimming in these posts for the last week.

Is the Reddit algorithm preferring them, or are we getting brigaded by bots?

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u/ShadowTacoTuesday Jul 07 '26

Can we please get a different source besides Breitbart? If they said the sky is blue I’d look outside to double check.

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u/Shattenkirk Jul 07 '26

No actual news source is reporting that he's braindead. Here is NYT's reporting.

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u/ImGonnaHaveToAsk Jul 07 '26

Why didn’t they mention his infamous glitch?

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u/damik Jul 06 '26

I down voted just on principle.

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u/Ready_Nature Jul 06 '26

This is something I’m inclined to believe right wing propagandists on. It would be like North Korean state media saying the same thing about Kim Jong Un. There’s no benefit for them to lie about this. The only benefit might be to lie and say the opposite.

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u/Bubbly-Ad228 Jul 06 '26

I’ve seen some brain dead votes in the senate. So this tracks.

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u/SnarkOff Jul 07 '26

It's what PR people call a "trial balloon" to prepare the right wing media to get ready for the story and so they can analyze what the reaction will be before it drops more officially.

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u/turquoise_amethyst Jul 07 '26

This makes sense. Have it drop on rightwing media first so that they can organize their talking points. Repost to social media like Reddit, to see how everyone responds. 

They’ll still obstruct and obfuscate until Aug 1st, when they can have his replacement decided by the general election (honestly I’m ok with that, as long as the Kentucky assembly doesn’t get to decide) 

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u/narium Jul 07 '26

Yeah this is just them getting ahead of the announcement to spin the narrative.

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u/ScoutsterReturns Jul 07 '26

Laura Loomer

If looks could kill, and not in a good way...

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u/scandiumflight Jul 07 '26

If it turns out to be false, imagine the hit to her credibility

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u/Shadowfox898 Jul 07 '26

Why are we taking anything Breitbart puts out seriously?

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u/ObliqueTravel Jul 07 '26

Yeah this should be "reporter who originally broke the news about the first aid calls related to him being found," and Laura Loomer.

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u/vahntitrio Minnesota Jul 07 '26

Loomer is weird in that she spouts a lot of complete bullshit, but she also does air out GOP dirty laundry from time to time.

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u/justreadinplease Jul 07 '26

So? We don’t need to platform Nazis

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u/VoyagerCSL California Jul 07 '26

You don’t accept the story on its face?

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u/justreadinplease Jul 07 '26

Fuck Breitbart and that Nazi Loomer

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u/VoyagerCSL California Jul 07 '26

I was making a joke about Laura Loomer’s hideous face.

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u/turquoise_amethyst Jul 07 '26

Why not: she’s got more Republican sources than most?

If Trump knows, he’ll announce it like he did when that other (R) Congressman had months to live 

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u/justreadinplease Jul 07 '26

Cause I don’t support platforming Nazis

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u/turquoise_amethyst Jul 07 '26

Why not believe her, she’s saying the same, exact thing as everyone else. He’s braindead.

Yeah she’s a Nazi, she knows more of them, and they all have connections to Mitch McConnell. 

If anything, the fact that she runs in the same circles as him is even more damning. 

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u/AstonishingCatJump Minnesota Jul 07 '26

Breitbart is far-right trash and should be blacklisted from Reddit as a whole.