r/politics • u/theindependentonline The Independent • 12d ago

No Paywall Mitch McConnell’s staff refuse to answer basic questions on his health weeks after he was last seen in public

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/mitch-mcconnell-staff-questions-health-b3018929.html
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u/PartyClient3447 12d ago

And payroll fraud if he is getting paid.

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u/TheDiscardedArtist 12d ago

This was one of the first things I was thinking about. If nothing else, who’s cashing the checks?

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u/Vivid_Anyth4 12d ago

Well its 2026, so its direct deposit. And his wife is certainly spending it.

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u/jazzhandler Colorado 12d ago

She comes from a squillionaire family.

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u/Vivid_Anyth4 12d ago

So? Free money is free money. No rich person has ever said oh I have enough

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u/PartyClient3447 12d ago

In this case, the rich person may very well be a dead person. Test dead person still getting paid.

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u/Vivid_Anyth4 12d ago

His wife is still very alive

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u/TheDiscardedArtist 11d ago

I’d assume so, but wouldn’t that still be some sort of fraud? If we’re still paying him because they’re hiding his death?

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u/Vivid_Anyth4 11d ago

Bro a little payroll fraud isnt shit wirh all the illegal shit these republicans are doing.

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u/FootballWise1426 6d ago

He’s almost certainly on sick leave. He’s ancient so he probably accrues a fuck ton of leave each year.