Scott Jennings pressed over alleged call with Mitch McConnell

journalismJul 10, 20261076,557

Scott Jennings said on July 7 that he spoke to Sen. Mitch McConnell from the hospital for roughly 20 minutes, discussing Iran, Ukraine, the unfolding situation in Maine, a visit to the TR Presidential Library, and Senate history. McConnell, 84, has been hospitalized since June 14; his office has not disclosed the reason, though emergency dispatch audio from that morning indicated someone at the senator’s residence was unconscious and in cardiac arrest. Jennings appeared later on CNN’s The Arena with host Kasie Hunt, who and other guests pressed him for details and urged him to call McConnell on air; Jennings laughed and said he had not expected the call and emphasized McConnell’s desire for privacy. Senate colleagues confirmed recent contacts: Majority Leader John Thune spoke with McConnell on July 6 in a “long and substantive” call, and Majority Whip John Barrasso spoke on July 7 for about 20 minutes. McConnell’s aides have said he “continues to improve” and is working with staff on Kentucky and Senate matters while out of session. Jennings’s on-air appearance and his claim of speaking with McConnell generated a wave of online jokes and memes, which CNN described as one of the year’s funniest internet trends.

jamelle

@jamellebouie.net

if scott jennings is saying he talked to mcconnell than that guy is dead dead. can’t trust a word out of jennings’s mouth.

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gm0rk.bsky.social42

If McConnell were capable of saying even his own name they'd be releasing videos of it rather than lying that they totes just saw him doing cartwheels while reciting the alphabet backwards.

Dag.14

Scott Jennings wouldn't even tell you the truth if it was good for him, just out of habit.

tim-obedlam.bsky.social13

oh, it's possible the Scott Jennings talked to McConnell. A lot less likely that McConnell said anything back.

ellenahzulu.bsky.social11

Does anybody else remember how absolutely nutty FOX & the GOP were about the Terri Schiavo case? FOX setting up a broadcast table in the hospital parking lot? GOP pols offering diagnoses from the Senate floor? RW nutjobs found multiple ways into the facility to check on Schiavo's status.

Deep Sense of Creeping DreⱯd 20249

It's great that he apparently talked to him but maybe he could talk him into posting a photo holding todays newspaper eh

JJ in DC8

I'm guessing Mitch didn't do any of the talking.

Mike Nellis

@mikenellis.bsky.social

"If Scott Jennings, Thune, and everybody else could have a 20-minute phone call with Mitch McConnell, he should be able to shoot a 60-second proof-of-life video to show us that he’s okay. I think they know the deadline for a special election is August 3rd."

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zendarva.bsky.social17

Just start the special election. If the turtle is alive, he'll poke his head out. If not, it becomes moot.

tit4tat1.bsky.social8

So that is it. They have to “ keep him alive “ to August 3rd.

Jane Flames 🔥6

You would think that if he's that lucid and coherent enough that he can gab all day with colleagues and media hacks, then he could put a short video online addressing his constituents. Y'know the people he actually works for. Cue the AI video in 3...2...1...

PolittleCat 🐸5

And it's obvious that after that deadline has passed, they will say he suddenly took a turn for the worse and he died. And nobody else will have seen/talked to him and the medical people are bound by HIPAA. How conveeenient!

georgebrenner.bsky.social4

How about just get a journalist there? We don’t need hostage style proof of life videos here, we just need an actual fucking journalist to see that he’s alive.

ifg25.bsky.social3

Why doesn’t Beshear just say that, absent a response from Mconnell, he is scheduling the special election. If he gets the required proof of life, he can cancel. That is what the other side would do.

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John Andreini6

No one should put it past Republicans to lie about McConnell. Even if he's already dead. This is what they do.

Hoodlum 🇺🇸

@nothoodlum.bsky.social

Many people are saying Mitch unplugged himself while Scott Jennings was on the phone.

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Leslie Potter 🦋🫘🇺🇸🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇳🇴🇺🇦15

If I had to listen to Scott Jennings for 20 minutes I’d be throwing hands.

Gary B10

Many people are saying that Mitch used to plug Scott Jennings at a secret GOP-only gay orgy.

furryninja.bsky.social6

I talked to Mitch yesterday for about 20 minutes and he totally said he was going to do that if Scott Jennings called him.

Mother Nature Strikes Back!4

I cannot get enough of the mitch memes. They make me laugh so much.

Safetypup Steph4

What’s the long term plan for this cover up? Wait three weeks until the time runs out for a special election and then say Mitch is dead? This administration are idiots.

Charles E Robinson Sr🎯4

Jennings has ALWAYS been full of shit. More important people than his tag-along ass know nothing about Mitch's situation. But his silly ass was on the phone with Mitch's! Some MFers just love to inflat their importance, he does oh so well.

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Danielle5

I’m sorry but I actually laughed out loud at this.

Don Schreiber/Methane Mad Man4

Late in the day for the best post... but here we are.

Jeff Tiedrich

@jefftiedrich.bsky.social

for all we know, Mitch McConnell has gone to that Great Terrarium in the Sky, yet Republicans are now insisting they're getting phone calls from the comatose turtle. thank you for your attention to today's post, in which I also cover Donny shitting the bed at NATO. link is here: bit.ly/4pg5KGk

you can say this about Mitch McConnell: he sure knows how to stay dead. or incapacitated. or whatever the fuck is going on with him at the hospital where his handlers have him stashed away.

it’s been 24 days since Mitch McConnell was found at his home in DC, unconscious and in cardiac arrest, and rushed to a hospital. at no point during those 24 days have we had one sign of life from Mitch. all we’ve gotten are vague assurances from his handlers about how awesomely he’s been doing.

and now that speculation is ramping up that things may not exactly be going swimmingly for Old Mitch, this whole stupid thing has become a farce.

the GOP has apparently decided that the best way to deal with all these pesky questions about ‘what the fuck is up with McConnell’ is to play a vigorous round of Weekend At Mitch’s, with Republican Senator John Barrasso and CNN found object Scott Jennings now claiming to have had ‘20-minute-long’ conversations with the esteemed Senator Turtlehump.

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Jeff Tiedrich60

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EARNED MY SPURS & UNABLE TO CURB MY CUSSING 🐎9

We spoke yesterday for 20 minutes. He was at this undisclosed location.

TopKnot2

I played a 5 set tennis match with Mitch McConnell on the morning of July 7, 2026. The speed of his tennis serve was off dramatically and down to 106 mph (ca. 171 kilometers per hour). He beat me badly and went on to play another guy at the club who is better than me. Y'all, Mitch is a tennis beast.

Andrew Hammond2

I talked with buddy Mitch for 20 minutes about how I stopped drinking Bourbon because it all comes from Kentucky and fuck those guys for reelecting him. He said sorry for being such a huge asshole.

Ralivan1

In the sky? That motherfucker has been dragged back down to the flaming configuration he spawned from.

Tornac1

Reminds me of Chevy Chase on SNL reading the news that Generalissimo Francisco Franco is fighting valiantly to stay DEAD....

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There Is No Spoon6

If he is calling collect, that could be very expensive!

Psaki Bombs of Sanity3

"come on, ‘is Mitch McConnell fucking dead or what’ is a matter of extreme national importance, and the hell with privacy. just release ONE photo of McConnell in his hospital bed. just one — and we’ll all shut the fuck up about it."

Jayne4Freedom2

He has, Republicans are hiding it.

Larry Colvin

@larrycolvin.bsky.social

@Mike Nellis: If Scott Jennings and John Thune can have a 20 minute phone call with Mitch McConnell, he should be able to shoot a 60 second proof of life video. #Blues #DOOR

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Democrats Organizing For America21

How INSANE that the American people have to demand a proof of life video from a US senator because we 100% believe his party is capable of faking his *life* just to unfairly manipulate an election?!

Paulitical Eye 🍁15

I have the proof right here that #MitchMcConnell is still alive!

#BlueStormComin1🌪️🦋🇺🇸 #Resistance 🦋🙌🏻 #Blues14

Scott Jennings 😂 I don’t trust that man! #Blues

🦋 Betsy 1776 🦋 📎9

Why can’t the Democrats have a phone call with him or have proof of life? I don’t believe Jennings or Thune! #Blues

Erepine6

They both said they talked TO him, not WITH him!

ella-ca.bsky.social6

Hey everybody, Mitch is okay. Just dropped his proof of life video!

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Pam Spaulding10

Had a 20-min convo w/Zombie Mitch, & he said: "just release all of the rest of the #Epstein files." And: "Put all the files & videos incriminating that pedo rapist Trump at the top of the pile, dammit...right on Blanche's desk." He then raised a weak hand & indicated peace out ✌️. 📺 t2m.co/fb7Udm18

Queen Captures Bishop8

When proved false Scott Jennings should be fired immediately.

🇨🇦CanadaResists🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱🇪🇺5

Not to worry, the AI is being put together asap 🙄😏

Silvana4

Ok! I thought he was already dead. 💙

🔵Blue Dot Buckeye🔵4

Precisely. Surprised they haven’t tried to pull together an #AI deep fake yet. Or is that going to drop tomorrow! ⏳⏲️🕰️⏰⏲️⏳⏱️ #Blues

Pam Keith

@pamkeithdc.bsky.social

If it turns out that Scott Jennings completely fabricated his “20 min” chat with Mitch McConnell, what do you think the consequence should be?

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A Blog of Their Own36

He should actually have to talk to Mitch McConnell for 20 minutes

Bud McLaughlin20

It should be a fireable offense, but now that CNN is a part of the right wing echo chamber, he’ll face no consequences.

Andrew Paugh10

He has to live with himself as Scott Jennings. That’s plenty punishment in itself.

GeorgeAtomic7

Lose his job,publicly humiliated for lying 🤥, pay restitution & fines & be given a felony for misleading the public as a representative for a major television company. Be barred from ever being public in television or any other broadcasting platforms.

PoloPrincess MBA7

Stone him to death. Don't do it because he lied. Do it to make the world a better place.

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I would love to see any consequence, but this admin seems to have banished them.

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@sundaedivine.lol

Scott Jennings thinks every Democrat is part of a hive mind, but every Republican scandal is an isolated incident.

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Shola Hoon11

Scott Jennings would defend Ken Paxton to his grave

Dan Beaton 🇺🇦 🇪🇺11

Jennings also thinks that Hunter Biden being on Burisma’s Board was the worst scandal in American 🇺🇸 political history, and all the sordid extra-curricular the Trumps do, is just fine.

True Blue Majority8

Scott Jennings says whatever his daily talking points tell him to say. We'll never know what he really thinks about anything, or if he thinks at all...

Lachrymalis5

These people. They'll point out a pimple on your nose while their own face looks like a pepperoni pizza.

Bob Wheeler3

Kinda lost me at “Jennings thinks”.

This Nancy2

And Mitch McConnell is talking policy with him. MY ASS

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🎶🥁…one tin soldier rides away.2

It’s called 🫏 backwards, spinning the narrative.

Lori 🇺🇦💩🐸👑

@coalsmom.bsky.social

If he can call John Barasso and John Thune and Scott Jennings, then he sure as hell can call the governor of Kentucky.

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Anywhy3

No, you don't understand. Sen. McConnell is severely allergic to Democrats. His condition is so precarious right now that even a TEN minute phonecall with Gov. Beshear could plunge him into an inflammatory coma.

bluesky60.bsky.social1

With the current technology, more than a call is required. I think even a video would have to be highly scrutinized by experts.

Scott Smith

@canaansdad1987.bsky.social

What's the matter, Scott Jennings? You said you talked to Mitch McConnell on the phone before. Call him live, so the whole country and world will know that you are not lying. @cnn.com do better. He should not be paid for his lies. #USDemocracy www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

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Bev8

NBC fired Brian Williams for an imbellished statement. Come on @cnn.com fire Scott Jennings. He is a liar.

putawomanincharge.bsky.social5

He is bad at it too. Really bad. On every damn night?

Grumpy Grandpa3

Find the number in his call list

Odysseus2

It's one thing to be a Bullshitter. It is something entirely different being a BAD Bullshitter. Republicans can't even Bullshit properly anymore. They real do believe we are stupid.

stephthethird.bsky.social2

Jennings better put up or shut up lol.

orangedeflector1

He was talking to his hair dryer

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Doug Hammond2

That shouldn't be a problem, right Scott? Easy enough to prove and he has plenty of time on his hands to chat with you about everything going on and when he'll get back to work. Let's do that. Scott? Scott? Has anyone seen Mr. Jennings? He was pretty eager to talk a few minutes ago.

Ally Sammarco

@allysammarco.bsky.social

I just talked to Mitch McConnell and he said Scott Jennings is a little bitch.

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camerondurham.bsky.social4

So he’s lucid and coherent

Polly Curley1

I just talked to Mitch McConnell and he said Donald Trump was a little bitch.

ejmoroney.bsky.social1

Was it for about 20 minutes?

Clark Matthews1

How long did you talk to him?

moleatmal.bsky.social1

What Gov Beshear SHOULD do

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@nashishereforit.bsky.social

First, Trump talks to a Teddy Roosevelt hologram like it’s real. Now, John Thune, John Barrasso, and Scott Jennings are having 20 minute chats with Mitch McConnell’s barely living corpse. Things get weirder every single day in America.

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Westofmpls5

An intubated person cannot speak.

TheSnarkTank3

They failed to mention that they spoke to him by ouija board.

Royal Blue Angel1

SkyNews is running a timeline of the summit saying trump confused Zelensky for putin among other nuggets.

Bkbethesda1

What do we expect from white old R men? Add money laundering to that.

David M. Reiss, M.D.1

LBJ is going to make a statement about these issues this afternoon.

That's Hilarious1

Interestingly, they all had the same topics of conversation with Mitch in their 20 minute conversations.🤔 We would never accuse them of lying...

Kim

@kim65.bsky.social

Scott Jennings' tweet said his call with McConnell was "just shy of 20 minutes" to distinguish himself from all the others who called him for 20 minutes, too.

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Dittie

@dittie.sheshed.rocks

McConnell was found unresponsive 3 weeks ago in his home after apparently had a heart attack. Since then, his wife has fled the country back to China, his daughter has deleted her social media, and paid moron shills like Scott Jennings have all “just spoken to him for roughly 20 minutes”.

A letter from Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear demanding an update on Mitch McConnell

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John G.10

Beshear should just call for the Special Election and see if McConnell shows up in person to argue standing. (I'd bet not.)

Curt🇨🇦🇺🇦2

The Damage He has Created is Unfathomable!

eddthegoat.bsky.social1

Someone should request an official wellness check.

The So Called Gang Of One 🇬🇧1

Can a corpse really recover though? And while MAGAts are shameless, legally when did McConnell die and are they in jeopardy if they did not declare that death.

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☆Jennїe S Jonzen☆ Is He Dead Yet?! 🖖LLAP🤟🍀✴️✳️🌟☘️🗽🇺🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🌈🗿🌻💙💛⭐️12

I kind of hope a similar scene plays out when the orange one goes the way of the turtle, with his children fleeing the country, his wife disappearing to a former USSR country, and Republicans having fictional conversations with him.