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Blumancru

(408 posts)
Sun Jun 28, 2026, 10:00 PM Sunday

McConnell and Kean are still MIA

As of today, McTurtle has not been seen in 24 days and Kean has been gone for an amazing 115 days!
Are they in hiding out in Galt’s Gulch, waiting for the rest of us to fail at running the country so we will beg them to come back? Anyone have any inside info, or just want to make a guess? My guesses are fall and serious brain injury for McTurtle, and rehab or God knows what for Kean.

Should their constituents demand proof of life?

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MIButterfly

(3,587 posts)
1. Image the outrage and pearl clutching if they were Democrats
Sun Jun 28, 2026, 10:21 PM
Sunday

missing from the Senate and the House for that long with absolutely no word on their conditions or whereabouts. It would be all over every form of media with the talking heads screeching about it 24/7 for weeks. "What are they hiding?" "Why won't they tell us anything?: "The American people have a right to know!"

And because they have the R after their names, crickets.

chowder66

(12,732 posts)
4. Rep. Tom Kean to return to Congress on June 30 after monthslong absence
Sun Jun 28, 2026, 10:31 PM
Sunday

Rep. Tom Kean Jr., R-N.J., plans to return to Capitol Hill on June 30 after missing more than 100 votes during a nearly four-month absence from Washington.
His chief of staff, Dan Scharfenberger, confirmed to NBC News on Thursday the date of Kean’s planned return. The New Jersey Globe first reported the news.

Kean’s office previously said that the congressman’s absence was due to a “personal medical issue” but has not disclosed any further details on his condition.

Kean last voted in the Capitol on March 5, but his office has kept active on social media while he’s stayed out of the public eye.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/rep-tom-kean-return-congress-june-30-monthslong-absence-rcna350794

NJCher

(43,861 posts)
16. I was told by other protesters
Mon Jun 29, 2026, 01:08 AM
Monday

who had gone to the protests at his offices that they were given snarky responses by his staff. I didn't go to these particular protests, but I know they went on for quite some time.

This kind of treatment of citizens disgusts me. Who does his staff think is bankrolling their salaries?

Blumancru

(408 posts)
17. I guess if we hear Swan Lake played continuously on the radio, they are dead.
Mon Jun 29, 2026, 06:40 AM
Monday

That is what Soviet era radio stations did when someone prominent died back in the day.

Mark.b2

(852 posts)
12. This is absolutely ridiculous...
Sun Jun 28, 2026, 11:11 PM
Sunday

They are showing complete disregard for their constituents. Anything more than a month is too long. Longer than that and they need to resign.

calimary

(91,610 posts)
13. Hey, if I were a Republican, I would find a good place to hide,
Sun Jun 28, 2026, 11:51 PM
Sunday

with plenty of food and supplies to keep me going while I wait and watch the news for any signal(s) that suggest it’s over and it’s safe for you to stick your head out of your hidey-hole and see if it’s safe to venture out in public again.

3Hotdogs

(15,785 posts)
14. My speculation on Kean was the Syph. But then I'd have to imagine somebody actually wanting to fuck him
Sun Jun 28, 2026, 11:59 PM
Sunday

but then I recall a guy I knew. He said he fucked over 5,000 people of both sexes. He said he's stand on a corner in Georgetown and ask passersby, "Ya wanna fuck?" That was in the pre-Aids '70's. Maybe in reality is was 2 or 3 thousand but I believe it possibly did happen

SO ----

Maybe Kean actually did find somebody who was willing to fuck him.

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