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MIButterfly

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1. Image the outrage and pearl clutching if they were Democrats

Reply to Blumancru (Original post)

Sun Jun 28, 2026, 10:21 PM

5 hrs ago

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.

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McConnell and Kean are still MIA [View all] Blumancru 5 hrs ago OP

Image the outrage and pearl clutching if they were Democrats MIButterfly 5 hrs ago #1

when your paycheck depends on a REPUBLICAN, reporters go quiet dave99 4 hrs ago #10

Should Dems demand Proof of Life? LessAspin 5 hrs ago #2

We should demand their pay gets docked Wicked Blue 5 hrs ago #3

Rep. Tom Kean to return to Congress on June 30 after monthslong absence chowder66 5 hrs ago #4

TY, I hope whoever is running against him Cha 4 hrs ago #6

wasnt there a previous return date? mopinko 4 hrs ago #7

never gonna happen dave99 4 hrs ago #9

I was told by other protesters NJCher 2 hrs ago #16

They both can stay gone. oasis 4 hrs ago #5

I'm a McConnell constituent, Bayard 4 hrs ago #11

Both are corpses the REPUBLICANS are using as undead to keep their seats dave99 4 hrs ago #8

This is absolutely ridiculous... Mark.b2 4 hrs ago #12

Hey, if I were a Republican, I would find a good place to hide, calimary 3 hrs ago #13

My speculation on Kean was the Syph. But then I'd have to imagine somebody actually wanting to fuck him 3Hotdogs 3 hrs ago #14

Dr McCoy weighs in. sheshe2 2 hrs ago #15