CNN was forced to apologize Thursday after the network aired a quote from a fake Republican congressman while covering questions about Senator Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) health. The mistake happened during “CNN This Morning,” when the show displayed several supposed statements from Republicans who said they had recently spoken with McConnell. One of those statements came from “Rep. Jack Kimble,” a long-running parody account pretending to be a member of Congress from a district that does not exist. The post was meant as a joke, but CNN treated it seriously enough to put it on screen with real statements from actual political figures.
The embarrassing moment came as questions continue to swirl around McConnell, who has been hospitalized and out of public view for weeks. CNN was discussing Republican efforts to reassure the public that the Kentucky senator was alert and communicating with colleagues. Host Audie Cornish introduced a graphic showing comments from people who said they had spoken with McConnell. The problem was that one of the supposed Republicans in the graphic was not a Republican lawmaker at all.
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