CNN anchor Audie Cornish gets fooled by a parody account while reporting on Senator Mitch McConnell’s health. Credit: CNN screenshot
A CNN anchor made an embarrassing blunder this week while reading off what she thought was a quote from a GOP lawmaker regarding Senator Mitch McConnell (RINO-KY).
As The Gateway Pundit reported, McConnell was reportedly found unconscious in his DC home last month before he was rushed to the hospital.
While the 84-year-old Kentucky Senator is supposedly “receiving excellent care,” it is still unclear why McConnell was admitted to the hospital. However, he may have had a heart attack, according to newly released audio of a 911 call.
During Wednesday’s edition of “CNN This Morning,” anchor Audie Cornish shared a series of statements from Republicans who said they had recently spoken with McConnell.
“We have a lot of Senate Republicans coming out, we’re just going to show some on-screen,” Cornish said. “All saying, I talked to him, I talked to him, I talked to him for 20 minutes, I talked to him for 45 minutes.”
Among the comments Cornish read off were from CNN contributor Scott Jennings and statements attributed to Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-WY).
She also showed a post from the X account @RepJackKimble, thinking that he was a real person as well.
The post reads as follows:
I spoke to my old friend Mitch McConnell this morning, the senior Senator from Kentucky. He’s so sharp. Just like always, he let me do all of the talking.
After that, we prayed silently for a while and had a staring contest. Just like always, he beat me.
I told him we want to see him back at work as soon as possible.
I spoke to my old friend Mitch McConnell this morning, the senior Senator from Kentucky. He’s still recovering in the hospital. We talked for just shy of 45 minutes. He’s so sharp. Just like always he let me do all of the talking. He’s a great listener. After that we prayed…
— Rep. Jack Kimble (@RepJackKimble) July 7, 2026
Unfortunately for Cornish, this account is a political parody that claims to represent California’s fictional 54th congressional district. Smart followers of Politics know that California has only 52 districts.
Following the embarrassing blunder, the person running the Rep. Jack Kimble account took to X to mock CNN in two separate posts:
CNN’s extreme leftwing bias exposed pic.twitter.com/5YEbGToOA7
— Rep. Jack Kimble (@RepJackKimble) July 8, 2026
How dare they doubt me credibility pic.twitter.com/gQwoUrtlEw
— Rep. Jack Kimble (@RepJackKimble) July 8, 2026
According to his Amazon biography, the Rep. Jack Kimble account is the brainchild of a Chicago school teacher.
The biography also notes, this is not the first time the account has tricked corporate media outlets. For example, “Rep. Jack Kimble” previously duped both the Huffington Post and the Washington Post back in 2021.
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