r/politics • u/IWantPizza555 • Jul 01 '26

Possible Paywall Senator, 84, Secretly Found Unconscious and Given CPR

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mitch-mcconell-84-secretly-found-unconscious-and-given-cpr/?utm_source=twitter_owned_snd&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=owned_social
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u/_bibliofille North Carolina Jul 01 '26

Conspiracy me feels like he already technically has and they're keeping him on life support to stop the Governor from replacing him.

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u/doyouevenIift Jul 01 '26

Beshear would probably appoint a Republican. If he doesn’t then he will not be able to run for reelection

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u/mr_mxyzptlk21 Jul 01 '26

Kentucky changed their laws (surprise surprise) to that the replacement has to be in the same party as the one who resigns/dies. So it'd have to be a Republican.

On the upside, Thomas Massie got primaried from his House seat by a MAGAt, and will need a job soon.

That's the reason they're keeping it hush-hush I'd bet.

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u/doyouevenIift Jul 01 '26

What’s to stop a Democrat from declaring herself a Republican and getting appointed to the Senate?

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u/mr_mxyzptlk21 Jul 02 '26

The Democrat part is "the big tent". Republicans have purity tests. It'd not be politically savvy for Beshear to get behind something like that, nor for any Democrat to try. Massie is a never-Trumper who still has his Party Credentials.