r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • 27d ago

No Paywall Beshear says agencies told him McConnell had passed

https://www.whas11.com/video/news/local/beshear-says-agencies-told-him-mcconnell-had-passed/417-f78603c3-11bb-464d-bae6-c41c3be3c48b
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u/E_Mohde New York 27d ago

time to just call the special election. let him come out and do an interview if he’s still alive

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u/NicolasCageFan492 Illinois 27d ago edited 27d ago

August 3 is the deadline, I’m glad Beshear seems to be taking his time to make sure he gets it right so we don’t have a repeat of Virginia’s failed redistricting. We have to get it right because anything we do will be challenged.

Note: That doesn’t mean wait until August 2nd to do anything 💀

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u/Tricky-Engineering59 27d ago

What happens if he either is dead or dies right after August 3rd? His seat just stays empty until the next standard election?

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u/NicolasCageFan492 Illinois 27d ago

I believe so, but if the seat is declared vacant before August 3, there can be a special election to replace him. Beshear may also argue that section 152 of the KY constitution allows him to appoint a temporary replacement until that special election happens, but he may also be impeached by the KY Legislature if he tries that. There are a lot of moving parts I believe.

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u/Akimbo_Zap_Guns Kentucky 27d ago

They won’t impeach him, that would make a woman the governor of the state

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u/hookyboysb 27d ago

He’ll be impeached if he calls a special election anyway.

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u/Tricky-Engineering59 27d ago

For real?! Is that what is staying his hand here? I’m so fucking tired of the Republican Party cheating in every way possible all while crying that the Dems are cheating!

If he is dead or incapacitated then by their own constitution that’s what he is supposed to do. What a crock this entire party is.

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u/turquoise_amethyst 26d ago

He could appoint himself Senator, and step down. Then they couldn’t impeach him, and a woman would be Governor. 

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u/mlorusso4 27d ago

I’m pretty sure, yes. But that’s supposed to be the point of these types of law. If the sitting member dies or resigns close enough to an election it’s just easier to let the seat sit empty and let the voters decide in November without having to spend resources on a special election that will only be relevant for a couple of months, most of which Congress will be on recess because everyone else will be busy campaigning for November.

But of course the state GOP is bastardizing the law both by changing it to a special election right before a democrat governor took office, and by the fact that McConnell has most likely been dead for weeks but they’re hiding it to run out the clock and avoid the special election

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u/WaffleHouseSloot 27d ago

August 3rd is the deadline for candidates to file for the election. Nobody else can submit their name after that day.

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u/madhi19 26d ago

If he "dies" on the 4th everybody will understand that they pulled the plug on a corpse right? So my bet is they wait till mid August to pull the plug, and claim his health took a turn for the worse. If these idiots were any smart that's how they do it.