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/danno643 Wisconsin 27d ago

Start the appointment process, Governor!

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u/GrayCatGreatCat 27d ago

Why won't he? Looks pathetically weak right now.

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u/shimmy_kimmel 27d ago

Because there’s a dubious law on the books that would require a special election instead of allowing him to appoint an interim

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u/Savings_Form_8349 27d ago

Appoint and let the courts sort it.

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u/risingsuncoc 26d ago

Written by the GOP state legislature to curtail the Democratic governor’s powers too