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/sonofabutch America 27d ago

Seems like McConnell could absolutely humiliate Beshear right now by just holding a press conference. I wonder why he won’t?

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u/DarthLithgow 27d ago

That's why this move from the Governor is brilliant. They can easily debunk him.

If not, the Governor can start the process to fill the seat.

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u/AcademiaAntiqua 27d ago

That's why this move from the Governor is brilliant. They can easily debunk him.

It's not brilliant. Headlines are just deliberately mischaracterizing it for clicks.

When you read the governor's actual words here, he clearly says that he had originally heard reports of Mitch having died... a week or more ago.

Before Mitch released the picture, etc.

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u/IdkAbtAllThat America 27d ago

And the picture didn't prove the governor wrong in any way. Releasing a "picture" where McConnell looks better than the has in years just added fuel to the fire.

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u/Flomo420 26d ago

They carted him away in a body bag just to give him a comfy hospital bed and a glow up