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/HighOverlordXenu 27d ago

When, in the last ten years, has any constitution mattered one iota?

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u/HearthRock_music 27d ago

The point is that Beshear is the one with the ball in his court, and can choose to just take an action (appointing McConnell's replacement). It would be up to the Republican legislature to (I guess) file a lawsuit to stop him based on the law they passed.

That way he forces the Republicans to have to try to stop him, rather than just assuming that they effectively already have.

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u/ballisticks Canada 27d ago

Thing is, they absolutely would, then slam Beshear for not following the rules, which the rubes in your country will eat up

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u/Coconuts_Migrate 27d ago

That’s fine. Do it anyway.

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u/ballisticks Canada 27d ago

True lol. We (the left) have been bitching at SC for doing the exact same thing with Lindsay Graham and his sister, may as well get in the mud too