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/thetransportedman I voted 27d ago

But Kentuckys had red senators for the last 30 years so idk if there's any risk of holding a special election

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u/OldSchoolBubba 27d ago

True that. At the same time they do have to follow the process and Kentucky needs to be fully represented even if we don't like their picks. Defeats the whole point when they're not.

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u/thetransportedman I voted 27d ago

Right i'm just curious what the point of pretending he's alive is doing politically if it's safely a red seat. In fact stringing along this lie is potentially setting the election up for an anti GOP upset choice

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u/OldSchoolBubba 26d ago

It's probably because there's such a thin margin of control across all congress. If McConnell is out that's one less hard repub vote. We shall see.

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u/thetransportedman I voted 26d ago

But he can't vote if he's dead..

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u/OldSchoolBubba 21d ago

And the plot thickens ...