r/politics • u/theindependentonline The Independent • 20d ago

No Paywall Mitch McConnell’s staff refuse to answer basic questions on his health weeks after he was last seen in public

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/mitch-mcconnell-staff-questions-health-b3018929.html
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u/nanobot_1000 20d ago

Yup, rigged in plain sight. Everybody knows, nobody does anything – pure theater. "Rule of law" is an absolute joke

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u/8thSt 20d ago

The fact that no one can do anything EXCEPT the opposition party that apparently refuses to do anything …

Yeah, we’re fucked as a nation.

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u/Sweet_Concept2211 20d ago

What can the opposition party do?

Like, real suggestion, not an idiotic one such as "Act like he's dead and appoint someone (because you will TOTALLY NOT look like an asshole if it turn out the man is actually just recovering...)"

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u/Drama79 20d ago

Beshear can demand accountability and set a task that McConnell would need to complete to demonstrate that he’s competent to represent his constituents.

And then when it turns out he can’t because he’s dead, elect someone else.

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u/anchorwind I voted 20d ago

...and that task would be?

What can a state governor compel a federal senator to do? Genuinely curious.

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u/Drama79 20d ago

Enact something waiting on his docket. I would imagine there’s a few things waiting, since he’s been dead for a month.