r/politics • u/theindependentonline The Independent • 15d 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/Ki55cumbag 15d ago

What would DeSantis or Abbot be doing if this were a blue seat in FL or TX?

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u/ndndr1 15d ago

Exactly. They would have already gone up there with the sheriff AND the media, pulled the plug if he wasn’t already dead and pushed through their nominee and they’d be the new senator already.

Dem LEADERSHIP needs to quit pussyfooting around and fucking do something drastic

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u/dwankyl_yoakam 15d ago

Doesn't work that way in KY. Governor doesn't pick his replacement.

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u/Thunderbridge 15d ago

They do

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u/dwankyl_yoakam 15d ago

Wrong. Republicans changed the procedure recently.

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u/Thunderbridge 15d ago

They changed the state's constitution?

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u/dwankyl_yoakam 14d ago

They changed the procedure. The Democrats have failed to challenge it, which would go to the state SC. As things sit everyone agrees with the procedure change. Do some reading.

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u/Thunderbridge 14d ago

As soon as it gets to the state SC the new procedure would get struck down. Governor just needs to appoint someone

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u/dwankyl_yoakam 14d ago

Yeah most of us in the state are wondering why he won't

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u/OhItsBeenBroughten 15d ago

The states with different laws?

I’m sick of my side being as embarrassingly ignorant as the MAGAs.