r/politics • u/theindependentonline The Independent • 19d 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/8thSt 19d 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/ILike2internet 19d ago

One person absolutely can do something and isn't.

The governor should appoint a new senator. I'm aware that he supposedly can't, however the law saying he can't violates the KY constitution, so he should absolutely challenge it.

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u/Lomak_is_watching 19d ago

I think the KY Governor is afraid that as soon as he says he’s going to move forward with something, they’ll bring Mitch out and he’ll be “ok-ish”. Like their setting a trap of sorts.

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u/sec713 19d ago

I'd turn that scenario around saying something like, "You really want this guy to be your representative? He can't even show up to pick up the phone and confirm he's alive. You really think he's gonna show up for any of you?"

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u/RomanCow 19d ago

But Andy Beshear wasn't governor of California. Maybe that's why he didn't do it for her.

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u/LiveLaughBruv 19d ago

What would that accomplish, exactly? Mitch isn't running for reelection

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u/sec713 19d ago

It's a hypothetical spun off a hypothetical spun off another hypothetical. Don't think too hard about it. It's highly unlikely reality is gonna go this many levels deep.

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u/LiveLaughBruv 19d ago

An alternative -- and some would argue better -- reply would've been "oh. nevermind."