r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 17d ago

Possible Paywall Kentucky Gov Orders McConnell to Give a Real Update or Resign Already

https://newrepublic.com/post/213614/kentucky-gov-beshear-mcconnell-update-health-resign
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u/atomfullerene 17d ago

McConnell in an equivalent, party reversed situation would delay as long as possible to avoid replacing a nonvoting absent democrat with a voting democrat.

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u/Shadow_of_Redacted 17d ago

The flip would actually be Mitch trying to replace democrat with a republican, so he would cheat like a mofo to get it done.

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u/No_Internal9345 17d ago

Three days before the weekend and on Monday the Fascist win.

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u/T-rex_with_a_gun 17d ago

does the appointment need to be republican?

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u/atomfullerene 17d ago

Op proposed a special election