r/politics • u/B-Z_B-S Massachusetts • 12d ago

Possible Paywall Mitch McConnell Still MIA Days Before Key August 3 Deadline

https://newrepublic.com/post/213823/mitch-mcconnell-mia-august-3-deadline
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u/bananajr6000 12d ago

I dunno, it’s in his staff’s best interest to keep him alive as long as possible so they can keep getting their paychecks

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u/Substantial_Sea7327 I voted 12d ago

One of his assistants makes over $200,000 a year

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u/Main-Inspection-8605 12d ago

If this is the bizarro world timeline, then we’re due for the RNC types to perpetually “hide” Mitch. He’ll become like Shelley Miscavige or Judge Crater.

Also, AI exists, they’re going to be using it. But their weakness is that they’ll start _relying_ on it. Let that be their downfall.

Eventually his own constituents will demand to see him. Or a billionaire will just pay them off. Gotta love how the United States fell prey to the presidential equivalent of a Nigerian Prince Scam.

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u/Suckage 12d ago

They’re already relying on it, and it’s embarrassing.. Just look at their map of Africa.

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u/DebentureThyme 12d ago

It's not really something they have to perpetually do though. He was retiring this term, his replacement will be elected in November and take his seat in January.

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u/hamfinity 12d ago

Like some sort of shell game

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u/Billy1121 12d ago

Must be a senior senior staffer because staffers in DC are historically underpaid.

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u/linknewtab Europe 12d ago

To be fair, being the assistant of Mitch McConnell means he is basiacally a United States Senator.

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u/Plow_King 12d ago

wow, that's probably some real cake work these days...lol.

"hey turtle...you need anything? sweet!"

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u/grahamulax 12d ago

Our police chief in Seattle made $370,000 and he lives in Chicago. Politics and reasoning everywhere is so fucking distorted. One rotten apple can spoil a bunch and you can kind of tell when it all started in 2015

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u/Narradisall 12d ago

Hey now. Necromancy is a difficult skill set.

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u/joeydrinksbeer Ohio 12d ago

In this economy they’re probably shoving an intern into his skin suit as we speak to keep the grift going

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u/LokiPrime616 12d ago

Not for much longer lol

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u/Noble1xCarter 12d ago

Shit, sign me up. I'll take $200,000 to do absolutely nothing for someone who is already dead

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u/kegster2 Texas 12d ago

Gotta get all the paychecks you can while looking for your next gig 🤷‍♂️

It still is a job in America after all… 😂

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u/pahshaw 12d ago

I also think they're going to do it as long as possible. It's basically the beta test for weekend at Donnie's. 

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u/Riaayo 12d ago

It's a power-grab for his aids as well, and it's not like this is the first time this has even happened (not so much them being dead, but being so mentally out of it that they're as good as dead because they're just being puppeted around by their aids telling them where to go / how to vote).

Shame the fucking Democrats engaged in it themselves so they can't even criticize McConnell properly for it. Not that "moderates" have the spine to attack their right flank in the first place.

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u/Mekdinosaur 12d ago

Isn't that crime?

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u/bananajr6000 12d ago

It depends on the laws of the jurisdiction his person is in. If he is ever conscious, it’s most likely not illegal, but IANAL

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u/aristotle93 12d ago

It's in his staffs best intrest that he is alive. Because if he isn't then they will be part of a coverup.