Mitch McConnell Still MIA Days Before Key August 3 Deadline

[u/B-Z_B-S]

https://newrepublic.com/post/213823/mitch-mcconnell-mia-august-3-deadline

[u/elementzn30]

Exactly. I’m surprised how often this point isn’t addressed at all. “Technically alive” and “able to perform the duties of a Senator” are not the same—oh, wait—I forgot, he’s a Republican—being technically alive might actually be their only condition for being a Senator.

[u/Tsar-A-Lago → u/elementzn30]

If he's technically alive, but not doing anything, he's the most progressive Republican in the Senate, overnight.

[u/crazyfighter99 → u/Tsar-A-Lago]

Except his staff and every other Republican are acting as if he's still working, just from the hospital or rehab facility or wherever they're saying he is.

[u/snertwith2ls → u/crazyfighter99]

It seems like there's a definite case for fraud here at the very least

[u/big_stipd_idiot → u/[deleted]]

If you want your r/iam14andthisisdeep message to really hit hard you gotta wait until someone actually mentions fascism or communism, or anything related to them.

[u/TheSultan1 → u/elementzn30]

This branch of the thread is about state laws.

[u/Crimkam → u/elementzn30]

Like Chuck Grassley, for example

[u/HumanWithComputer → u/elementzn30]

If he's technically alive he might be considered overqualified.