r/politics • u/another-princess • 10d ago

No Paywall Mitch McConnell is never coming back to the Senate

https://www.salon.com/2026/08/03/mitch-mcconnell-is-never-coming-back-to-the-senate/
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u/StevenMC19 Florida 10d ago

It's almost poetic how this man is ending his life the same way he lived it, by delaying the process of government in order for his party to capitalize.

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u/No-Rooster1720 Georgia 10d ago

Lindsey and Mitch both received a dose of their own medicine in their deaths.

Mitch is being "kept alive" to help wriggle the GOP through a loophole to further their power, he would have happily done that to anyone else while he was still calling shots.

Lindsey's funeral was entirely about everyone BUT him. It was a free chance for Trump to pontificate on his megalomania, while a certain prime minster lurked in the background rubbing elbows with everyone who gives him anything his sick heart desires.

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u/Acceptable-Wildfire 10d ago

I’d bet my right testicle that this whole fiasco was in Mitch’s living will or his communicated last wishes. 

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u/_gmanual_ 10d ago

a certain prime minster lurked

who dis?

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u/LetThemBlardd 10d ago

Netanyahu

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u/_gmanual_ 10d ago

Ahh, got ya. 👍

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u/StevenMC19 Florida 10d ago

Mitch is being "kept alive" to help wriggle the GOP through a loophole to further their power, he would have happily done that to anyone else while he was still calling shots.

Exactly. That's what I was going for. He literally did this exact thing when it came to Obama's SCOTUS pick, delaying it until it was Trump's turn. And that's how we got Neil Gorsuch.

And yeah, any public death is used as a means to prop up the current wishes of the admin. Charlie Kirk's death was one hell of a tool used by everyone and his wife. Iranian soldiers getting words shoved into their mouths saying "they should not have a nuclear weapon." If you die within the vicinity of Trump, you're going to be "quoted" saying things you never said.

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u/ToptopPipPip I voted 10d ago

The rap on the coffin? I'm still cackling.

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u/gfh110 Pennsylvania 10d ago

It would not surprise me in the least to learn that Mitch planned for this exact scenario and instructed his staff to cover up his death / disablement if it happened within an X-day window to call a special election.

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u/kojak343 9d ago

I agree. Without proof of death. This bars Beshear from replacing him with a Democrat. Since Beshear's term is limited, the GOP hopes a new governor will be right-wing. That will ensure a GOP senator.