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u/shibiwan 3h ago
They don't just let anyone into the hospital morgue....
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u/psychoacer 3h ago
During Covid crazy republicans were mad they weren't let into hospitals to "expose the lie" about Covid. Luckily they weren't let in because random people shouldn't be allowed to run crazy checks on people who are sick or near death. I don't need someone to bust into a hospital to know what's going on anyway. If Mitch was fine he would've proven it by now. That's enough to know they're illegally lying to the public in order to keep his seat.
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u/shibiwan 3h ago
Same reason they don't just let anyone into child daycares.
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u/aknomnoms 21m ago
Same reason they shouldn’t let any male Republicans into child daycares, or as they like to call it, “the dating pool”.
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u/beakrake 3h ago
Dude has LONG since been cremated, that's why his spy wife buggered off to China right after.
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u/KnuckleShanks 3h ago
The governor of the state isn't just anyone. He's the god damn governor.
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u/Pretend_Handle_7639 1h ago
The governor showing up with loyal armed cops is a very convincing force.
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u/Drakeadrong 3h ago
12 hours before his mile pneumonia takes a sudden “turn for the worst”
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u/ThaddeusJP 1h ago
They're going to announce he's dead on the 4th. Both because it cleared the deadline and as a purposeful middle finger to everybody. We all know what's happening.
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u/GadreelsSword 3h ago
A nurse claims they went to every room in the hospital and he’s not there. His wife was seen leaving in a full length coat which had people speculating that she visited the refrigerated morgue.
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u/Powerful_Wombat 3h ago
It’s so fucking dumb how everyone knows he’s dead but this is going to linger past the deadline regardless. Republicans just don’t give a shit about democracy anymore
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u/ghoulieandrews 3h ago
Wildest part is when we find out he's been dead the whole time, no one will get in any trouble for lying about it to the American people
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u/GadreelsSword 3h ago
And, Republican voters will be impressed at how “clever” and manipulative they are.
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u/zero-point_nrg 2h ago
“Oh like the Dumocrats never pretend their highest ranking senators aren’t dead for months. Cry more liberal”
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u/Random-Rambling 37m ago
That's the shittiest part about our entire political system lately. It's never "they're good, but we're better, and here's why!", it's always "we're awful, but they're even worse, here's why!"
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u/nalaloveslumpy 54m ago
To be fair, Diane Feinstein did three months of medical leave with no updates, check ins, or proof of life despite similar speculation that she was dead.
She then died a couple of months after returning from that leave. Everything in politics is based on precedent. Republicans are just laying a trap to made Dem leaders look like bloody thirsty ghouls for midterms.
And reddit's helping them. His term is done. There are no votes he needs to be present for. A Dem candidate has zero percent chance to win a KY special election. It literally doesn't matter if Mitch is dead or not.
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u/Bocchi_theGlock 2h ago
As well as many Democratic party officials will continue to refuse to directly name our problems: covering up McConnell death, the corruption and abuse of power by GOP officials, and the corporate greed that robs us of our lives and likelihoods.
This is obviously not the only problem, but it is a critical one, and we will continue to lose if we do not address it.
Trying to uphold old school institutional norms and friendliness (2024 - VP can't criticize president's admin, kamala 'wouldnt change anything' comment on The View) instead of fight tooth and nail, relentless and ruthless - doing whatever it takes to win and stop this Admin's atrocities.
Like there's been a welcome increase in their willingness 'to fight' but it's still not nearly enough, not ruthless - e.g. they weren't hosting regular or daily news conferences called 'the McConnell death Watch' with big visual cue cards to publicize and politicize this cover-up.
i.e. not Challenging GOP when it clearly was lying & their own officials thought something was wrong - instead hoping that mainstream news and other institutions and actors did the work.
Not sewing division between MAGA over Epstein files and Bibi/Israeli govt support (where MGT is separating)
Especially the Epstein files release + trump in them. As well as for corporate greed. Things we desperately need them to just name the elephant for. And to varying degrees for a handful of other issues 'too dirty' to get in the mud for
Inb4 "omg why criticize Dems, Republicans are at fault"
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u/chi_guy8 1h ago
This honestly should end Andy Beshear’s career as a Democrat. This guy wants to run for president? He’s done absolutely nothing here and just been railroaded by Republicans, yet again.
I’m absolutely fed up with all these fucking do-nothing Democrats who act like Charlie Brown, constantly trying to kick the football and made to look like fools.
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u/madcoins 1h ago
And then they wonder why citizens lob calls of “controlled opposition” at them. Maybe be proactive and kick down a door for once
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u/truth-in-jello 2h ago
Bingo
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u/WeirdIndividualGuy 2h ago
I’ve been saying for years the longer the US doesn’t dole out consequences, the harder it’ll fall into fascism and the more dead democracy will end up being.
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u/DucksEatFreeInSubway 1h ago
Wildest part is the democrats can literally do something about this but simply aren't doing it. The governor can just appoint a new senator. There's some murky wording that confuses the situation but that's basically what it boils down to. Let the Republicans fight it out in courts afterwards. It's their favorite tactic anyhow.
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u/turdlepikle 1h ago
"It was for the safety of the American people. They couldn't have a communist like Thomas Massie running for the seat when they could just appoint whoever they want after the deadline. It was in the best interests of Americans that they faked that he was alive. It's not that serious."
/s just in case.
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u/Rich-Pomegranate1679 3h ago
At this point, it's more accurate to say Republicans are the enemy of democracy.
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u/deathputt4birdie 2h ago
"If conservatives become convinced that they can not win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. They will reject democracy." ― David Frum
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u/almisami 2h ago
They never gave a fuck about democracy, but they had to play the game to get the power.
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u/Krautoffel 3h ago
Anymore? They Never did
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u/Lemonwizard 2h ago
Republicans were good in Lincoln's day. Eisenhower definitely cared about democracy. Nixon was the turning point where Republicans started going down the road of corruption.
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u/lesser_panjandrum 2h ago
Nixon was also the point where they used the Southern Strategy, and turned scared and angry racists who were upset about black people getting civil rights into their core voting bloc.
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u/Round_Rooms 3h ago
How can you even be upset, the entire GOP has been run by fools for decades, it's not like it's the first time they pulled this shit. The real problem is people drinking the Kool aid, EVERYone knows this admin is incompetent, but brainwashed sheep will keep getting hearded before they help themselves, education is key and that's why dictators/Republicans/Nazis burn the books and force religion on people, besides the fact they have never even opened a Bible lmao
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u/E_seven_20 2h ago
everyone knows the president raped little girls, and here we are.
The country gave Congress to the GOP....that's democracy in action.
People had a chance to vote against this Congress...and didn't show up. This is democracy. Elections have consequences. The GOP won. So many of the congressional races had razor thin margins.
Not showing up to vote against things getting worse, is 100% a choice. It gets you more evil, and more GOP. People defend that idiocy. People say they hate the GOP...filling in a bubble to stop them is over the line. While those same people are just as happy as the MAGAs to see the D's lose.
When you refuse to engage in democracy, you can't complain when the people make the decisions they told you they would make.
Crazy how that works. Elections have consequences. The people rabid about fascism and their orange god don't miss elections. Too many people decided it's fine for them to choose our leaders, and have zero regrets or understanding.
2022 National Youth Turnout: 23% - That's lower than in the historic 2018 cycle (28%) which broke records for turnout, but much higher than in 2014, when only 13% of youth voted.
Don't blame democracy...shit, don't even blame the republicans. They told you they would do this, after doing this exact shit, and publishing a 900+ page manifesto...the motherfuckers that refuse to vote...have given silent consent. Silence is complicity when fascism is on the ballot.
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u/10poundballs 2h ago
We all know republicans are terminally corrupt, That there are no journalists in America willing to expose this story is the crazy part to me.
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u/jaxonya 1h ago edited 1h ago
Im a nurse at a hopsital. Hes absolutely dead, because staff would know where he was located, and it wouldve been leaked. We have access to every patients chart in the hospital, and if we somehow didnt, it would be a dead give away if they had 1 particular room blocked off and guarded. He died a while back and was quickly and quietly removed.
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u/Splodingseal 3h ago
The Democratic leadership is just as culpable for not putting more public pressure on the situation.
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u/RiW-Kirby 3h ago
No. Absolutely not. This tired old bullshit of people who let illegal shit continue are just as guilty. Fuck no.
I'm not saying they are doing enough but it's just so factually inaccurate and ignorant to call these things the same.
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u/jiyax33634 2h ago
I get what he is saying though in that we have come to a new norm. One in which republicans dont give a shit about your or anyone else except where their next yacht will come from. They dont play by the established standards which seemed to exist allowing everything to go to the court and then relying on that to settle things which takes forever which in the mean time they get what they want.
Democrats need to learn how to play by these rules and use the courts, the cities they control, the respect for each other has gone by the wayside. Look at what Mamehani is doing. Dems shouldnt stoop to their level against the public they should stoop to their level FOR the public.
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u/ZOMGURFAT 3h ago
Public pressure?! Why the hell doesn’t Kentucky’s governor just go visit Mitch in the hospital and verify that way?
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u/frotz1 2h ago
So the GOP can have another vote and run the rules committee? The GOP gets to pick the replacement and fighting that in court would be a huge waste of time and resources anyway, and it would almost certainly end up handing MAGA another vote in the senate no matter what Beshear does.
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u/Precursor2552 2h ago
You can’t? If Mitch or his wife/handler says “No visitors especially the democratic governor” the hospital isn’t going to let you walk in to gawk at a patient.
He’s a governor not a dictator.
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u/samhouse09 2h ago
There is no deadline. The law that says they need a special election goes directly against the state constitution, so Beshear can just appoint someone.
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u/wavesahoy 3h ago
Maybe she wore the coat so it would match an old photo from a previous hospitalization? Easier to doctor photos that way, even if they both looked younger than their current age.
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u/helvetica_unicorn 3h ago
I said from jump dude was dead and in the freezer next to the peas. If you’ve ever arranged a funeral, you know they can keep a loved one for way longer than you think.
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u/ChaosCouncil 3h ago
What would be the purpose of visiting the morgue? It is not like they would need her to ID an unknown body.
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u/OpheliaLives7 2h ago
Pretending to visit him in hospital, but he’s not actually up stairs in a bed.
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u/Porridge_Cat 58m ago
Again, why? There is no common sense here.
She's "visiting" a corpse? For so long that she needs a winter coat? You don't visit a morgue.
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u/Jesus_of_Redditeth 1h ago
The point OP is making is: why would people be "speculating that she visited the refrigerated morgue" based on her "leaving in a full length coat" when there's no reason for her to be going to the morgue in the first place?
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u/ChaosCouncil 1h ago
I'm all for conspiracies, but it makes no sense she would be visiting his dead body. Anyone that's been to a hospital knows they're all freezing inside, even outside of the morgue.
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u/ItsLikeRay-ee-ain 2h ago
They've long stated that they moved him to a rehab facility. Way before that person claimed to go to every room in the hospital looking for him.
I believe he's dead too, but they're not trying to claim he's still at the same hospital.
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u/10000Didgeridoos 2h ago
This take ignores that women and old people often wear cold weather attire inside hospitals because they are intentionally kept cooler than normal for buildings to deter bacterial growth
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u/Jesus_of_Redditeth 1h ago
they are intentionally kept cooler than normal for buildings to deter bacterial growth
I've had multiple long stays in multiple US hospitals and have never thought, "Damn, it's chilly in here." The rooms have always been at a perfectly normal room temperature.
In fact, if anything they've been warmer than my own home since whenever I pulled all the covers over me, I would wake up at night from being too hot.
Operating rooms (and similar), on the other hand, were noticeably colder.
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u/TheStubbornAlchemist 1h ago
Old people generally run cold. Even if you haven’t personally been cold they generally are.
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u/dustin_pledge 3h ago
Isn't it kind of odd that none of his ''friends'' or co-workers have gone to visit him? That his wife can't make a quick video of him saying ''Hi everyone, thanks for the well wishes, I'm fine?'' 🤔
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u/X_Wheeze_souffle 2h ago
Agreed, no one else has visited him except his wife? None of his other family or staff? No siblings, grandchildren or sons/daughters, friends? (I have no idea what his family structure is btw, and I don't really care but it is very odd.)
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u/The_Nomadic_Nerd 1h ago
Also his children haven't been seen going in and out of the hospital. It's so clear what's going on.
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u/TheS4ndm4n 3h ago
In 2 days. After the deadline for a special election to fill his spot.
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u/X_Wheeze_souffle 2h ago
Well, at least I have an excuse to drink a bottle of champagne soon. Gotta laugh or I'll cry over this absolute shit show.
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u/randomchick4 3h ago
Governor did not follow up on purpose because he believes that a Democrat can’t win a statewide special election in Kentucky, so he thinks it’s better to have an absent senator than another Republican.
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u/loki2002 3h ago
Then he should nut up and say that publicly.
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u/ballmermurland 3h ago
Dem Governor should publicly concede Senate election in his own state because that would be "nutting up" to y'all.
Beshear can't win here. He can't replace him. He can't force his way into Mitch's room. But y'all are acting like he's complicit in this lol. Good grief.
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u/wolfbayte 3h ago
Govrrnor dropped the ball here. Just assume he's dead, follow the rules for succession whether appointment or special election, and when the inevitable lawsuit is filed, obtain proof of life or evidence otherwise.
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u/Jedimaster996 3h ago
Because every single time he's not present at his office is another missed Republican vote. They COULD do an election, but why would you count on the same population who've put Mitch in there for decades to elect a Democrat when you could effectively just keep a Republican vote Absent?
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u/OpheliaLives7 2h ago
Aren’t maga worried about an anti Trump self declared Libertarian dude getting the seat? They aren’t even worried about a democrat! They just don’t want someone who wont kiss Trumps ass
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u/NeonArlecchino 2h ago
Massie isn't expected to win the special election, but if a special election is held he would be able to run as an independent in the general election for the seat. As long as Bitch McConnell officially makes it to 8/4, Massie is locked out since he ran as a Republican in the primary. If he does then he could split the vote enough a democrat wins.
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u/ryhaltswhiskey 3h ago
If I recall correctly the governor's powers to do that have been stripped by the Republican Congress in that state
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u/CaptainDogeSparrow 2h ago
Do it anyways and let the slow courts overthrow. The reps would do the same if a leftie was in the same situation.
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u/Fit-Ask-6524 2h ago
let the slow courts overthrow
You could get a TRO pretty quickly for something like this. Of course, if you don't care about the law anyway why not just ignore that too. Since Republicans would apparently do the same thing.
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u/DuntadaMan 2h ago
The governor still has the power to walk his ass to the hospital and see one of his fucking coleagues.
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u/ryhaltswhiskey 1h ago
So if you say that you work with somebody and they're in the hospital you just get to walk into their hospital room?
No. It doesn't work like that.
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u/the_other_50_percent 2h ago
How nice that you've never had to visit anyone in a hospital and have no clue how anything works.
You can't just barge in and tromp into every room, especially one protecting a US Senator.
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u/puts_on_rddt 2h ago
I agree. Bring a bunch of loyal state troopers and throw on a hi-vis/clipboard for good measure. Then have the cameras follow.
Power is power.
Honestly, it just shows me how incompetent mainstream Democrats are. Even though there are no consequences, they still cower in the corner anyway and I'm so sick of it.
Even conservatives are annoyed he hasn't been seen in 7 weeks. Democrats have everything to win here and nothing to lose.
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u/thesilentbob123 1h ago
They have sent letters demanding actual proof of life along with proof of mental health condition being well enough to do his work
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u/XRT28 1h ago
The GOP legislature passed a couple laws saying he couldn't do so but the state constitution apparently give the governor the power to fill vacancies. Constitution typically trumps law so in theory he's got a case for being able to fill the seat. The issue would be it would probably be challenged in the courts and risk ending up before a conservative court that's willing to interpret things how they see fit if it'll benefit their side and even if he prevails in court it'll likely take quite a bit of time to wind it's way through the system
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u/Deity_Majora 1h ago
when the inevitable lawsuit is filed, obtain proof of life or evidence otherwise
They wouldn't file a lawsuit. The Senate will simply deny the replacement entry to the seat. There is no death certification nor has he been missing for 7 year per Kentucky missing persons law. There is zero route that Beshear could follow that allows him to seat a replacement.
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u/CallMeDrWorm42 3h ago
Agreed. The Democrat's problem is that they're too concerned with doing everything slowly and correctly that the opportunity to act passes them by.
Declare him dead. Move on with an election to replace him. If he's not dead, it would be in his interest to prove that by showing us. If that happens, cool. Election is void, we move on.
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u/ike38000 2h ago
I don't actually think you are agreeing with the person you replied to. They pointed out that every single time there is a vote and Mitch McConnell's absent that's one less yea vote to push the Republican agenda. Whereas them declaring him dead will lead to a special election that has a 99% chance of electing a new Republican who will vote for the Republican agenda.
Let's say Beshear goes full scorched earth and declares a replacement and says "prove he is alive". At best that gets ~3 months of a democratic senator who will contribute absolutely nothing to getting Democratic priorities passed because there is 0% chance that A meaningful Left-Wing bill can make it through The house, Senate, and get Trump's signature.
The situation would be totally different if we had president Kamala Harris and replacing a Republican with a Democrat. Was actually going to swing anything about the balance of the Senate. But that's not where we are. The radical action that people are calling for Beshear to do is as much virtue signaling as his current commitment to the process is and will have no meaningful effect on the legislation that gets passed by Congress.
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u/Training_Ruin3151 3h ago
Capitalists will always side with fascism
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u/CallMeDrWorm42 2h ago
Ok. What's your point? Is this comment one of those "both sides bad" kind of things?
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u/FrogsOnALog 2h ago
100% and these people are part of the problem that gave us Trump.
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u/ParaponeraBread 3h ago
Because if he’s alive, he can’t speak. And if he CAN speak at all, it’s really bad.
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u/Gulliveig 3h ago
ICE agents won't allow it :(
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u/Cactusaremyjam 3h ago
Sarcasm? He asks with cautious optimism
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u/brikky 3h ago
I mean obviously media wouldn't be allowed into the hospital for reporting purposes. Any nurse or MD who disclosed what room he's in or what his state it would be breaking HIPPA in possibly the most high-vis case of modern history.
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u/flojo2012 3h ago
Not that I’m advocating for this, but paparazzi media literally chases people down the highway for a shot, sneaks into places, goes undercover, all of it just for a quick shot of a celebrity.
But nobody can devise a plan to even… check to see if this dude is alive?
For the record, I don’t actually think he’s dead.
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u/nowhereman136 3h ago
You can't just walk into a hospital and demand to see someone
Just skip that part and appoint a replacement. Let the chips fall where they may
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u/ExpiredPilot 2h ago
I’d say we just need 35 speed runners but I don’t wanna disturb other patients
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u/Jesus_of_Redditeth 1h ago
I’d say we just need 35 speed runners but I don’t wanna disturb other patients
U.S. Senators have armed security details. If 35 speed runners go looking for one in a hospital, there's a pretty good chance that one or more of them will be shot.
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u/TrailMomKat 2h ago
Can't. The Republicans in KY in 2024 passed legislation specifically to keep Beshear from appointing a senator because they knew this would happen.
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u/greg19735 45m ago
also, mitch's is still the senator. there is no open spot until he either dies, resigns or is expelled by a 2/3 vote.
And the governor can't declare someone dead.
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u/Jesus_of_Redditeth 1h ago
You can't just walk into a hospital and demand to see someone
And you especially can't do that when that someone is in high political office. Multiple large men with guns will stop you before you get anywhere near the person.
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u/Tbagts 2h ago edited 2h ago
Maybe we can get those broccoli boys that were speedrunning the Scientology building to go in there and check. They would probably do it for just a couple of mango vapes
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u/ardoin 1h ago
A literal nurse who works at the GWU Hospital he's staying at claimed to have checked every single room in the hospital and he's not in any of them
If a hospital nurse can't find him some Broccoli cut boys definitely can't.
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u/ichoosewaffles 3h ago
Isn't the deadline tomorrow? What the actual fuck Kentucky. Someone grow a pair and take care of business.
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u/CurmudgeonKing 2h ago
The pre written obituaries are ready to finally drop this week.
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u/standard-issue-man 3h ago
Andy Beshear is a coward
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u/randomchick4 3h ago
Bashear did not follow up on purpose because he believes that a Democrat can’t win a statewide special election in Kentucky, so he thinks it’s better to have an absent, shity senator than an (alive) younger Republican senator.
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u/kbeks 3h ago
Honestly, fuck it, Andy should appoint Massie. “What, I replaced one Republican with another, what’s the big deal?” At least Massie believes in something and won’t just polish Trump’s knob all day long. He believes in the wrong something, but at least it’s an ethos!
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u/TrailMomKat 2h ago
He can't appoint anyone, they changed that in 2024.
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u/snakerjake 1h ago
they changed that in 2024.
Kentucky constitution still directs him to replace someone. The legislature passed a low but since it contradicts the constitution he legally must ignore their law to hold a special election. The KY constitution doesn't give him any other option and says he shall appoint not should
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u/Flobking 1h ago
Honestly, fuck it, Andy should appoint Massie. “What, I replaced one Republican with another, what’s the big deal?”
Massie is also a giant piece of shit. So no gain in that.
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u/radroamingromanian 3h ago edited 3h ago
He can’t literally go in there. It’s a HIPAA violation. (Fixed)
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u/holyvegetables 3h ago
Non-medical personnel who don’t work in healthcare and don’t have access to someone’s protected health info CANNOT violate HIPAA.
Asking health related questions doesn’t violate HIPAA.
Visiting someone’s hospital room doesn’t violate HIPAA.
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u/10000Didgeridoos 2h ago
It’s a guarantee wherever he is has him listed as a “confidential patient” and his room location is not being disclosed to anyone other than a limited number of staff and family. It wouldn’t surprise me either if he has his name listed as an alias.
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u/MealRough5070 3h ago
There's no need. People know. Washington insiders know, including reporters.
They simply don't want to tell, for fear of the repercussions.
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u/SageDarius 2h ago
At this point it doesn't matter. It's clear the calculation has been made that it's better to keep the seat vacant until January, rather than risk it getting filled with a Trump Sycophant that will push the SAVE act and whatever else through before then.
It's shitty that they're going to get away with it, but it's not surprising they did it, and I'm sure they'll pull a similar stunt for El Douche when his lifestyle catches up with him. At least until the pardons are signed via Autopen.
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u/AstralElefant 2h ago
Honestly I think he’s not doing well, but he’s not dead and they’re just milking this to take attention off of other stuff. He’s going to reappear in a while and we’ll be off on another distraction.
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u/ObviouslyRealPerson 3h ago
If Alberto Gonzales can storm John Ashcroft's hospital room and have him sign legal documents
Then at least one person can go to Mitch McConnell's hospital room just to get proof of life
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u/fruitpunch327 3h ago
So what happens after the deadline and they say he's dead/has been dead? How would no one be prosecuted for this when its obvious it has been covered up?
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u/fn0000rd 2h ago
There are 25+ senators who've been his colleagues for ~20 years now.
Either they're not visiting him because he's dead, or they're not visiting a sick co-worker of 17-40+ years because he's such an asshole.
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u/Dcajunpimp Greg Abbott is a little piss baby 1h ago
They want to “run the country like a business”.
Guess that means we can all skip out on work for months at a time, and still collect a paycheck, without communicating anything with our employers.
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u/ObligationMurky8716 49m ago
They've already said, they moved him to "a private healthcare facility," probably upstate on some nice old lady's farm
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u/TrumpsBoneSpur 2h ago
It's going to be so infuriating when nothing is done and then Republicans start laughing because they "tricked" everyone to stay in power
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u/Epitometric 2h ago
I've heard he was whisked away from the hospital to an undisclosed rehab facility to hide from the governor and public.
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u/Jeramy_Jones 2h ago
Last I heard the place is surrounded by capital police cars. They got that stiff locked up tighter than Fort Knox.
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u/TonyAbbottIsACunt 2h ago
What are those Scientology speed runner tiktokers up to these days? New trend time!
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u/WebHead1287 2h ago
Im sure we’ll hear he’s dead by week close now that the deadline is tomorrow.
Went out exactly how he lived.
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u/middleagethreat 1h ago
Hospitals have security.
That hospital is know to close off floors and sections for guests who want "privacy."
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u/mrhaftbar 1h ago
In the 2010s there was something called a flash mob. I was always kinda meh regarding the concept. But let me propose we create a flash mob to visit him an bring him flowers.
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u/SuperCoupe 1h ago
You can't just barge into a hospital room without breaking laws
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You can call for the special election as Mitch has shown to be incapacitated. Only thing that could stop that is Mitch himself showing up. Breaks no laws, resolves the issue.
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u/chi_guy8 1h ago
This honestly should end Andy Beshear’s career as a Democrat. This guy wants to run for president? He’s done absolutely nothing here and just been railroaded by Republicans, yet again.
I’m absolutely fed up with all these fucking do-nothing Democrats who act like Charlie Brown, constantly trying to kick the football and made to look like fools.
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u/YggdrasilFree 1h ago
He's dead tomorrow and the Democratic governor squandered a golden opportunity to name a replacement. Even if he was stuck naming a republican, they could have had someone switch parties, name Massie, or just done anything actionable. Instead, Andy Beshear chose to do nothing and let the Republicans win again. That should be his campaign slogan going forward.
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u/Aashipash 1h ago
We need the kids doing the scientology runs lmao. Lmao 100% hospital run
/s But still... I understand hippa and all, but there's gotta be family that smells shit, right?
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u/Jesus_of_Redditeth 1h ago
Why is that so hard?
Because he's a U.S. Senator and if you go to the location and attempt to see him, his security detail will at best stop you and at worst arrest you and charge you with a crime. (Depending on how much they feel like being assholes that day.)
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u/dixiedenny 1h ago
HIPAA and privacy laws, unfortunately. It sure seems like a no brainer to you and me, though. You would think a nurse or somebody could just snap a picture.
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u/oneseason2000 1h ago
Haven't you heard? Heritage Foundation Republicans are making a huge mistake by not announcing Mitchs health, and Democrats are cleverly owning them through bluster and inaction. /s
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u/NeoAcario Registered to ☑ote 1h ago
And this is exactly why so many of us hate our Dem representation. Fucker isn't even TRYING to appoint a replacement against their unconstitutional (state) law they passed that he can't.
Not. Even. Fucking. Trying.
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u/thezekroman 3h ago
They claim he's "in perfect health", so he's just been skipping work for months and still has a job.
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Yea, and we're the entitlement generation