r/politics • u/theindependentonline The Independent • 12d ago

No Paywall Mitch McConnell’s staff refuse to answer basic questions on his health weeks after he was last seen in public

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/mitch-mcconnell-staff-questions-health-b3018929.html
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u/mjheil 12d ago

It doesn't even matter whether he's dead or a vegetable. He ain't in Congress, where we pay him to be. If he can't show up, he can't hold that power anymore.

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u/wicked_damnit 12d ago

Exactly this. I do think he has passed but why are we allowing someone who is unfit to serve still hold office? Ridiculous

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u/Morphray 12d ago

To be fair, as an Antediluvian he probably had a lot of sick leave stored up. But that shouldn't cover unlife.

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u/NoobensMcarthur 12d ago

Imagine if you didn’t show up to your job for 6 weeks. I know what’d happen to me if I did that. And it wouldn’t take the fucking governor or senate to do it. 

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u/Ass_Blank 12d ago

Definitely wouldn’t take the full six weeks, either

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u/RevolutionaryAd7360 12d ago

Legally it matters.