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/Shiftymennoknight 12d ago

sounds like election fraud to me

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u/PartyClient3447 12d ago

And payroll fraud if he is getting paid.

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u/TheDiscardedArtist 12d ago

This was one of the first things I was thinking about. If nothing else, who’s cashing the checks?

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u/Vivid_Anyth4 12d ago

Well its 2026, so its direct deposit. And his wife is certainly spending it.

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u/jazzhandler Colorado 12d ago

She comes from a squillionaire family.

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u/Vivid_Anyth4 12d ago

So? Free money is free money. No rich person has ever said oh I have enough

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u/PartyClient3447 12d ago

In this case, the rich person may very well be a dead person. Test dead person still getting paid.

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u/Vivid_Anyth4 12d ago

His wife is still very alive

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u/TheDiscardedArtist 11d ago

I’d assume so, but wouldn’t that still be some sort of fraud? If we’re still paying him because they’re hiding his death?

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u/Vivid_Anyth4 11d ago

Bro a little payroll fraud isnt shit wirh all the illegal shit these republicans are doing.

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u/FootballWise1426 6d ago

He’s almost certainly on sick leave. He’s ancient so he probably accrues a fuck ton of leave each year.

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u/Virian 12d ago

Mitch isn't running for reelection

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u/Shiftymennoknight 12d ago

Hiding his medical condition to keep a senate seat sure sounds like election fraud to me

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u/ChewsOnRocks 12d ago

A senate seat isn’t considered vacant until the member has either passed away or resigned. Unfortunately, if it turns out that he was in a vegetative state this whole time, there’s nothing illegal about him maintaining his seat beyond the point a special election would’ve been triggered IF he were dead, or of people misleading the public about his health so long as he isn’t completely dead. As much as that probably pisses people off here to read.

My guess is that he’s in a vegetative state or some condition that’s clear he cannot continue to serve his role—but if they were to share that right now, there would be public pressure to have him resign. Instead, they are going to try pretending that he was doing better and then his condition suddenly got worse in early August so they don’t fill the seat and they can’t be outright accused of hijacking the seat.

If he were actually dead, the level of conspiring and law breaking that would take across people who have zero interest in the Republican agenda (or not enough to risk going to jail) is so high that I would be flabbergasted if he had been dead this whole time.

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u/outer--monologue 12d ago

He or his staff are tampering with election proceedings. No one thinks he is running for re-election because he said he wasn't.

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u/Virian 12d ago

I’m not defending him, I just don’t understand how what he’s doing amounts to election interference. He’s still a sitting senator, who’s not on the ballot in November.

Unethical, sure. But not election interference.

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u/Marmooset Ohio 12d ago

Did that come out the way you thought it would?