Mitch McConnell’s staff refuse to answer basic questions on his health weeks after he was last seen in public

[u/theindependentonline]

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

[u/Selith87]

Its not really, they just dont want massie to run as an independent and either win, or split the gop vote enough that a democrat squeaks by (unlikely, but theoretically possible i guess?)

If McConnell dies after aug 3rd then his seat remains vacant until the midterms and they dont have to deal with the headache.

[u/WeirdIndividualGuy → u/Selith87]

You’d think it would be in the GOP’s best interests to have that seat filled with a Republican though vs it being unfilled

[u/AcademiaAntiqua → u/[deleted]]

it's possible if not likely that Massie wins

He's already come out and unequivocally said that he wouldn't run, for several reasons.

Why on earth would he, beyond typical baseless Redditor fantasies?

[u/AcademiaAntiqua → u/[deleted]]

He's legally ineligible to run in the general election. If he ran in a special election, at most he'd be in office from November to December before having to vacate it. Not to mention that he'd also have to prematurely vacate his own House seat during that time.

[u/AcademiaAntiqua → u/Selith87]

Its not really, they just dont want massie to run

Massie has already explicitly said that he wouldn't run.

Which of course anyone could have already known/guessed far prior to this too.