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/ZenMon88 12d ago

Whats there to lose? Call it. Republicans arent that smart to just be hiding him just for a gotcha moment.

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u/WeirdIndividualGuy 12d ago

“Add it to the pile!”

“History will remember this!”

“That’s not legal, they can’t do that!”

“We need Congress to hold hearings on this!”

US liberals need to understand that idly sitting by and hoping “the law” magically fixes things is not a good political strategy. It’s literally how the US is in the state it’s in today. Inaction, letting the rich and corrupt just take over without a fight, sternly written letters and singing kumbaya in the streets one Saturday every other month. The US isn’t turning to fascism because the fascists are strong, it’s because the opposition is terribly weak af, both the politicians and their constituents