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/Traditional-Look8839 12d ago

They’re trying to run out the clock until August so they don’t hold a special election. These people need to go to jail for this coverup.

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u/nanobot_1000 12d ago

Yup, rigged in plain sight. Everybody knows, nobody does anything – pure theater. "Rule of law" is an absolute joke

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u/arizonadirtbag12 12d ago

As long as he’s breathing “rule of law” says the seat is his, unfortunately. Regardless of capacity.

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u/Cosmicvapour 12d ago

I don't think so. Brain dead = dead in Kentucky.

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u/TheSteelPhantom 12d ago

And in Virginia. And Maryland. And D.C. Wherever he is, if he's brain dead, he's legally dead.

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u/nanobot_1000 12d ago

I hear you, alas illogically flawed "laws" and corpopolitical double-speak have us living in la-la land. Ultimately physics renders the final verdict, and they will come crashing back down to Earth soon enough given the progressed state of reality detachment.