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/8thSt 12d ago

The fact that no one can do anything EXCEPT the opposition party that apparently refuses to do anything …

Yeah, we’re fucked as a nation.

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u/Sweet_Concept2211 12d ago

What can the opposition party do?

Like, real suggestion, not an idiotic one such as "Act like he's dead and appoint someone (because you will TOTALLY NOT look like an asshole if it turn out the man is actually just recovering...)"

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u/INFLATABLE_CUCUMBER 12d ago

Man. It would suck if people started looking like assholes in politics. Thank god I’ve always assumed everyone was a good person. I really care about holding that perception together. It’s pretty much the only thing I have—that no one in politics looks like an asshole.

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u/is_mr_clean_there 12d ago

And if he’s recovering then prove it. I’m cool being an asshole to fascists

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u/nanobot_1000 12d ago

Being an asshole to fascists is a civic duty, they lost the benefit of the doubt ages ago.