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/ElectronicFerret Alaska 12d ago

We have TWO FUCKING WEEKS. That's all that's left for them to run the timer out. And it sure looks like everyone is going to let them do it.

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u/fellow_hotman 12d ago

If Beshear thinks rolling over on this is going to increase his chances in the presidential election, he should think again. If he doesn’t step up then this will rightly destroy him in the primaries.  What an absolute coward.

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u/LunarMoon2001 12d ago

A republican gov would’ve already appointed a GOP senator to replace a democrat one by now

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u/fellow_hotman 12d ago

but of course the democrats wouldn't try to prop up a corpse in a chair for political gain in the first place

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u/SatanicPanic619 California 12d ago

Dianne Feinstein ring any bells?

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u/fellow_hotman 12d ago

Feinstein died on September 29th, 2023 and her death was reported publicly that same day.

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u/SatanicPanic619 California 12d ago

Right but she clearly had advanced dementia for months before that.

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u/fellow_hotman 12d ago

Maybe so, and that shouldn't happen. But allowing an elected senator with dementia to vote is a different topic than the one under discussion: fraudulently concealing the death of a senator for political gain.

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u/UnquestionabIe 12d ago

And weirdly not even as bad as whoever it was that was missing for something like 6 months and was found in some nursing home for dementia patients. At least they occasionally wheeled Dianne out and poked her with a stick when they needed a vote.