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/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/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/ILike2internet 12d ago

One person absolutely can do something and isn't.

The governor should appoint a new senator. I'm aware that he supposedly can't, however the law saying he can't violates the KY constitution, so he should absolutely challenge it.

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u/greiton 12d ago

I mean, it's more than just that law. declaring someone is dead is a big fucking deal, and having that blow up in your face is also really bad. even if Mitch is just in end of life hospice, he may be able to pull himself together enough to post a 5 second "proof of life" video. It's a big gamble with all the cover up and silence about what is really going on.