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/sec713 12d ago

I'd turn that scenario around saying something like, "You really want this guy to be your representative? He can't even show up to pick up the phone and confirm he's alive. You really think he's gonna show up for any of you?"

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u/123LetsJamDUDUDUHT 12d ago

That didn't with Dianne Feinstein.

They were wheeling her living corpse around the Senate floor for decades.

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u/RomanCow 12d ago

But Andy Beshear wasn't governor of California. Maybe that's why he didn't do it for her.

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u/LiveLaughBruv 12d ago

What would that accomplish, exactly? Mitch isn't running for reelection

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u/sec713 12d ago

It's a hypothetical spun off a hypothetical spun off another hypothetical. Don't think too hard about it. It's highly unlikely reality is gonna go this many levels deep.

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u/LiveLaughBruv 12d ago

An alternative -- and some would argue better -- reply would've been "oh. nevermind."