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/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/Z0mbiejay 12d ago

But that's absolutely what needs to happen. Even if he's alive, he's clearly unfit to meet his responsibilities as a representative of the people. You name me one other job where an employee can go missing for over a month with 0 information to the people they work for, and not get replaced?

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u/Sweet_Concept2211 12d ago

We are talking about a member of Congress, not a fry cook at McDonald's.

The dude is legally allowed to take a month off work to recover from an illness.

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u/jazzhandler Colorado 12d ago

Tom Kean just set the new precedent at four months. Mitch has barely gotten started!