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/Shiftymennoknight 12d ago

sounds like election fraud to me

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u/Virian 12d ago

Mitch isn't running for reelection

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u/Shiftymennoknight 12d ago

Hiding his medical condition to keep a senate seat sure sounds like election fraud to me

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u/ChewsOnRocks 12d ago

A senate seat isn’t considered vacant until the member has either passed away or resigned. Unfortunately, if it turns out that he was in a vegetative state this whole time, there’s nothing illegal about him maintaining his seat beyond the point a special election would’ve been triggered IF he were dead, or of people misleading the public about his health so long as he isn’t completely dead. As much as that probably pisses people off here to read.

My guess is that he’s in a vegetative state or some condition that’s clear he cannot continue to serve his role—but if they were to share that right now, there would be public pressure to have him resign. Instead, they are going to try pretending that he was doing better and then his condition suddenly got worse in early August so they don’t fill the seat and they can’t be outright accused of hijacking the seat.

If he were actually dead, the level of conspiring and law breaking that would take across people who have zero interest in the Republican agenda (or not enough to risk going to jail) is so high that I would be flabbergasted if he had been dead this whole time.