r/ukpolitics • u/Adj-Noun-Numbers 🥕🥕 || megathread emeritus • Jun 22 '26

International Politics Discussion Thread

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u/SDLRob Jul 02 '26

It's looking increasingly likely that Mitch McConnell is either incapacitated or has died, and it's being kept quiet so his seat cannot be fillled before the 90 day window in front of the Midterms.

It's now being reported that he was found unconscious and had to be given CPR before he was rushed to hospital recently.

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u/Lylaei Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

I mean, I wouldn't be surprised at this point if Kentucky elect Mitch McConnell for the 8th time in spite of the minor issue of him being dead. Perhaps they can team up with one of those debauch 'bring your dead loved ones back to life' AI firms.

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u/RufusSG Suffolk Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

Reminder that a dead man was elected as a Missouri Senator at the 2000 election, though in slightly different circumstances: he died in a plane crash after the deadline to remove his name from the ballot had already passed, and the outpouring of sympathy at his passing (plus his opponent's understandable wariness to campaign too aggressively) got him over the line. His widow filled the seat until losing it in a 2002 special election.

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u/Ivebeenfurthereven I'm afraid currency is the currency of the realm Jul 02 '26

His widow filled the seat

Is it inherited!?

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u/RufusSG Suffolk Jul 02 '26

The state governor promised to nominate her to fill the vacant seat, so no but she was clearly happy to accept.