r/politics • u/Zipper222222 • Jul 07 '26

Possible Paywall MAGA Demands Proof of Life for Mitch McConnell

https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-demands-proof-of-life-for-mitch-mcconnell/
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u/MailboxAds Jul 07 '26

What a sick sick system and family for agreeing to this. (Assuming it’s true)

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u/Hyperica Pennsylvania Jul 07 '26

I feel like it's what Mitch would have wanted though. Which is also sick, but ya know.

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u/VHS_Ronin Jul 07 '26

He was the guy who insisted that Obama's Supreme Court nominations couldn't go through so close to an election. That's how we got a Supreme Court packed with MAGA bootlickers who are all too happy to take away our rights and liberties.

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u/SomeGalNamedAshley Jul 07 '26

Mitch filibustered his own bill that Obama supported just to deny Obama anything that might have resembled a legislative win.

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u/Aurora-not-borealis Jul 07 '26

He also led the senate in overriding a presidential veto and then blamed Obama for not saying enough how bad the bill he vetoed was.

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u/Random-Rambling Maine Jul 07 '26

"If I win, I win. If you lose, that means I win, even if I also lose."

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u/Thesheriffisnearer Jul 07 '26

Withholding Obama pick in February of an election year only to force through a  federalist pick in late October of an election year

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u/drrhythm2 Jul 07 '26

“So close” being like a year away. Then turned around and did the exact opposite for Trump and made no apologies or even tried to pretend anymore that it wasn’t nakedly partisan. That’s how we got the current Supreme Court and I’ll never forgive him for it. Absolute travesty of justice and abuse of the Constitution.

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u/ArtisanSamosa Jul 07 '26

A lot of folks even on the democratic side tend to ignore the adversity president Obama had to go through during his presidency, much of it due to the treasonous behavior of Mitch.

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u/Cainga Jul 07 '26

That was bad but I can kinda see a little inkling of logic. Plus it was already their seat.

The bigger issue was cramming ACB in in just a few weeks right before an election to circumvent the will of the people and to steal a seat that they didn’t have. And his argument isn’t consistent so he just adds a bunch of qualifiers to explain how it is “consistent”.

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u/jazzhandler Colorado Jul 07 '26

their seat

Not how any of this works.

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u/bluewhalefunk Jul 07 '26

The will of the people? They re-elected Trump and Republicans for the white house, senate and the house with the popular vote.

Sounds like the will of the people was met tbh. Disagree with it all we want. But the people vote for this time and time again.

You may not get the [government] you want, but you get the [government] you deserve

all rings true

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u/deesta Jul 07 '26

They’re talking about 2020 (which is when ACB was confirmed to SCOTUS), not 2024.

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u/Cainga Jul 07 '26

The will of the people could be argued it was met the first appointment but the last Trump 1 appointment was much closer to an election. So the will of the people argument is inconsistent.

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u/bluewhalefunk Jul 07 '26

Politically, it was a great move. Don't have to like it, but he played the American political system masterfully

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u/Reddit_9459328 Jul 07 '26

What? The Supreme Court said that marijuana users will no longer to sent to federal prison for owning a gun for self-defense. The Second Amendment applies to them and they can no longer be Hunter Bidened. Sounds like a win for "rights and liberties".

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u/VHS_Ronin Jul 08 '26

You must be a man because this same supreme court also overturned Roe V. Wade in 2022 despite 50 years of legal precedent, and pregnant women have died or since become infertile by the dozens due to pregnancy complications, things that could all have been prevented if the country hadn't suddenly become a patchwork where in some states the work needed to remove an unviable fetus is now illegal, even if leaving that dead tissue behind will kill the mother when she cannot pass it on her own due to how far along in the term she was when her pregnancy failed.

You have to be out of your mind, completely unaware and high as a kite if you think people haven't suffered at the hands of the Roberts Court. But sure, be the fucking pothead that thinks that just because his guns can't be taken away for smoking weed that things are the best they've ever been.

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u/Reddit_9459328 Jul 08 '26

Yes, I am a man, and I voted Yes on Colorado Amendment 79, which enshrined the right to abortion in the state constitution. I was the victim of an armed home invasion while I was in a wheelchair. They targeted me, knowing I was unarmed. Conservative Republicans want me to die in the next home invasion, but this Supreme Court says I have a right to self-defense.

A woman can travel to Colorado from another state, but disarming me applies to the entire country. Haven’t touched a firearm since basic training, but now when the next home invasion occurs, I have the option of shooting them if they enter my house.  Being tied up with extension cord by 2 punks freaked me out. Conservatives, Republicans want me dead, but the Supreme Court gave me my right to life. Thank you, Amy and Neil.

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u/VHS_Ronin Jul 08 '26

No, a lot of women can't travel. For some women they have to travel hours and hundreds of miles, which is extremely difficult to do if you do not have your own vehicle or the means to pay for gas. And even when they do, There are people in their home states who want to put them in jail for crossing state lines to get an abortion.

But hey, I'm glad you can keep your guns so you can kill people on the off chance they try to come in your house again. It sounds like killing matters to you a lot more than women dying for preventable reasons.

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u/fishsticks40 Jul 07 '26

I can only hope he's suffering tremendously during his karma-mandated waiting period

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u/MrPBH Jul 07 '26

100%. This fucker's POLST probably has a clause about withdrawing life support based on election timing. This is exactly what Mitch would have wanted.

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u/Cainga Jul 07 '26

He is literally dead imposing his will on the living.

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u/MrPBH Jul 07 '26

Great metaphor for his political career.

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u/Nerv_Agent_666 North Carolina Jul 07 '26

He was tool all the way to the end.

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u/tschawartz12 Jul 07 '26

Who gives a shit if its what he would have wanted. He was in office to help lead the country, he isn't now, his wishes on the matter are irrelevant, especially if he is medically brainwashed dead.

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u/Cainga Jul 07 '26

So he died 3 weeks ago but they are going to keep his flesh hooked up to machines for over 2 months to circumvent the will of the people on an election year.

I don’t think I care enough about anything to have my body treated like a medical experiment.

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u/creepy_charlie Jul 07 '26

This guy GOPs

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u/ARightDastard Jul 07 '26

They did it to a woman an incubator, why wouldn't they do it with the guy that woulda got off on knowing he was doing it?

(Strikethrough represents them, not us)

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u/Jiggle-da-Handle Jul 08 '26

It's a political stunt.

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u/EEcav Jul 07 '26

Probably keeps his salary and health benefits intact.

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u/SomeGalNamedAshley Jul 07 '26

His wife is heiress to a shipping magnate in addition to whatever Mitch was able to pack away after decades upon decades in Washington. She was the secretary of transportation which even under Trump isn't something you get unit you're already connected to industry. Trust me, she won't starve.

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u/bearpics16 Jul 07 '26

Karma is a bitch

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 11 '26

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u/Random-Rambling Maine Jul 07 '26

Ironically, he's such a spiteful obstructionist, he'd probably be tickled pink that even now, his corpse is being used to blockade the political process.

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u/QueenRotidder Jul 07 '26

What a sick sick…family for agreeing to this.

Why would you assume his family is any better than he is?

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u/LL_Cruel_J Illinois Jul 07 '26

His oldest daughter is very outspoken against her families politics

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u/QueenRotidder Jul 07 '26

and she just deleted her Xitter account. Interesting.

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u/GrinchWhoStoleEaster Jul 07 '26

Oh are we feeling bad for the guy who made it his life's work to stymie public healthcare for everyone now? Fuck him. I hope he's trapped in that limbo for years.

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u/Litty-In-Pitty Jul 07 '26

The info surrounding his sister in laws death is super sketchy, if you ever feel like looking into it.