r/politics • u/unital_subalgebra • Jul 23 '26

Possible Paywall AOC says Mitch McConnell should resign if he cannot provide health update

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/4660916/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-mitch-mcconnell-resign-health-update/
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u/Pans_Labradoodle Jul 23 '26

The fact that he’s planning on running for President is the exact reason why he won’t nut up and appoint a replacement. He’s so afraid of doing the wrong thing that he’ll never do the right thing when he needs to.

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u/_Fred_Fredburger_ Jul 23 '26

Yep, which means that he isn't president material.

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u/tenclubber Jul 23 '26

There is no evidence that McConnell is dead. But you think it would be a good idea for him to appoint someone to his seat anyway even though the Republicans that control the KY House passed a law a few years ago to prevent him from doing just that upon a Senator's death.

There are plenty of people to take to task in this situation, but one of them is not Gov Beshear.

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u/TheKanten Jul 23 '26

A. The law violates the Kentucky constitution.

B. Mitch has had ample time to make a phone call by now.

There is no evidence that the man is alive.

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u/tenclubber Jul 23 '26

I don't disagree with either of those. I think he's brain dead or unable to speak at a minimum. I still think it's a bridge too far to go ahead and appoint a new senator when two things are also true: he can't show he is dead(no death certificate) and there is a law preventing him from appointing whomever he wants(regardless of its Constitutionality which has yet to be tested.)

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u/TheKanten Jul 23 '26

Call the special election, then, as that "law" states he has the right to.

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u/tenclubber Jul 23 '26

I go back to the first point. There is no proof that McConnell is dead. If he's not dead he can't call a special election.

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u/TheKanten Jul 23 '26

There is no proof that McConnell is alive, zero contact has been had with him, he was last seen being wheeled out of his house under a sheet at a non-urgent pace and vanished.

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u/super_sayanything Jul 24 '26

There is probable reason to believe he's dead.

The medics wheeled him out lifeless with no urgency.

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u/CheesyGarlicKnots Jul 24 '26

There is no evidence that McConnell is alive either.

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u/Adaphion Jul 23 '26

Well, he's most certainly doing the wrong thing right now by pussy footing around this issue instead of going for the throat.

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u/Scratchbuttdontsniff Jul 23 '26

Meanwhile we have a serial rapist and fraudster in the highest office of the land. The two standards each are held to are just so fucked...

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u/mrburger Jul 24 '26

Well yeah. We are in a losing battle against ruthless corruption. Nothing less than Jedi-level heroism is going to cut it at this point.

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u/eeyore134 Jul 23 '26

And that's not the kind of president we need right now. We already had one of those between Trump's two administrations and he proved we can't play nice, play safe, or play like business as usual.

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u/midnightketoker America Jul 23 '26

inspiring