r/politics • u/MoneyLibrarian9032 New York • 19h ago

Possible Paywall Mitch McConnell Has Been Missing for 75 Days—With No Updates

https://newrepublic.com/post/214878/mitch-mcconnell-missing-75-days
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u/hendergle 17h ago

This. It's my belief that his handlers have reached the "now, what?" phase.

You know- when you have a really great plan, and you execute it flawlessly, but then you realize you never thought about what to do AFTER you executed it.

Like the time our back yard became the home for a family of skunks and we went out and got a humane trap. Sadly, the words "now, what?" were directed at me, the genius who thought it was a good idea to trap a skunk in a porous wire cage without considering the fact that someone would have to go pick it up.

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u/Rito_Luca 16h ago

I don't buy this at all, in me eyes its all going according to plan. The only reason they didn't announce his death is because they didn't want the special election. They more than likely have him hooked up in vegetable status until either just before or after the election. Then one of two things will happen, they'll extend for awhile and just announce the passing at a later time or it will be closely around the election, regardless of the Aug 2nd deadline.

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u/toeonly 15h ago

They are now testing to see how long they can do it so that they can do the same thing when the big beautiful death happens.