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10 more days until Mitch McConnell is allowed to die (media.piefed.social)
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10 more days until Mitch McConnell is allowed to die
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[–] 5 points 3 months ago (6 children)

He's not physically dead because they're keeping him on life support and refuse to pull the plug until after August 3rd. He's likely been brain dead since they carried him out of his house on the stretcher.

I guarantee that there will be a "sad" announcement within 48 hours of August 3rd that McConnell has passed away peacefully.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago

    I was flipping through old comments looking for something else and I saw this and got curious.

    Now that Mitch McConnell is back in the Senate actively working, do you agree with me that it was just conspiracy theory nonsense all along?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (2 children)

    Why? Like, to what end? It doesn't make sense on its face. It only hurts the Republicans to hide this information.

    The far more likely explanation is that he's too sick to go into work because he's old and fell. But he's not any more actually incapable of fulfilling the role than he was 6mo ago.

    He's ancient and was barely holding it together before he fell. I'm sure he's pretty battered. I'm sure it'll take him some time to heal at all because, again, he's pushing 90.

    But this idea that he's secretly a vegetable and the Republicans are covering it up makes absolutely no sense. It's just Newsmax style pandering but for the left.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    It's actually very simple and makes perfect sense. If McConnell dies before August 3rd, a special election to fill the seat must be held. It's widely believed that Thomas Massee, a staunch Trump critic, will win it, and it will shift the balance of power. If McConnell is allowed to lie in a vegetative state until August 4th and then dies, the seat will remain vacant until the midterm elections, and the winner won't be seated until January. Republicans believe that it's better to have an empty seat for the rest of the year as opposed to one filled by someone who will align with Democrats.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    So, your argument is that the Republicans think the wrong Republican will win? Massie doesn't like Trump, but he's a pretty staunch conservative. He would still vote with them 90% of the time.

    But all this dismisses the fact that Massie has said repeatedly he's not interested at all in running for Mitch's seat. So that's not even on the table.

    https://queerkentucky.com/thomas-massie-mcconnell-senate-seat/

    So, with that explanation DoA, what other explanation is there?

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