r/politics • u/Getatbay • Jul 06 '26

No Paywall Laura Loomer, Reporter Claim Hospitalized Mitch McConnell 'Brain Dead'

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/07/06/laura-loomer-reporter-claim-hospitalized-mitch-mcconnell-is-brain-dead/
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u/travio Washington Jul 06 '26

Wouldn't trust Loomer, but the reporter broke the original hospital story. They have credibility there.

The mainstream media is being very careful with this. Shows how closely McConnell's people are playing it.

There has been talk of an August 3rd deadline in Kentucky election laws, though I'm not versed and seen conflicting accounts. Maybe worried they would lose a special election so they are waiting to pull the plug until after it passes.

Would be a fitting end for McConnell's last days to be used in a cheap political trick to ensure his party remains in power. He dies like he lived.

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u/RubberPolitics Jul 06 '26

Mitch honestly woulda wanted it this way. Which makes this whole thing pretty funny to me. One last obstructionist tactic with his almost-cold corpse holding things up.

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u/travio Washington Jul 07 '26

I could see him putting it in his living will. "If I'm braindead, pull the plug, unless keeping my lifeless corpse breathing could help republicans."

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u/Oleg101 Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26

“My lifelong dream was to die on the senate floor giving a speech blocking a popular bill, and today, that dream died”

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u/Mojozilla Arkansas Jul 07 '26

I feel like this is very accurate

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u/Texadad Jul 07 '26

Unless rigitortoise has set in

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u/AnnaMolly66 Jul 07 '26

Spoken with a deep grumble, as his head pokes out of a turtle shell.

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u/Enough_Meaning5446 Jul 08 '26

OMG! I truly LOL @ that! 😂

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u/FellowHumanNo404 Jul 07 '26

"If I'm braindead, pull the plug, unless keeping my lifeless corpse breathing could help republicans."

"... or if it hurts Americans in general."

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u/HeWasNumber-on3 Jul 07 '26

Oh absolutely he would

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u/froggity55 Jul 07 '26

You kid, but....

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u/Miniature_Colosus Jul 07 '26

Or perhaps more like "If I'm braindead, pull the plug, unless my living can make life harder in any way to the average American, especially minorities! Oh and I'm b*** a** h**!"

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u/swimwithdafishies Jul 07 '26

It’d be cute if it wasn’t so diabolical

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u/JohnNDenver Jul 11 '26

Schrödinger's Senator - he is both alive and dead.

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u/MackenzieRaveup Jul 07 '26

It has very Death of Stalin vibes.

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u/Andygator_and_Weed Louisiana Jul 07 '26

The whole administration and party

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u/Nvenom8 New York Jul 07 '26

Truly no better way to honor his “legacy”.

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u/kinglouie493 Jul 07 '26

We can hope for a power failure in his room

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u/My_Password_Is_____ Jul 07 '26

Democrats control the weather, why don't they just send a heavy storm to knock the power out?

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u/Recipe_Freak Oregon Jul 07 '26

His final act is as a doorstop. I'm also unsurprised. What a fucking asshole.

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u/NelsonMcBottom Jul 07 '26

One last bulletpoint on his Hell admission application.

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u/auntbebet Jul 07 '26

Hoping his body gives out and turns to dust asap.

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u/Divan_Medium Jul 08 '26

He will survive until his chin recedes down the whole rest of his body.

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u/Cat_With_Tie Jul 07 '26

Staying on life support to block a political opponent from a chance to govern seems like the most Mitch McConnell way to go out.

He dies as he lived, subverting democracy.

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u/W1nt3rmu4e Texas Jul 07 '26

I enjoyed an unusual summer storm that swept through central Texas this evening. The clouds were majestic, and it’s beauty that Mitch will never enjoy, ever again.

The bell tolls for no one.

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u/throwawaychula Jul 08 '26

Also in central Texas and got no storms. Now I’m sad.

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u/turquoise_amethyst Jul 07 '26

That last part should be engraved on his headstone 

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u/altreddituser2 Jul 07 '26

Best I can do is spray-painted

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u/Girafferage Jul 07 '26

That will work fine then.

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u/turquoise_amethyst Jul 07 '26

Will his shell allow that? It could peel or flake off!

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u/carlitospig California Jul 07 '26

I’ll pitch in!

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u/bkbomber New York Jul 07 '26

In urine

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u/johnyordinary Jul 07 '26

You could write it in piss, would be more fitting.

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u/RevLoveJoy Jul 07 '26

Did you know Mitch's headstone is projected to the be the second largest public toilet ever built?

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u/Hoskuld Jul 07 '26

Unisex too

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u/tkmorgan76 Jul 07 '26

Also, there should be an indention to hold a urinal cake.

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u/ttv_icypyro Jul 07 '26

Best I can offer is erosion via piss

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u/Haunted_Rooster Jul 13 '26

"dipshit"? my friend was asking.

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u/ForceItDeeper Jul 08 '26

I was really hoping him falling down the senate stairs because of his little polio leg woulda done him in. I would've never stopped laughing

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u/SuperFrog4 Jul 06 '26

If there is an August 3rd deadline and I was Governor of Kentucky, I would have this investigated and if found true, then I would immediately invoke the law that allows the Governor to pick a replacement on the grounds that he is brain dead which is a terminal condition.

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u/LackingUtility Jul 06 '26

Forget investigating. Say he's dead and the position is vacant and appoint a replacement. Naturally, his campaign will oppose and ask a court for a temporary injunction. And the governor should oppose that by saying they lack standing, since he's dead. Leaving them to have to show he's alive and present.

The Kentucky constitution just specifies that the position must be "vacant", it doesn't say "dead", so even if they say he's brain dead, that wouldn't prevent the governor from appointing a replacement.

But we know this won't happen. At best, the governor will appoint a blue ribbon committee to investigate and report back in 6-12 months.

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u/turquoise_amethyst Jul 07 '26

This is the way to do it, unfortunately nobody has the balls to actually try this.

Announce that he’s dead, appoint a new Congress person, and let his office deal with the burden of proof that he ISN'T dead. 

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u/Aunt_Vagina1 Jul 07 '26

Why not do this?!?  The people of Kentucky deserve better.   Its absurd that we think the family can shield his state of mind out of some respect for his privacy yet he insists upon still holding a public office.  

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u/turquoise_amethyst Jul 07 '26

If it was a (D) Senator and an (R) Governor, they would have done it within 24 hours.

Everyone knows he’s either dead or brain dead. Replace him ASAP, let the people vote on it later. 

Although methinks the (R) are less worried about a (D) replacement than Massie running for the seat. I forgot about him, but I think that’s the real worry. 

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u/cenosillicaphobiac Utah Jul 07 '26

Kentucky took that power away from the Governor. Very recently in fact, and because they saw this coming. KY Governor does not replace dead Senators. First law was "Governor has to pick from a list of 3 provided by the dead guys party" and Beshear signaled he would ignore that, because he doubted it was constitutional. So they passed a "okay then you don't have that power' law.

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u/LackingUtility Jul 07 '26

And that's likely unconstitutional too. Beshear should just do it, and let them fight it in the court. Stop complying in advance.

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u/urgerestraint Jul 07 '26

A Republican governor absolutely would do just this if it was a Democrat senator lying braindead. It sucks so much that Dems are too weak willed and scared to fight back.

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u/CatDadof2 Jul 07 '26

I DO NOT understand why Democrats are so fucking scared to fight back. I really do not get it. MAGA and Republicans are the weakest of the weak. They are easy to attack.

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u/joox Jul 07 '26

Because theyre just as bought and paid for as republicans. They dont actually want to help people. Democrats have been subverting democracy for years to support corporate interests. Just look at citizens united

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u/youaintgotnomoney_12 Jul 07 '26

This is the right answer

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u/cenosillicaphobiac Utah Jul 07 '26

Beshear would do it, if he could. Guaranteed.

Kentucky took that power away from the Governor. Very recently in fact, and because they saw this coming. KY Governor does not replace dead Senators. First law was "Governor has to pick from a list of 3 provided by the dead guys party" and Beshear signaled he would ignore that, because he doubted it was constitutional. So they passed a "okay then you don't have that power' law.

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u/No-Bother-7699 Jul 07 '26

But they won’t do anything that takes an ounce of courage. Sadly, Dems try to be the good person when the situation requires a gloves off approach. You can’t tell me John Thune doesn’t know exactly what’s going on here. If McConnell has no hope of recovery he needs to be replaced.

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u/Stefferdiddle California Jul 07 '26

Beshear would be a big damn hero if he did this and the DNC should reward him with their support in 2028.

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u/cenosillicaphobiac Utah Jul 07 '26

Kentucky took that power away from the Governor. Very recently in fact, and because they saw this coming. KY Governor does not replace dead Senators. First law was "Governor has to pick from a list of 3 provided by the dead guys party" and Beshear signaled he would ignore that, because he doubted it was constitutional. So they passed a "okay then you don't have that power' law.

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u/DancinginTown Jul 07 '26

They have a law they passed about election for succession if one is taken out by death so that'll be a fight either way. 

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u/cenosillicaphobiac Utah Jul 07 '26

Kentucky took that power away from the Governor. Very recently in fact, and because they saw this coming. KY Governor does not replace dead Senators. First law was "Governor has to pick from a list of 3 provided by the dead guys party" and Beshear signaled he would ignore that, because he doubted it was constitutional. So they passed a "okay then you don't have that power' law.

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u/20_mile Jul 07 '26

Say he's dead and the position is vacant and appoint a replacement

Yeah, the nation is begging for Dark Beshear. We want to see people fighting for justice.

I imagine Desi Lydic, of The Daily Show, will have something to say about this when they return from break, as she is from Kentucky.

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u/ProtectionVirtual225 Jul 06 '26

Because bipartisanship, of course. High road, etc., etc.

This is how we got 2 terms of Trump and the death of democracy.

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u/POEness Jul 07 '26

All we have to do to stop Republicans is fairly count elections. Considering as of this year they now own all the voting machine companies, welp, that means back to paper only.

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u/ProtectionVirtual225 Jul 07 '26

Actually, paper is the gold standard. It's the only way to validate and re-count if necessary. Wish it were otherwise, but a safer, hack-proof system hasn't been developed yet.

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u/SuperFrog4 Jul 06 '26

I like that idea. Guess it is too bad I am not governor. Lol.

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u/867-5309Jennie Jul 07 '26

Sad but true. I wish dems would play it like maga would in this instance. Something needs to be done.

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u/justheretolurk123456 Jul 07 '26

Brain dead means dead.

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u/LackingUtility Jul 07 '26

The Republicans have never believed that. See, e.g., Terri Schiavo and Donald Trump.

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u/GunslingerSTKC Jul 07 '26

Yeah say he’s dead and require proof of life lol they can’t do shit if he’s actually brain dead

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u/sasha_the_impaler Jul 07 '26

They're about to wheel out his ICU bed and just say he's really sleepy from so much physical therapy earlier.

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u/Melicor Jul 07 '26

Simpler, just demand proof of life.

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u/sasha_the_impaler Jul 07 '26

"The signs are pointing to the fact that Mitch McConnell is dead. I would like to ask his office for proof of life. Otherwise, I'm moving forward with a new appointment as is my right under Kentucky law," would get a lot more headlines without any risk of being sued if he's not dead somehow.

The news could quote it as "'He's dead' - Kentucky governor claims Sen. Mitch McConnell is deceased."

It doesn't even need to be the governor. Any Democrat lawmaker needs to just step forward and say they think Mitch McConnell is dead or totally incapacitated.

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u/jojoko Jul 07 '26

Funny thing is republicans knew Mitch was very old and this might happen and changed the law twice! First they changed the law so that the governor must pick a replacement from the same party. Then they took it out of his hands completely and did this special election.

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u/cerasmiles Jul 07 '26

If he’s brain dead he’s legally dead. There is no ambiguity in brain death.

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u/Aunt_Vagina1 Jul 07 '26

Yes. Fucking this

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u/RockAndNoWater Jul 06 '26

Kentucky changed the law to leave the seat empty until a special election — happened after the state elected a Democratic governor.

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u/purplecowqueen Georgia Jul 06 '26

Laws don’t override the Kentucky state constitution.

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u/TheLonelyKobold Jul 06 '26

Tell the courts that if they try to challenge it

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u/mortemdeus Jul 07 '26

Let them. Use the Rep playbook and just do shit till the courts say no then keep doing it anyway.

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u/count023 Australia Jul 07 '26

"too late to do anything about it now". And then ride it out until the end of the election cycle.

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u/TheRealBaboo California Jul 07 '26

It’s what Mitch would have wanted

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u/Goonzilla50 Jul 07 '26

That doesn’t work as well in a state filled with hostile politicians. In Ohio, which is dominated by Republicans, obviously nobody is going to stop Republicans from ignoring the law. But in Kentucky where Beshear is literally the only elected statewide Democrat, he’d probably face roadblock after roadblock. The state court would probably go “yeah this violates the state constitution but uhh nuh uh” and ignore the blatantly unconstitutional law the Kentucky GOP passed

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u/TheRealBaboo California Jul 07 '26

Every challenge is an opportunity. Roll the dice Andy

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u/Senior-Albatross New Mexico Jul 07 '26

Beshear doesn't have the sort of moxy to pull something like that. He absolutely should but he won't. 

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u/SaveLansingParks Jul 07 '26

Then it sounds like he was never qualified to be President after all 🤷

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u/e111077 Jul 07 '26

Andy Beshear is likely running for president in 28. My bet is that he won’t rock the boat in his home state so he can play the “I’m popular with republicans” card as his platform.

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u/Cavane42 Georgia Jul 07 '26

If that's true, he and his campaign staff haven't been paying attention. That would be a terrible platform choice for a Democratic primary.

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u/SaveLansingParks Jul 07 '26

Yeah, no shit. He has an opportunity to show us that he means business. Fucking the GOP for the benifit of the country at the expense of his political capital back home would probably guarantee him the Democratic nod or picked as VP at worst.

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u/Senior-Albatross New Mexico Jul 07 '26

There will be a crowded field of milquetoast moderate Democrats for sure. Him, Shapiro, definitely Newsom, maybe Witmer...

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u/TheRealBaboo California Jul 07 '26

Newsom would appoint a new Democratic Senator NOW

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u/Senior-Albatross New Mexico Jul 07 '26

I imagine he would. He's also been given a great deal more ability to operate aggressively as a Democrat by Californians. Blame the morons in Kentucky for voting for this ghoul until he finally died. 

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u/TheRealBaboo California Jul 07 '26

Guess what he’s about to lose the primary.

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u/Special_Order-937 Jul 07 '26

I hope one day Democrats will learn that the vast majority of Republicans will never ever vote for them no matter what they do, so perhaps stop doing anything at all in trying to get their approval or their vote?

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u/Aunt_Vagina1 Jul 07 '26

Then hes a fucking idiot. 

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u/cenosillicaphobiac Utah Jul 07 '26

When they first made the law be "Governor has to pick from a list provided by dead guys party" Beshear signaled that he would ignore that, because it wasn't constitutional, he'd just appoint who he wanted to appoint and let the courts deal with the fallout. So they went a step further. KY Governor does not have the power to appoint Senators now. Special election for any vacancy, unless within 95 days of the scheduled election. Which is why they'll hold out a couple more weeks.

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u/Stillwater215 Jul 07 '26

The courts: “okay, but what does the word ‘election’ really mean? We can’t just assume that the writers of the constitution intended for such a breadth of action. I think we need to revisit this.”

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u/Exciting-Tourist9301 Jul 07 '26

I'm with you, but unfortunately, in this case anyway, the laws are valid.

Section 76 of the Kentucky Constitution only apply to state offices.

Reason being: the State Constitution cant take away powers that are granted by the US Constitution ( it's part of the concept of Federal Supremacy). The 17th amendment says the state legislature gets to choose whether or not the state executive gets to fill vacancies.

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u/OkCoyote4756 Jul 07 '26

Folks also cite Section 152 to support this idea. With that in mind, it's also important to keep mindful of the fact that these portions of the KY Constitution never granted the Governor the power to fill a US Senate vacancy. They were enacted well before the 17th Amendment, which means their intent was on other offices not including US Senate vacancies.

Kentucky has, since the 17th Amendment, had various statutes on how to fill US Senate vacancies. It has never fallen back on its Constitution.

Even a liberal SCOTUS would likely rule that Kentucky's law stripping the Governor of appointment power is Constitutional, and is the way Kentucky has chosen to fill vacancies.

As a far leftist myself, I find these kinds of posts to be quite obnoxious. Liberals like to mock Republicans/etc. for being ignorant, but they never pass up the chance to also not know what they're talking about.

Being pithy on Reddit about things they do not understand and do not take the time to learn, and repeating ad nauseam, "just go vote," but doing absolutely nothing else, are all that they can offer the country.

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u/velnsx Jul 07 '26

Thanks for clarifying statute. What is your call to action to the "go vote" crowd?

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u/OkCoyote4756 Jul 07 '26

The answer is always local organization. If I had to boil it down to a thesis statement: voting is about who makes decisions, organizing is about what those decisions/choices are. Organizing, even in political parties, is not primarily about getting people elected. It's about agitation of specific issues and forcing conversations/attention onto those issues.

Propaganda across the American ideological spectrum has convinced a lot of people, to the point where many of us accept it as a default truth, that doing anything outside of the RNC/DNC is a waste of time/energy.

An obvious point to that is no, a local organization of ten or so people will not, alone, defeat Trump or end the Palestinian Genocide. But Trump and the Genocide are symptoms of fascism's creeping into politics, across the board. What is your local government doing about police cooperation with federal abuse of power (do they have Flock cameras, for instance?) What is your local government doing to stop ICE incursions? Are pushbacks against that sporadic? Small organizations can jockey larger community support - knocking on doors, educational pamphlets, disrupting council meetings, threatening elections of career politicians, etc. - to leverage power in these scenarios.

Look into what organizations may exist and join them. Pay dues. Challenge them to do more and learn from people who have been doing it longer than you. Form your own organization. Start with a Book Club if that's what it takes. Learn about how whichever government has jurisdiction over you actually functions. Don't accept the "government is inherently corrupt and they'll just do whatever they want to do anyway" line and call it a day. Understand the very specific levers that get pulled to take an "idea" into actually enforced ordinances, laws, whatever, and then use organizational power to put pressure on those levers.

There are entire books written on this, and I'm trying to spare you the entire diatribe. Point is, it is not easy work, it is not glorious work, it's a personal sacrifice. But it's the only way change has ever happened in this country. Every major "change" we've read about started as local (and usually progressive!) organizing fights that through very hard work, resulted in statutes, and even Amendments. Look into the fights behind the 16th Amendment, the 17th Amendment, the 19th Amendment, the 24th amendment, Look at the fight for civil rights. And when I say "look at," I don't mean "look at what happened." I mean "look at how it happened." And the answer is always: strong organizations that leveraged power against the two-party system. Always, that is the answer. The next step is to stop waiting for someone else to do it, to stop waiting for the perfect candidate that motivates you to get up and support a cause, etc. Do it now!

Folks are taught about these in a very "yeah yeah yeah, these Amendments happened" way, and then also taught "yeah but Amendments are very hard and probably impossible in today's environment." Well, they're impossible because of effective propaganda that have convinced people their only recourse is voting.

Kind of a "I haven't had my coffee yet, and I could probably write a better response if I thought long and hard about it," but I tried to keep this simple at the front and add more substance towards the end. Apologies if I missed the mark.

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u/velnsx Jul 07 '26

Thank you for such a thoughtful response. I am in my local DSA chapter, as all of us should be. It might be time for me to start printing zines and or start a book club. I go to a very conservative state school, so any sort of formal assembly is a huge risk. I am in a position where I feel incredibly powerless, mostly due to the electoral college and the near-zero chances of changing the vote. I would have to educate tens of thousands on theory. If one were to start a book club, what do you think the literature should be? I think The Society of the Spectacle hits it on the head, but it is not light reading for everyone. Best to you.

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u/OkCoyote4756 Jul 07 '26

Books are really just kind of a toss up. There's no perfect 'reading list' and it really just depends on which aspects of 'all this' you're most passionate about. Ultimately, anything that presents opportunities for conversations about class struggles is going to be useful. Especially on writings that shed light on things we may not have direct experience with, and can learn more about. And books can provide a lot of framework for people to share thoughts, have some preconceived notions challenged and maybe rectified. Really, reading, thinking critically about what it is we're reading, and discussing it with others gives us several opportunities to become sharper thinkers, etc.

Isabel Wilkerson has two great books, Caste and The Warmth of Other Suns which have been great for spawning conversation points with others and it's easy to step those books over into conversations about political action. I cannot say it strongly enough, as a white dude that grew up in a whiter family, in rural Kentucky, I heard about Jim Crow and understood "yeah that must've been rough." But that's essentially all that thought ever was; very immature and not nearly educated enough. Warmth of Other Suns taught me "oh man, there's so much nuance to this suffering that I didn't have any education on at all." That book obviously didn't make me an expert, but it's the harshest "lesson" I've ever really faced in exactly how deeply let down I was by my education, and how deeply generations as close to me as my grandparents dropped the ball. Which, you know, is good encouragement for "okay, what are my current blind spots? How am I dropping the ball?"

Vollmann's Rising Up and Rising Down is a very interesting (and long) read/analysis of violence, and attempts to understand when it is justified and when it is not. It's good food for thought, especially when we all know people who are starting to think in terms of "we need to fight back," and mean violence. But the same people who talk about responding to all this with violence, back to my other criticism, have rarely tried anything else at all. Folks are ready to talk about picking up guns before they've even knocked on a fuckin door. C'mon. Another book that made e think a lot deeper about violence is "Say Nothing," by Patrick Radden Keefe. It's about the Troubles in Ireland, the IRA, etc. That book has received some more recent criticism, with plagiarism claims and maybe some deceitful practices by the author, and I'm not really in tune with what those criticisms are. But I can say that it pretty much convinced me that violence is not glorious and more easily results in chaos than it does good change.

Dorothy Day's The Long Loneliness highlights something leftists are missing out on in terms of alliances, and that's the religious left (and yes, they do exist).

Even fiction books by authors like Sally Rooney can help folks think about class struggle. Grapes of Wrath (specifically, Chapter 5) is enough to radicalize a lot of people. Slaughter House Five and Catch 22 capture a lot of the abject absurdities of some of the things we're trying to fight.

So that's a quick and non comprehensive list. Maybe one or two are good picks!

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u/DonStimpo Jul 07 '26

Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha oh sweet summer child. The constitution means nothing

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u/MissionCreeper Jul 07 '26

Then neither do laws, and Beshear can do what he wants.

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u/turikk America Jul 07 '26

Depends on the constitution.

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u/adorientem88 Jul 07 '26

What provision of the Kentucky Constitution allows the governor to replace Senators who are still alive and in office?

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u/porkchop2022 Tennessee Jul 07 '26

I thought hte same of laws overriding the Florida constitution, then de Santos went and gerrymandered anyway. Laws and state constitutions have not matter in so far as our willingness to obey them.

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u/Otherwise_You_1603 Jul 07 '26

It's only to fill it until January 2027, so it's not in Booker's best interest to run for it and confuse voters prior to the general. however, if Massie were to run for it, things could get interesting. If Massie wins, he is the incumbent and it splits the republican vote in the general. Even if he doesn't run, if it's a competitive campaign between him and the current republican nominee, it will confuse republican voters and possibly lower republican turnout in the November general. It's flukey but we could have ourselves a dem senator in kentucky for 6 years if this gets played right

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u/Past-Student-5239 Jul 07 '26

Massie running would split the Republican vote. It would be wild to witness!!

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u/bolerobell Jul 07 '26

I would even be okay with Massey as the Senator even if he votes Republican. Hell after the shit the GOP pulled this cycle, he might caucus with the Dems.

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u/Past-Student-5239 Jul 07 '26

Same. Because Massie is no MAGA. That is what is most important.

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u/inspectoroverthemine Jul 07 '26

He would still vote to confirm every corrupt SCOTUS and cabinet nomination.

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u/DillBagner Jul 07 '26

Perfect incentive for the republican party to pretend he's fine and coming back any day now.

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u/QanonQuinoa Jul 07 '26

Just do what any Republican would do - ignore the law and challenge the ruling until the clock runs out. If the state Supreme Court weighs in just ignore their ruling altogether like Ohio’s done for the past 4 years.

When are dems going to start playing by their rules?

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u/kayak_2022 Jul 07 '26

That law can remain for the REPUKES when that time rolls around, and it will.

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u/theotherguyatwork Jul 07 '26

happened after the state elected a Democratic governor.

When was this?

Kentucky has almost always had a governor from the democratic party.

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u/RockAndNoWater Jul 07 '26

The guy before Beshear was a Republican.

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u/theotherguyatwork Jul 07 '26

So the law changed under Matt Bevin?

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u/RockAndNoWater Jul 07 '26

No it changed in 2024 when beshear was governor

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u/Cador0223 Jul 06 '26

Yeah, but that takes effort, and you dont win elections to work more. /s

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u/SuperFrog4 Jul 06 '26

I often forget that lol.

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u/Little-Derp California Jul 07 '26

 At the very least immediately subpoena his medical records for this event.  There are allegations he is brain dead, and a senator being alive or dead is a legally significant question. 

Don't let them drag it out and set a precedent of hiding deaths of Congress people be an allowed strategy. 

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u/eeyore134 Jul 07 '26

Republicans would do that, Democrats will just sit and wait to see how it plays out and not want to do anything too pushy. Hell, Republicans would have been all over this the moment news came out that he was found unconscious and I doubt Democrats would play this keeping him on life support scam.

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u/Ok-Alternative5935 Jul 07 '26

Opposing party should be able to demand proof of life. 

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u/Sempais_nutrients Kentucky Jul 07 '26

They dont want the chance at a special election because Massie could run and take it.

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u/DataDrivenDoc Jul 07 '26

There's barely a distinction between brain death and full death. Medically and legally they are considered dead (in all of the states I e practiced transplant medicine in).

The patient has zero brain function. No one has ever recovered from a brain dead state. It's the same thing as having a literal corpse in office

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u/cenosillicaphobiac Utah Jul 07 '26

The governor of Kentucky doesn't have that privilege.

Quick story, in 2022, Kentucky state legislators realized that having an almost dead GOP senator and a Democrat Governor could result in losing a senate seat until the replacement could be replaced through an election.

So the did the fair thing, the right thing, the super ethical thing, they created a law that a governor had to choose replacement from a list of 3 names provided by the party of the replaced politician.

Beshear said "yeah, that's probably not constitutional, so if Glitchy Mitchy kicks the bucket, I'm going to appoint whoever the fuck I want and you can take it to the courts."

So naturally, they simply passed ANOTHER law saying that the governor did not have that power at all, and any vacancy at all would have to be determined by special election, in less, of course, the real election for that spot was within 95 days.

They'll keep him alive until then. And even if the don't, Beshear won't pick the replacement.

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u/KamalaWonNoCap Jul 07 '26

This is classic Dem old school politics. Declare him brain dead off this article and make him prove otherwise. An investigation will only slow things down and nobody will respect the results.

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u/DancinginTown Jul 07 '26

Eff "A terminal condition". That's dead, bro. 

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u/Haunted_Rooster Jul 13 '26

technically, if he did die that's actually a crime for not reporting it.

if he is brain dead, it's a bit technical until they pull the plug so to speak.

so either way, it does not look good.

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u/Unleaver Jul 07 '26

Thr guy had a heart attack and was found however undisclosed amount of time later. There’s no way he’s alive. I trust this just out of common sense alone.

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u/toomanymarbles83 Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26

That's where I'm at too. A healthy adult would have dodgy odds in that situation.

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u/Unleaver Jul 07 '26

Right? The brain can’t go more then like 5 minutes without blood. Unless they found him literally right away and got his heart back going, he is likely a vegetable at the moment. If im a constituent of his district, i’d be raising hell that his damn party is weekend at bernie’sing him right now.

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u/STXGregor Jul 07 '26

Yeah, patients surviving to hospital discharge after bystander out of hospital CPR is like 10-20% at best. Dude is probably not leaving that hospital

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u/GrumpySoth09 Jul 07 '26

Let's get the T-shirts printers 'a whirrin'

"Where's Mitch!"

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u/cenosillicaphobiac Utah Jul 07 '26

He's a Senator, not a Rep. The entire population of KY is his constituency.

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u/rightwingcrimespree Jul 07 '26

He's a Senator. His constituency is the entire state, not a district.

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u/loserbmx Jul 07 '26

Yeah that would kill an otherwise healthy 20 year old. No way that POS made it out alive.

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u/ThorKonnatZbv Jul 07 '26

Mitch and a heart? Perhaps an evil black one

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u/Electrical_Street_94 Jul 07 '26

The body can be brought back but the brain is toast. Ive had several patients over the years who were brought back, some after 10+ minutes, and they were all in a state worse than death. Some of them "lived" for years after.

Those patients are why Im a DNR. I would rather die than risk getting stuck like that.

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u/narium Jul 07 '26

If Loomer says Mcconnell is brain dead the truth is likely much worse, and that he has been dead for a while.

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u/Past-Student-5239 Jul 07 '26

Likely since June 14th.

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u/DaoFerret I voted Jul 07 '26

They didn’t want to announce it on Trump’s birthday and overshadow his celebration?

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u/Past-Student-5239 Jul 07 '26

There would have been a huge tantrum and ketchup everywhere.

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u/Thor_2099 Jul 07 '26

He was probably buried a week ago

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u/Nagemasu Jul 07 '26

He's absolutely being kept "alive" on equipment, and the moment he is no longer useful in holding his seat they will pull the plug.

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u/Own_Royal6689 Jul 11 '26

thinking that is why his wife did not rush back to hospital from China - she knew he was already dead, but, was told to keep it secret

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u/Andygator_and_Weed Louisiana Jul 07 '26

Fast forward to 2028, Mitch died and is running for President.

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u/Unistrut Jul 07 '26

Oh fuck we wind up in the 40K universe except the fucking corpse on the Golden Throne is Mitch Fucking McConnell?

That's it, I'm falling to chaos. Blood for the blood god I guess.

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u/campelm Jul 07 '26

Weekend at Mitch's

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u/abnormal_human Jul 07 '26

"It's what he would have wanted."

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u/currently_pooping_rn Jul 07 '26

His entire life he devoted to gaining and maintaining power, and he dies alone in a hospital being used as a tool. So much for all that power he held on to

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u/ODogrealnameisKevin Jul 07 '26

What a sad legacy he leaves.

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u/Your_Momma_Said Jul 07 '26

And this is what it all comes down to. There are only two things I hope.

1) History remembers McConnell as the shitbag he was

2) Sometime in the next decade I get the opportunity to stop by his grave and piss on it, like he pissed on this country.

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u/Read2Fap Jul 07 '26

"they have credibility there"

do they? it says its desiree townsend, the girl who went on tv claiming the flu vaccine gave her a weird disorder so that she could only walk backwards.

recently she claimed the flu outbreak at the lackland air force base had nothing to do with hegseth's mandate change

she's also suing mario lopez, claiming he's orchestrating a conspiracy to feed her false information to make her 'look crazy', and thinks that he has mysterious connections because he pointed out her flu vaccine interview (on inside edition) and only a hollywood insider could have that video

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u/GavinMurphy Jul 07 '26

I believe a special election before August 3rd would allow Massie to run as an independent, which obviously Trump and MAGA do not want

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u/YF422 Jul 07 '26

Weekend at Mitch's it is then it seems.

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u/ronm4c Jul 07 '26

I would bet money that his living will demands he be kept alive if it serves to make the country worse

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u/turquoise_amethyst Jul 07 '26

  Would be a fitting end for McConnell's last days to be used in a cheap political trick to ensure his party remains in power.

He’d probably be ok with that, tbh

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u/pinewind108 Jul 07 '26

This kind of damage is really common with unwitnessed heart attacks. Too many minutes go by without the brain having enough oxygen to recover from.

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u/_Hipnotiq Jul 07 '26

Thank you for translating that horrible title for me

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u/ProofIncome1525 Jul 07 '26

Who's the reporter who finally broke the story and confirms loomers claim?

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u/Whatever_Lurker Jul 07 '26

Sadly, he would be very proud of that.

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u/alius_stultus Jul 07 '26

couldn't have said it better myself. I wonder if he regretted it in the end? Trump probably going to make fun of him for all the effort he put in.

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u/2burgsandadog Jul 07 '26

he would approve.. scumbag until the end

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u/CleanDataDirtyMind Jul 07 '26

Honestly at this point it’s not far fetched to say they’ve already run the numbers, inserted the code and hacked the scheduled election but don’t have enough time to do it in stealth mode for a unexpected election now 

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u/Huge_Excitement4465 Jul 07 '26

According to section 152 of the Kentucky state constitution “Vacancies in all offices for the
State at large, or for districts larger than a county, shall be filled by appointment of the
Governor; all other appointments shall be made as may be prescribed by law.” Their state GOP passed conflicting legislation on special elections after Beshear became governor; however, it has yet to be challenged in court.

And The Hill just “accidentally"published a memorial look back at his career that was headlined DO NOT USE. Sounds like NPR's oops announcement of Alito’s retirement.

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u/AfterSchoolOrdinary Jul 07 '26

I don’t think the August 3rd thing is in the text of the law. Not as far as I could find.

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u/Ordinary-Egg-56 Jul 07 '26

but if they don’t fill the seat they lose a needed vote in the senate so they need to decide if they’re okay with that or if they want to risk a special election to gain that seat back. additionally i heard that they can not fill the seat until he’s dead.

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u/Ok-Alternative5935 Jul 07 '26

It’s whet he’d want 

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u/Nvenom8 New York Jul 07 '26

>Wouldn’t trust Loomer

No shit.

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u/Lucius-Halthier Jul 07 '26

Literally just weekend at Mitch’s

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u/FellowHumanNo404 Jul 07 '26

The majority of McConnell's constituents must be just absolute SUPREME pieces of shit. A collection of some of the worst that the U.S. has to offer.

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u/Accomplished-Run6520 Jul 07 '26

I don't like her or her views but she wouldn't say something like this if it wasn't true.

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u/saoyraan Jul 07 '26

There really needs to be a clause or policy added that if a person of congress is unable to perform its duty for x days they will be removes from office. This use to be done by honor. Now it just needs to be put on paper and enforced.

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u/Reasonable-Sawdust Jul 07 '26

The law in Kentucky requires a special election. I can’t see how his death now or whenever hurts Republicans. Kentucky is a pretty red state.

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u/Farucci Jul 07 '26

Nice try Loomer. Could have easily called Mitch brain dead four years ago. . .

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u/Opening-Honeydew2201 Jul 07 '26

His vote is critical for passage (or thwarting??) of the Save America Act. Coincidence? These unelected, unaccountable staffers (handlers) are proxy voting in the name of an at best incapacitated Senator. Who are the staffers???? It matters, because they are operating the puppet hands of a United States Senator. The walls have been breached...but no one seems alarmed.

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u/Bmorgan1983 Jul 07 '26

I mean... they use the term "Reporter" - but I would say that in the context of the person they're referring to, its a term that is being used VERY loosely...

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u/monkeyudders Jul 07 '26

I don't understand though like....a democrat is not winning that seat this year. or next year. It's not even close!

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u/Zazierx Jul 07 '26

What's more American than an 84 y/o allegedly brain dead (possibly actually dead) Senator still refusing to vacate their seat?

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u/GrinchWhoStoleEaster Jul 07 '26

To be honest, it doesn't matter how incredible Loomer is, if it invites investigation, then so be it.

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u/justaguy2170 Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 08 '26

Honestly “brain dead and on life support” is also a good analogy for the Republican party rn too

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u/ProfessionalDrag5163 Jul 07 '26

Massie would split the election wide open,  and probably would win.  The MAGA don't want that. 

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u/travio Washington Jul 07 '26

He really would. I'm a dem and disagree with the man on almost everything outside the Epstein files, but if I lived in Kentucky where dem chances weren't great, I'd vote for him over a MAGA cult member in a second.

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u/TypeB_Negative Jul 08 '26

As much as it would be great if Moscow Mitch was brain dead, anyone who trusts Laura Loomer and some other oddball with information must also be brain dead. Loomer is batshit crazy and FOS. Just look at her.

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