• roofuskit@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    Please add “Why YSK” and let me know when you’re done so I may unlock the post.

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    13 days ago

    Additionally… no one currently knows specifically what’s going on with him, he’s been MIA for three weeks now.

    His spokespeople keep saying that he’s recovering from a medical incident but no one knows which hospital or in general where he is.

    I’ve seen some conspiracy theories that he’s actually dead and they’re hiding it to prevent Kentucky’s Democratic governor from sending a Democrat to Washington to replace him, but that doesn’t even make sense, as Kentucky is one of the few states where the governor doesn’t appoint remainder-of-term Congressional replacements… it’d be a special election instead.

    The whole thing is super-weird.

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      13 days ago

      I read that EMS responded to a cardiac arrest at his address. If that’s the case, I’m confident he’ll never leave the hospital.

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      13 days ago

      The Governor vetoed that bill, saying it goes against the State Constitution. So, there is every possibility the Governor might ignore the bill, and appoint someone anyway, and let the courts sort it out.

      Although I think it’s more likely that the Governor simply says that it’s too close to November to hold a special election. That seat is up for grabs in that election anyway, there are already candidates and everything. Beshear could just say that is also the special election, and leave the seat vacant for a few months. That would mean whoever wins that election takes the seat right away, so if Democrats pull off an upset it would have an immediate effect.

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        13 days ago

        Yeah it’s a Democratic governor. Ain’t no way they’ve enough spine to appoint someone and let the courts sort it out.

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      13 days ago

      Only mildly weirder than what they did with Dianne Feinstein. These fucking people around them are god damned vultures, doesn’t matter the party. They will keep these people in office well beyond where their faculties are working at any capacity.

      The fucking aides, pages, interns, consultants… Just everyone surrounding these elderly people are god damned vampires.

      Like I know, fuck Mitch and send him packing to hell, but the breadth of this problem isn’t discussed nearly as much as we discuss elderly in positions of power in general. Donald Trump is far from the first and won’t be the last person in a position of power that they Weekend at Bernie’s the shit out of until the body stinks too badly because it’s become bloated and rotten.

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    13 days ago

    to me, and by his own estimation, his biggest impact was successfully preventing Obama from making a Supreme Court nomination 8 months before an election, but allowing Trump to make a nomination 2 months before an election, and laughing about it on live national television. the closest I get to being religious is when I hope that Hell exists so that people like him finally get what they deserve

    • jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works
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      13 days ago

      He was completely fine with letting cheetolini run wild right up to the point where he incited an angry mob to storm the capital building. When his own safety was at risk, apparently that was a bridge too far. Mind you, not far enough to actually do anything meaningful about it. Not far enough to use his enormous influence, both in and out of the Senate, to make sure there would be justice. But far enough to feign concern.

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    13 days ago

    he’s also the one that kept a supreme court seat unfilled for nearly the entire last year of obama’s second term.

    then he rammed another confirmation (what would be dipshit’s third) through the senate at the very end of dipshit, episode 1, the lame duck weeks… in complete contradiction to what he did before.

    which means, without this stain of humanity leading the senate, the make-up of the supreme court of the united states would be 5-4 the other way. dipshit would have never had a scRotus doing his bidding all this time.

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      13 days ago

      the make-up of the supreme court of the united states would be 5-4 the other way.

      One of those five would have been Merrick Garland, though, who wasn’t exactly the bees’ knees as AG. He probably would have ended up as an extreme disappointment as a SC justice. Better than Gorsuch, but not by much.

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        13 days ago

        Is the whole world needing to know about a backwards ass rural politician in a backwards ass country because people might misinterpret his legacy?

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          13 days ago

          Unfortunately, he’s one of the stepping stones that gave the world a second, more-devastating Trump presidency, which is a global issue (caused by the US).

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    13 days ago

    Rule 2- Your post body text must include the reason WHY YSK: In your post’s text body, you must include the reason “Why” YSK: It’s helpful for readability, and informs readers about the importance of the content.

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    13 days ago

    YSK: Mitch McConnell is dead and they are not making it public for political reasons.

    • PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S [he/him]@anarchist.nexus
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      13 days ago

      But like why tho? Like I can absolutely imagine them doing something like that for someone else (e.g. Trump himself), but how would McConnell’s death be a problem for Trump or Establishment Republicans?

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    13 days ago

    Responsible for more deaths than genocide, war, natural disasters, [insert many other things here] combined, through his actions.

    Animal.

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    I’d explain it like this, you know how everyday you open your phone and see Trump did something that really pisses you off?

    That used to be Mitch McConnell. Except Mitch was competent and tactical. He undoubtedly built the road Trump is driving on. Granted, Micht built it expecting someone else, but he still laid all the groundwork for what’s happening now.

    I’ll be celebrating his death.