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Mitch McConnell remaining technically alive for an extra three weeks because of a manipulative procedural maneuver is exactly how he would have wanted to go out,
Bruh.
Well now... I still do think you can tell a lot about a person from how they speak of the dead, but under the circumstances this is a level of restraint I would struggle to achieve.
This statement is truthful if you know McConnell.
If we had a free independent press any more, all reputable news outlets would be writing about this every single day to apply pressure for proof of consciousness, so they can't drag this out until the deadline.
They would demand that his office, which released a statement saying "The Senator continues to improve, and is working closely with his staff on Kentucky and Senate matters while the Senate is out of session”, prove that they weren't outright LYING.
They would go around asking his spokespeople to answer questions on camera and hound them, "is McConnell conscious?", "Will you release a photo of him with his eyes open?", "Why did his wife go to Beijing?" etc etc.
But they won't. Because we don't have a free independent press any more. A few journalists will speculate. None will keep demanding answers until they get them. Just the talking heads speculating.
Good time to mention that Reagan gutted the FCC protections that kept companies from owning more than six radio stations across the country.
Read up on the Fairness Doctrine
His wife was also meeting with Chinese officials in china just 3 days after he was found unresponsive. Shes def his handler. This shit is all just so fucking corrupt
The article has a point. His death being manipulated and leveraged politically to keep a seat for the Republicans is exactly what he would have wanted.
And republicans have no shame or morals so they would absolutely do something like that.
"I thought i already got him?? Must have forgotten to visit."
So...he's dead and they just say he's alive OR he's brain dead and on life support till the deadline.
The public has the right to know McConnell's medical fitness for office at any time.
He hasn't been fit for anything in years, physically or mentally.
Rep. Tom Kean was missing for four months without much explanation and there have been no consequences.
Even Speaker Mike Johnson suggested Kean should have said more sooner at a news conference Tuesday: “If it were me, I would have been more specific about that, and I encouraged him to be.”
Dude won his primary unopposed while he still missing.
The guy who stole 3 seats on the Supreme Court is going to wait out the clock on his own replacement even when he's likely not even breathing on his own. Fuck everything about this timeline.
lil' bitch clung to power until he died. And every decision he ever made was to further his own self-interest, or hurt others. A true piece of shit. May he never know peace. May his soul remain forever fragmented and separate from the eternal ethereal coexistence we all will one day share. May he wander forever alone and afraid.
If it's any consolation, they broke his ribs to administer CPR. The guy is spending his last few days in pain. Granted that pain pales in comparison to what he has inflicted on others.
I wouldn't stop with his ribs
Laura Loomer has said that he’s brain dead
Decide for yourself how much credibility you give her
She speaks from experience.
It is exceedingly difficult for a medical professional to differentiate between brain death and just being a republican representative.
Subverting democracy to the bitter end.
Rest in piss, you evil turtle.
In my opinion if an elected official can't respond to a request for physical proof of fitness for the job by those they supposedly represent then they should automatically be removed from office and elections for a fit replacement is called.
What you are suggesting is the norm in every western country in the World.
However, in the US anything goes.
You might consider fixing that.
Republicans cheating? No way.
Anyways, it sucks we have to wait for traitors to die of old age in this country.
Weekend at Mitchie's.
Beshear should force the issue and appoint a successor. Let them dispute it with proof of life or STFU.
Does it even matter if he's dead or alive? People should question his ability to do the job he was elected to do regardless. The fucker has been glitching for a while now.
I mean we all already know Mitch was brain dead but is he still breathing?
How about a wellness call for his room at the place he's supposed to be at? They legally have to do that.
I can imagine keeping him as a living corpse in an ICU just to cling to a seat for a few more weeks.
“So all they have to do is drag their feet until [the second Tuesday in August], then tell you that he didn’t make it,” Cochran continued. “And in turn block Massie from disrupting an otherwise safe Republican seat.”
5 more weeks of weekend at bernie's-ing the expired turd doesn't sound like a fun job. I'll take solace in that at least.
How would Republicans...checks notes...being Republicans be in any way the least bit "astonishing"?
The conservative movement and their party is just full of awful scheming dirtbags. Murc's Law is a thing for a reason. Everyone, even the dipshits that keep pushing Murc's Law, all expect them to be the worst human beings.
There is nothing "astonishing" about any of this, if true. It's just Republicans being Republicans.
Can't somebody file a lawsuit to compel them to produce their representative?
We'll have to ask the Supreme Court...
Ahh, 5 to 4, huh?
On the bright side, the fact they're this desperate smells of weakness. Does America have the stones to exploit this to actually mount an offense against the barbarians raising America to the ground?
How often has he been seen since he started freezing mid-speech? His brain was probably cooked a long time ago, and his vegetable condition is just now being leaked.
