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So perfect that it happened when he was asked about running for reelection; the ads write themselves.
And before anyone condemns me for lack of empathy: the world would be a better place without McConnell in power. Also, fuck him.
I wonder if he can even make it to the end of his term. He knows the Democratic governor of Kentucky will not appoint a Republican to replace him, so he's going to fight that.
Oh, I'd put money on them keeping him in a vegetative state if he croaks just to keep a Democrat out of power.
It would be the culmination of his life's work.
Like they did with Strom Thurmond. Dude had to be wheeled onto the Senate floor and looked half dead by the end.
Part of the reason this happens is committee seniority is determined by length of time in the Senate, so to control committees it's important to keep Senators in office as long as possible for both parties.
The GOP dominated KY state legislature has been prepping for this eventuality https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2023/07/28/heres-how-kentuckys-law-works-for-filling-u-s-senate-vacancies/70484359007/
This is insanity.
Under the amended law, the governor now may only choose from three names recommended by the executive committee of the outgoing senator's state party, and must make that selection within 21 days of receiving the list from the party.
With both of Kentucky's senators currently being Republican, the choosing of those three nominees would be up to the executive committee of the Republican Party of Kentucky, which is made up of 54 members.
After a vacancy is filled, there would be a special election with an open and bipartisan process — often referred to as a "jungle primary" — allowing any candidate gaining 1,000 signature to run. A candidate with more than 50% of the vote would win, but if no one wins a majority of the vote, the top two vote getters would go on to a runoff election in 70 days.
The timing of that election would be determined based on when the vacancy occurred.
If the vacancy occurred more than three months before a regularly scheduled election, that's when it would take place. It the vacancy occurred less than three months before an election and a regular election is scheduled the following year, the latter election date is when the vote for the Senate seat would occur.
Arizona, Hawaii, Maryland, North Carolina, Utah, & Wyoming have similar laws according to ballotpedia.
Mind you, not disputing the insanity heh
That man has done massive damage to the country. He can’t expire fast enough for me.
To the contrary, I think you are displaying vast amounts of empathy by advocating for the betterment of humankind.
Our empathy is wasted on him and better spent on his multitude of victims.
Fuck McConnell. I hope his last years are equal to the horrible legacy he leaves.
The world would be a better place if he choked on his own tongue while waiting for needed medical care like so many Americans that he helped keep from having healthcare.
Seriously. A few years ago he's spearheading the party to remove rights from people and now he's too old to speak. There has to be room for retirement between those steps.
Empathy is afforded to those who reciprocate.
Die, Mitch, Die.
All my homies hate Bitch McConnell
I know it's not nice to be piling onto an ailing old man who probably isn't going to be around much longer, but yeah when he was in good health he was an awful person who didn't give a single fuck about anyone else who was having a hard time, and had literally decades filled with opportunities to help people who were worse off and squandered them all just to accumulate more worthless power and money for himself.
Keeping him in power does nothing but harm other people and the country in general IMO, although to be fair that was also true before his health started to go south as well.
He has destroyed so many lives, he deserves his destroyed.
It's honestly sad that these people would rather hold on to the little power they have than retire and spend the little time they have left with family.
If they truly cared about heir families they wouldn’t push so much disinformation and enact such horrible policies. These people only love power so you’re basically asking them to willingly give up the only thing they care about.
Evil bastards.
Glitch McConnell
Goodness I hope it isn’t anything to minor.
Guess that long Covid is catching up. Adios Mitch.
Get rid of all politicians over the age of 55 or 60. Allow them to be maybe advisors but at this point these people have been unhelpful to the larger younger population.
Put him in an elderly home. I'd rather have a crack head off the streets make policy decisions instead of him.
Who is the handler in the video? She's more of an enabler.
She shares a ton of the blame.
We should write and call her because she's effectively serving as an unelected senior Senator now.
Time to take the keys away, Mitchell. People with dementia shouldn't be driving
This dude is going to end up dying of a stroke on camera isn't he.
Seems he's had several in the past few months already. Repeated events like this rarely end positively.
From now on, I'm calling this a Mitch Glitch.
Someone please put him out of his misery. Stupid fuck just want to suffer each day and die.
Euthanasia is not legal in either Kentucky or D.C. so I'm afraid we're stuck with the ancient shithead.
On the one hand, that poor devil
On the other hand, fuck that guy
Reruns??? I love reruns!!!