Kentucky law could force McConnell special election if he dies before Aug 3

SMHeath106

It wouldn't be beneath the GOP to pull such a stunt. They only win when they cheat.

ArrestTrumpNow60

Of course he is unconcious. You don't give cpr to a living person. He got cpr. That means he had no pulse. At his age you don't come back from that.

Mark58

no senator should be allowed to be on life support during an election year, pull the plug

Madison Bureaucrat38

If this is true, then it's time to storm the senate, get the KY governor to appoint a replacement and slap the MAGATS into silence.

LAZARUS35

For sure. His grieving widow Elaine Chow has already left the US and is in China. She left 3 days after he was admitted to hospital. She didn't even wait to bury him. Mitch has expired, and may I say, not a moment too soon.

captainblinky.bsky.social36

Don't get too excited. They'll make sure no doctor calls his death and keep him on the machines to keep that from happening. The GOP literally have zero shame and will stop at nothing to keep power.

mr-e-mike.bsky.social26

Im sorry, we are citing Laura Loomer as a “trusted source” now?

Deb17

Occupy Democrats MITCH MCCONNELL OFFICIALLY PRONOUNCED "BRAIN DEAD" ACCORDING TO WHITE HOUSE AIDE LAURA LOOMER: BREAKING: A journalist is now reporting that Mitch McConnell is officially BRAINDEAD and will not be coming back to torment us anymore! We need official confirmation ASAP…

teecee4715

I still want to know if a senate vote was cast in his name in the last three weeks. His staff should have broadcast the fact that he was incapacitated the day they took him to the ER.

Deb14

Likely she is pulling the same crap her husband did with President Obama and the Supreme Court Justice. Not allowing him as incoming POTUS to choose one of his own. She too, won't allow for the sake of the party and trump to let Sen.Massie take her dead husband's place if she isn't here to pull plug

Thomas Brackett “Czar” Reed45

Indeed. dying Senators with staff pretending they are fine accounts for about 20% of the Senate

Lame Duck Watcher26

I think all this is true. I also think extended blackouts of information should be an ethical violation.

killiplaw.bsky.social23

Kind of like Strom Thurmond when I worked in the Senate as a law student in the late 80’s. Staff was on each elbow at all times leading him around, and gave him prepared statements to read. He obviously had no idea what he was reading. He was still there for another decade or so after that.

felinecannonball12

chief of staff, protector of Mitch, and regent of the senate Quite a few perverse incentives to weekend at bernies your infirm senator through their last term and a half.

Dave in AK10

We really need an age limit for federal office. I’d argue for 70, 75 at the most. This to include judges. Watching Diane Feinstein all but die on the Senate floor is when I finally came to believe this should be so. It was painful to see, and it badly damaged her legacy.

MDC_LetsEndTheMadness5

...and the Governor of Kentucky is Democrat Andy Beshear. mcconnell is STILL cheating America.

DJ Uncle Fishbits3

This is like McConnell holding a Supreme Court pick from Obama, but this time it's his death he's withholding. Quite the dedicated politician, to be sure.

A party of bottom feeders. No class, no nothing but greed.

Truth Firstly3

Shouldn't the Governor of Kentucky have some responsibility to determine the condition of a senator representing his state?

Lauren DeAnne3

It’s time for sleuth journalists to stake out his home/hospital. We need answers now!!!!

Andy Craig2

I don't think anything like that is plausible. In the first place, he's not really dead and this whole thing is silly. And mere incapacitation doesn't even arguably create a vacancy. He'd have to be dead dead, not just mostly dead. Officially certified fact that he's cold on the slab, nothing less.

Ars Politico - 🎨✍️🏳️‍🌈🌊1

Again, no Democrat would ever do that because THAT is what we wish all Democrats would start doing.

Andrew Coleman Francis3

I'm not at all understanding the GOP strategy here. They're down one vote in the senate unless they replace him.

Chair of the Sewer Maintenance Board1

that law is sketchy - there are legal opinions that the law can't actually supersede the power of the governor to appoint a replacement. I'm firmly in "appoint a replacement and tell them to eat shit"

Larry Moe Curly1

This is false because when moscowmitch goes to "wELL" the Devil will morn and the moon will glow like the sun.

Algerian Hiss1

the KY leg passed a law a few years ago prohibiting that power

Avery Ashen3

Yeah, I saw people discussing on reddit a few days ago. You're the first person I've seen on bsky to mention it, because it does feel so damn on point for him and his staff.

Annie 🏃‍♀️☀️2

This was also my suspicion when they got cagey about a week after he went to the ICU

True Blue Majority1

Thanks for mentioning the 8/11 date. You helped me find the special election statute I was looking for! (second Tuesday in August)

Michael Botterill1

I know this is about you guys, but I think it applies to us Brits as well Perhaps we ought to have a mandatory retirement age for politicians

Kanela1

Sadly, brain dead doesn’t seem to disqualify a member of the Senate.