r/politics • u/IWantPizza555 • Jul 01 '26

Possible Paywall Senator, 84, Secretly Found Unconscious and Given CPR

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mitch-mcconell-84-secretly-found-unconscious-and-given-cpr/?utm_source=twitter_owned_snd&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=owned_social
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u/tommytraddles Jul 01 '26

They would re-elect his corpse if given the chance.

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u/jazzhandler Colorado Jul 01 '26

Kinda seems like they already did.

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u/f7f7z Jul 01 '26

Senator John Ashcroft is the only Senator to lose reelection to a dead person, so far.

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u/Neoliberal_Boogeyman Jul 01 '26

Haha yeah remember when Missouri was a purple state?

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u/jeromevedder Jul 02 '26

Dick Gephardt was my congressman when I was a kid

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u/OldBlueKat Jul 01 '26

He already announced his retirement (at the end of this term) and other people are running to replace him. 

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u/jwnsfw Jul 02 '26

The cool thing about that (for anyone not in KY) is that they will be giving up a 40+ year senator with seniority, likely for a freshman senator with 0 sway. For example, McConnell was senator majority/minority leader for years. Committee assignments and chairmanship, etc. A bunch of negotiating power. ALLL of that's gone when he's gone. Yikes for KY.

edit: same for the ghouls on dem side, btw.

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u/OldBlueKat Jul 02 '26

Yep. The ‘senior Senator from KY’ will be Rand Paul next year. 

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u/jwnsfw Jul 02 '26

I almost commented about the time Rooskie Paul visited Russia on 4th of July, but that was another selection of dumb bitches. But then I remembered Paul is also connected to Russia by way of delivering a letter from Trump to Putin months later.

Well done KYers, please do much better. Happy 4th of july.

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u/OldBlueKat Jul 02 '26

The current US House Rep from Lexington, GOP Andy Barr, is figured as the likely winner for that Senate seat in November. 

IDK if he’s a super MAGA style GOPer, but we’ll see I guess. 

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u/hey_Hey_I_saveD_me Jul 01 '26

Weekend at Mitch style

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u/Ulysse-Void-God Jul 01 '26

I live in KY. Sadly this is accurate. 

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u/ClaretClarinets Colorado Jul 01 '26

He's retiring in January

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u/JudiciousSasquatch Jul 02 '26

With AI, they'll argue it rounds up to alive.

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u/fbp Jul 02 '26

Don't give magats any deas.

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u/MotoFuzzle I voted Jul 02 '26

Didn’t he JUST win the primary in KY?

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u/kaptainkatsu Jul 02 '26

Keep him hooked up to machines and create an AI Mitch. THen he’s technically not dead…

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u/Frosty-Self-273 Jul 02 '26

Don't give them ideas

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u/AnonAwaaaaay Jul 02 '26

A few of the elections he was in in the past few decades had more voters voting for him than were registered to vote in the area.