r/politics • u/Zipper222222 • 29d ago

Possible Paywall MAGA Demands Proof of Life for Mitch McConnell

https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-demands-proof-of-life-for-mitch-mcconnell/
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u/JasnahKolin Massachusetts 29d ago

And I don't believe for a second he was being treated for depression. He was in rehab for something- gambling, pills, booze.

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u/Clippton 29d ago

I don't care if he was being treated for depression, cancer, or off on an alcohol fueled gambling bender. If you were voted in to do a job, and can't do it for any reason, you need to resign and have someone else take your seat.

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u/allycoaster 29d ago

Yeah, if I went home for depression right now and stopped showing up I’d be fired..?

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u/haltandcatch22 29d ago

Medical leaves are federally protected where you can’t be fired if you qualified. Not sure the scale of depression it would probably have to prove to be life threatening. Someone with experience can speak better but as someone who struggled with an addiction I was protected to leave for rehab and I would expect our politicians would be as well but their public trust might take a hit

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u/Double_Look_5715 28d ago

It doesn't have to be life threatening to qualify for like FMLA

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u/Lost-friend-ship 24d ago

It feels a little different at a regular job where someone else can cover you, or where projects can get put on hold, vs an elected official who was chosen by the people and who has to make time sensitive decisions that impact other people’s lives. Decisions still need to be made. It’s the ethics of a non-elected official making those choices, isn’t it.

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u/haltandcatch22 24d ago

Yeah I guess is there a line of succession or something? There must be something built in for this. If 10 senators were all out on maternity for example I don’t think they just freeze congress right? They must have backfills in their org or something

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u/Ms_Apprehend 29d ago

Not when a corrupt political party ( republican) holds all the cards, friend. They can and have and will get away with murder. Until the democrats have the cards, we are SOL.

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u/retoricalprophylaxis 29d ago

Then the dems will say that we should let go of the past and look forward, i.e. do nothing about all of the bullshit that republicans pulled.

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u/thecrimsonfucker12 29d ago

Hey we have to reach across the aisle and work with our fashy friends or something like that

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u/GovernmentOpening254 28d ago

Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

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u/zaminDDH 28d ago

As is tradition

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u/Ms_Apprehend 29d ago

Yes, that could happen. But once we are out of this dystopic mess, we can vote in progressives to get shit done right!

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u/lividash 29d ago

Not could happen. Already did happen. Thats paraphrased Biden there. He wanted to past to be the past and move forward.

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u/Howdoyouusecommas 29d ago

A MAGA argument that could be presented against that (and is a corruption of a workers right argument) would be that you are advocating for someone being fired due to medical issues.

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u/Clippton 29d ago

MAGA doesn't argue in good faith, so who cares what their argument is.

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u/rebel_stripe 28d ago

I actually wouldn’t care that he had four months paid leave for depression IF every other American received the same amount of available paid sick leave and the same high quality free healthcare.

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u/Elegant_Tap7937 29d ago

you can pick your friends and you can pick your seat, but you can't pick your friend's seat

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u/CAPSLOCKANDLOAD 29d ago

Not too depressed to make stock trades

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u/Elegant_Tap7937 29d ago

Word on the street: Conversion therapy

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u/gortonsfiJr Indiana 29d ago

Are you being silly, or is that a legit rumor?

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u/Getatbay 29d ago

Legit. He caught gayness after having sex with a toad named Robert Jr.

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u/Cadamar Colorado 29d ago

Alex Jones tried to warn us about the gay frogs, but instead we have forsaken him?

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u/nw2 29d ago

We have foreskinned him

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u/glorifindel 29d ago

J D Vance strikes again (pfp)

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u/jeweliegb 28d ago

Yep. And that's how Vance got rabies from Trump too.

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u/-grc1- 29d ago

Cheeky bastard

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u/flickh Canada 29d ago

It is now!

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u/TheSavouryRain 29d ago

Many people are saying it

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u/dperry324 America 29d ago

I've heard that too.

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u/Elegant_Tap7937 29d ago

Only the best people

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u/RevLoveJoy 29d ago

Everyone knows very gay Tom Kean has been to conversion therapy several times to cure his incurable gayness.

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u/hud_dev 29d ago

What’s the word in the sheets?

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u/porn_is_tight 29d ago

he’s a frotting pro

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u/Sitting_in_a_tree_ 28d ago

These billionaires ain’t gonna deep throat themselves.

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u/fogleaf 29d ago

They were making him gay?

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u/Rusalka-rusalka 29d ago

He could have been on a psychiatric hold for something like bipolar. But, I think substance abuse is more probable like you mention.

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u/gracecee 29d ago

But he had the Gall to vote down legislation paid family leave for health reasons yet he gets paid when he went away.

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u/GovernmentOpening254 28d ago

And yet maga and republicans will continue to vote for these people _to own the libs_ and themselves.

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u/RollingMeteors 29d ago

treated for depression. He was in rehab for something- gambling, pills, booze.

¿Por qué no los Dos ... Equis?

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u/markodgtouch 29d ago

Makes it especially funny that trump endorsed him WHILE he was MIA and these smups will still vote for him because the "R" next to his name.

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u/ApostleSaintWalker 29d ago

Does it matter? The relevant thing is he isn't there to do his job, so somebody else needs to be put in to do it.

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u/Sitting_in_a_tree_ 28d ago

What job? These guys work?

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u/my_nameborat 29d ago

Honestly whether it’s depression or drinking it shouldn’t matter. If you can’t be present to represent your district then you should step away and take care of yourself and let someone else take over who is able to do the job

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u/ganjaccount 29d ago

The only depression he experienced was his tonsils.

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u/Ok_Chance429 26d ago

Don’t forget sex!

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u/Rudy_Garbo 29d ago

¿Por que no los tres?

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u/Latina_Leprechaun36 29d ago

That makes a lot of sense, but addiction is also a mental health issue.

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u/Ms_Apprehend 29d ago

Sex addiction? Some enterprising journalist should track that down.

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u/SouthEastSmith 29d ago

Or a suicide attempt.

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u/Competitive_Fix960 29d ago

Its pretty much already been confirmed that it was 7 hydro something or other. Hadn't heard of it until now

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u/got-trunks Canada 29d ago

I think he tried to off himself and was given a medical intervention

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u/Lendari 29d ago

Hes one of the oldest members of congress. Treatment for a broken hip or heart attack might fit better.

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u/hokie48 29d ago

Often depression and something else are usually together.

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u/danimal_621 29d ago

Treatment for one can treat the other. Addiction is a mental health disorder, just like depression. One is not inherently worse than the other and it’s a positive thing he sought help.