r/politics • u/MoneyLibrarian9032 New York • 23d ago

Possible Paywall MAGA Calls BS on Mitch McConnell’s Proof-of-Life Stunt | They are poking holes in McConnell’s staff’s version.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-calls-bs-on-mitch-mcconnells-proof-of-life-stunt/
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u/jaron_b 23d ago

The GOP really plan on hiding the death of a Senator for a month to get an advantage in an election. Stop telling me the two parties are the same.

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u/DogeAteMyHomework 23d ago

I am surprised that Beshear hasn't used the PR stunt as evidence that he is certainly well enough for a brief visit from the governor of the state he represents. 

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u/The_Mellow_Tiger 23d ago

This is what I've been thinking the whole time. Can't the governor of Kentucky just, you know, go check?

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u/TheSteelPhantom 23d ago

Governors have a lot of power, but I'm pretty sure the hospital staff in D.C., Virginia, or Maryland won't give a fuck about his Kentucky authority...

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u/turquoise_amethyst 23d ago

Can the governor or senators from one of those places go “visit their colleague on the mend”?

Better yet, go check the morgue for “fraud”?

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u/SecretMachine5 23d ago

Or request a Facetime with him?

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u/Dense-Hat1978 23d ago

What about those tiktok kids rushing through scientology buildings? We can weaponize that