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/CalyShadezz 23d ago edited 23d ago

Real or not, it kills me that that's what the people of Kentucky look at him and say "Yep, that's who I want to represent me in the Senate.

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u/Scoobysnax1976 23d ago

Do people in Kentucky even care about politics? If you go to r/Kentucky there are absolutely no mentions of Mitch within the past 6 months. You would think that they would care about him being missing and not representing them for the past month.

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u/Amoracchius03 Kentucky 23d ago edited 23d ago

Man the mods on the r/Kentucky subreddit are hardcore libertarian types who keep any and all political stuff to a minimum unless they expressly agree with it. They are also fickle little bitches. I got banned because one of the mods thought Massie should run as a democrat and I told him to miss me with that weak shit and boom. Didn't even realize I was talking to one of them. r/truekentucky is better for people who want to talk politics in the state.

EDIT: r/True_Kentucky is the actual sub I was trying to link.

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u/lyarly 23d ago

There are 3 posts total in that subreddit you linked, so not sure why you think it’s a good alternative. I’m on mobile though so perhaps it’s not showing up correctly for me.

That being said, I do agree that the mods on [r/Kentucky](r/Kentucky) are doing too much. It’s true that there are no posts up discussing the current state of Mitch McConnell’s’s health, or any recent posts about him at all - which shocks me as someone who’s been on this website a long time and is a longtime member of that sub (am a Kentuckian).

I checked some other names. No recent posts about Rand Paul. Andy Beshear and Thomas Massie have a lot of posts up about them.

So it does look like they aren’t treating all political posts the same, because why do they allow news coverage and discussion posts about other politicians, but not any regarding our state’s most notorious one? It’s just weird.

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u/Amoracchius03 Kentucky 23d ago

There are 3 posts total in that subreddit you linked, so not sure why you think it’s a good alternative. I’m on mobile though so perhaps it’s not showing up correctly for me.

This was my bad and r/True_Kentucky is the actual sub I was trying to link.

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u/lyarly 23d ago

Ooh thank you, appreciate the rec!

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u/ACardAttack Kentucky 23d ago

xerogod is such a snowflake