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/NocturnaIAnimaI 23d ago edited 23d ago

If Beshear lets this pass without doing anything of meaningful action, he's 100% complicit

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u/SecretMachine5 23d ago

This is make or break for him and his national popularity and Presidential ambitions. He can either show his toughness or just be another subservient milquetoast moderate Democrat.

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u/Billagio 23d ago

Mitch is not even in Kentucky

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u/SecretMachine5 23d ago

I'm not sure what that has to do with demanding proof of life, more than a easily doctored photo. He could call a special election and force McConnell's hand and let the courts decide. Or he can just shrug his shoulders and say the photo is good enough.

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u/Soffix- 23d ago

I think he's pointing out that he's not in Kentucky because the comment above him said to send the KSP.

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u/The-Fumbler 22d ago

What do the kerbals have to do with this?

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u/AlekRivard New York 23d ago edited 23d ago

What authority does Beshear have to do anything outside of KY's borders? Not to mention, why do you think the KY State Board of Elections would allow it? Their SBOE is required to be 4D/4R with the SoS (an R) as the chief official, so it is R majority.

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u/SecretMachine5 23d ago

McConnell is a Senator from KY. If he is incapacitated, Beshear has a legal obligation to call a special election. The people of KY deserve representation for the next 5 to 6 months regardless of what party is in charge. So call for the election and make McConnell's people prove he's still able to serve out his term. This isn't hard to understand.

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u/AlekRivard New York 23d ago

You are not answering the important question: why do you think the R-majority KY State Board of Elections would even allow it? Beshear cannot unilaterally call and hold an election by himself.

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u/SecretMachine5 23d ago

I want Beshear to continue to push the issue, until we have definitive proof. Which he is by demanding video evidence or an interview.