So appoint a replacement, coward.
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Appoint a replacement and if Mitch is alive tell him to come fight for his seat like a real senator.
Can't, the GQP when Beshear was elected stripped that power from the governor. It requires a special election that will take so much time to setup that it'd be canceled because it's so close to the actual election. The scum GQP have thought all this through just to maintain their flailing grasps on power.
Warns? How do you warn about something good happening?
Be careful everyone! Workers are finally getting a liveable wage!
Like that? What about:
Watch out! The government finally ensuring the health, safety, and welfare of its population by giving everyone universal health-insurance.
See? It's weird
Well then fucking do something you jackass
Republicans are so fucking stupid. They always gotta hide shit, Bitch McConnell has been a walking corpse for a decade... just announce his fucking death if he died... don't try and hide it.. makes your party look even more fucking stupid and incompetent.
At least they're consistent at something, jesus fucking christ.
They're trying to avoid a special election. If they can keep playing this game until August third, they'll succeed.
Republicans always win the delay game, it's infuriating
Unfortunately the scan the rules for loopholes that children would use on the playground--things that a normal person may not think to put rules about.
No low is too low.
even in death, the mfer is blocking a legitimate appointment because of who would make it.
Hell, it was probably in his last will.
If the rest of your country ALLOWS them to keep playing this game.
Americans’ feigned helplessness is so fucking gross.
Cool. Tell me, what should I do? March down there and wave a sign? Buy a bunch of guns and shoot up the place? Sorry, mate. I'm just trying to make my mortgage.
They're a troll, don't waste your energy. Every comment they make is condescending and trying to incite violence in Americans... but they're not even American? I have no idea, I just tag users like that so I can see their patterns
There's a lot of people outside the USA that wants to see piles of dead people in the country from infighting. They're no better than MAGAts who want a civil war.
Showing my ignorance but how do you tag someone here?
Just like those Russians.
Still blows my mind that we're in a place where hostage proof-of-life methods are being employed by elected representatives because they know nobody would trust a plain statement from them anymore. Politician has been synonymous with liar for ages but this is something else.
Gov should flat out appoint someone.
which is exactly the thing they didn't want, because the governor is D.
He should do it anyway. Not like the Republicans ever follow the rules.
Well, they should’ve responded to the Gov when he requested additional details. The only thing GOP does best is keep quiet, hide under the fridge at night planning their next schemes while looking for their spines.
How close are we to Marionette Mitch?
He should just appoint someone 'in case McConnel can't return to the Senate'
We all know Moscow Mitch is dead, but that covers his bases in all situations. All Mitch has to do is return to the Senate, alive and functional...
Kentucky is one of like 4 states where he cant do that. It would trigger a special election. Which is exactly why the repubs are being cagey about it
Ok... Then start the process for the special election, and make it so that the election will be cancelled if proof is shown that McConnel is alive and able to perform his duties.
If that can't be shown by the date of the special election, then the election will take place.
Make the special election the default.
There's no law against being prepared. In fact, a competent government is prepared for many contingencies.
Are you trying to be a dick? Unfortunately i am just a citizen, and that of another state, and cant change the legislation. Im just telling you why it matters.
They needed to sneak in, "...The ongoing situation in Maine, The inclement weather here in hell, ..."
Yet another ridiculous state of affairs with this idiot administration.
Munch McCornhole