“He’s not allowed to die until Aug 3”
“Otherwise his legacy wouldn’t have been racist and shitty enough.”
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“we can’t announce his death this close to an election “
death becomes him
No proof means he dead
I mean, he is in a hospital…
Its not like he is lost at sea
Let's say they do confirm it after, is that not blatant election interference? I know laws mean little right now, but they don't have to in 5 months.
Could have fooled the governor
There's no video confirming that Mitch McConnell is alive, because he died a few weeks ago.
Exactly. And if he didn't, there's one way they can easily prove it. Refusal to do so is an admission.
Seems even McConnell’s staff is incapable of serving the people of Kentucky. Hopefully they’ll remember at the ballot box that the GOP was more interested in serving itself than their constituents.
You have more faith in Kentucky than it deserves.
I smoke a lot of hopium
Spokesperson Robert Steurer, 59, who has worked on McConnell’s team for more than two decades, refused to answer questions from independent journalist Nicholas Ballasy on two separate occasions on Wednesday.
Ballasy uploaded video of both encounters to X. The latest features Steurer, who stands to earn more than $226,000 this year from his role on McConnell’s team, simply walking away from the camera as Ballasy asks about a possible video statement from his boss.
Ballasy move.
Only person tight-lipped here is Mitch. Probably harder to move lips when you are deceased.
The team has no spine like GOP. Nothing to do with lips.
They are not cornered if they can just leave.
That's like the exact opposite definition of cornered.
Doctors have since said that the senator is “not yet medically cleared” to leave rehab.
He’ll be right back after he recovers from this quick bout of death
Worked for Hotblack Desiato
They already won whatever stupid game they were playing. The Republicans ALWAYS win the delay game. They wanted to delay until August 3rd or whatever the exact date is they needed to pass and July is essentially over, so they won. None of this matters anymore.
It actually matters more and more until the deadline for a special election has passed. Then it matters for another day or two in case Kentucky decides to hold a special election anyway. THEN it stops mattering when they never do.
Why would they admit their meal ticket is, if not a corpse, almost one?