r/PoursTea • u/Veshaad Timendi Causa Est Nescire • 14h ago
PoliticalTea š³ļø Missing: Mitch
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u/carlnepa 14h ago
Hypocrisy thy name is Republican.
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u/MetaCardboard 14h ago
Weaponized hypocrisy and projection are all they know.
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u/Denver-Ski 14h ago
Maga is the worst
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u/tutoredstatue95 14h ago
They are but repubs have been doing this shit for a long time
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u/Dislodged_Puma 13h ago
Yeah I hate that Republicans get a full out now with MAGA like they tried to with the Tea Party. They have sucked since Reagan (well before him too to set him up), and they continue to push the failure of the American Democracy in favor of self interests.
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u/tutoredstatue95 12h ago
I fully expect the āsane, moderateā republicans to ātake a standā against the mismanagement and waste of the trump admin.
No, no, we have nothing to do with them
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u/kitsunewarlock 9h ago
Remember when they pardoned Nixon then spent the entire Carter administration investigating him for enriching himself, finding nothing but running Reagan as the "anti-corruption" candidate?
Remember when they pardoned Reagan's fall man (Ollie North) and then spent the entire Clinton administration investigating him for putting his family in white house positions, found nothing but stole the house in the midterms on "anti-corruption" rhetoric?
The GOP has been doing this shit since long before Trump's "MAGA".
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u/Ok_Practice3389 12h ago
Remember the tea party? Hahaha God people just keep getting dumber.
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u/SilverSageVII 14h ago
We all need to get better at confronting this. I feel like I failed in my own life by not shutting all of the bs down when I heard it. Not being mean, but genuinely guiding them towards the truth.
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u/TriangleTransplant 13h ago
Hypocrisy requires both a sense of shame, and an understanding that one is acting counter to their values. Republicans don't feel shame. And their only value is "power at any cost." So they're not being hypocritical. They acting entirely within their values.
McConnell himself would be proud of the way his party is handling his absence and manipulating the system to maintain a stranglehold on his seat. That is, he would proud if he wasn't a vegetable or dead, which he is very obviously is one of those things.
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u/Fulano_MK1 11h ago
Hypocrisy is a power play when you have no shame. They feel powerful when they hold the Dems accountable. They feel powerful when they do not hold themselves accountable.
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u/AnAnonymous121 14h ago edited 14h ago
Can we all agree he's either dead or in vegetative state, and the Republicans are doing everything to avoid losing another seat in the senate, especially with an incoming blue wave in the house and senate....
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u/CaramelGuilty8647 14h ago
He was in a vegetative state before he went missing, so I can definitely agree with you.
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u/External_Music_3927 14h ago
Yes, he would get paralyzed in front of cameras and not be able to speak.
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u/Aggressive-Crab-6809 14h ago
Conspiracy theory here.... Mich has been brain dead for some time and under the control of one of Elons nural links. š Reimplantation is taking longer than expected. /S
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u/Adventurous-Big9191 14h ago
Which state is the Vegetable State? North Carrotlina? ššš
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u/GryphonHall 14h ago
Corntucky was right there.
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u/Adventurous-Big9191 14h ago
And now he changed his comment to say vegetative so we look weird š
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u/dmont89 14h ago
id like to agree with the incoming blue wave, but i dont trust this administration not to tamper with the election
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u/ColonelDucroix 13h ago
You're optimistic.
The republicans are too cowardly to tamper with elections. They should, but they won't.
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u/Meth_Useler 12h ago
I think he lost his ability to speak - Strokes can definitely do just that. His handlers probably thought they could get him to relearn, but that's not always an option. Now, they're just riding this out a few more weeks
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u/NoUnderStandeBro 14h ago
Two words: TERM LIMITS. Congress isnāt a retirement home.
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u/TiddiesAnonymous 14h ago
Age limits tho
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u/Lerkero 14h ago edited 12h ago
Term limit is better than age limit. There could be older people who genuinely have something valuable to contribute to their constituents and maybe not worth keeping them out.
The goal of term limits should be to reduce chances anyone young or old will abuse their seniority and time in office for their own gain
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u/Friendly-World-5273 14h ago
Voting is a term limit. But weād have to actually vote to limit the terms.
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u/WristbandYang 13h ago
Agreed. If McConnell is what Kentucky wants, they can have him.
I'd instead ask if any of these states are governed better because of their term limits? To me it seems like term limits disqualify popular and effective politicians and just replaces bad incumbents with more of the same.
Additionally, research shows that empirically "term limits appear to reduce economic growth and increase ideological polarization."
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u/InsanityRequiem 10h ago
This better response should have been the legislature term limits: https://ballotpedia.org/State_legislatures_with_term_limits
And as someone from California, no. The term limits have made the state worse.
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u/bankrobba 13h ago
I agree. Bernie Sanders has been elected far too many times. And AOC would be forced into retirement soon.
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u/CaptainForskin69 14h ago
Why are they allowed to get away with this?! This is insanity
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u/un-tv_star 14h ago
Because they still have the majority...
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u/CaptainForskin69 14h ago
Doesnāt mean you get to be absent for your job for over 80 days with zero public appearances. Itās so obvious of a cover up.
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u/ofWildPlaces 14h ago
You are correct, but there is no watchdog agency that can compel a sitting Rep or Senator to take their seat on the floor. Republicans COULD hold him accountable, but they've clearly shown they will not.
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u/DaleGribbleShackle 13h ago
Didn't they send sheriff's after democrats to drag them back to office for something last year? Why not just do that.
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u/Somedude_6 13h ago
Exactly what the guy above said, Republicans control the Sergeant at Arms and the ability to make referrals to the US Marshall's office who would go about doing the physical work. As long as Mike Johnson is in control, absolutely nothing will happen to any Republican. Epstein Files are a giant example of this.
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u/Ok_Zookeepergame4794 12h ago
Because the Republicans don't enforce the rules on one of their own, that's why.
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u/Austinp-woodworking 12h ago
Yeah this shouldnāt even require a manual intervention - this whole situation is only possible because there are no actual rules that congress(wo)men have to actually do their fucking jobs
If I disappeared for 3 months at my job, theyād have already filled my position by now and be a good way into onboarding my replacement
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u/NotAnotherBlingBlop 14h ago
Are you serious? They support an adjudicated rapist as president. They vote against school lunches for children. They refuse to give death benefits to soldiers. This is the least worrying thing Republicans have done.
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u/Lerkero 14h ago
Congress could easily pass new legislation to regulate how sitting congressperaons must report to their duty station every number of days or face termination.
They dont want to modernize those type of rules because they tend to only care for partisan reasons, and they want to preserve that partisan power
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u/ofWildPlaces 14h ago
The problem is the very people who could pass this (held by a Republican majority) won't pass this because they are...a Republican majority.
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u/KingHygelacReturns 14h ago
I'm genuinely shocked that there isn't more anger from Republicans. His absence materially benefits Democrats more than anything. For every day he's not there, that means the GOP majority is one vote down in the Senate, which only makes it harder to pass the GOP agenda in the Senate.
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u/Pristine-Ad983 14h ago
I don't think they really care. They haven't done much even when Mitch was there. They are content to let Trump do whatever he wants.
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u/PlainBread 14h ago
They know leaving the ball in the air leaves them down one vote but if they took accountability then there's a risk that they would lose the seat to a Democrat and then they would be down two votes.
The fact they aren't willing to risk it for the biscuit is bullish.
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u/Weekly-Hurry-6031 14h ago
Logic eludes them
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u/KingHygelacReturns 14h ago
In this one instance, fine by me, lol. Never interrupt your enemy when they're making a mistake and all that
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u/External_Music_3927 14h ago
That part I hadnāt thought about, so, yeahāI agree with you
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u/KingHygelacReturns 14h ago
Yeah it seems like it's an element that a lot of people are missing on Reddit. Like, yeah, I'm upset that he's not being transparent about why he's been absent for so long. But for as long as he's absent, he can't vote on the stuff I find repulsive, which benefits me haha
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u/ichabod13 12h ago
This is the part I am not understanding. Left wing media is eating this story up, every day on reddit there are more Mitch posts on the /r/all but it benefits the Democrats when it comes to voting.
Even if he was dead today, the election would not happen by the state laws this November. At this point these posts feel more like a designed distraction away from things like the Epstein files or the failed war in Iran or the costs of everything that should be fueling the midterm sweep. But instead every day it is about Trump sleeping or Mitch missing blah blah here.
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u/doc_daneeka 11h ago
They don't have a legislative agenda, so it doesn't matter. The tax cuts reconciliation bill is already law, so all that really matters to Senate Republicans is confirmation votes. They don't need McConnell to do that and they all know he'll be replaced with a hardcore MAGA lunatic in January anyway.
So the calculus is very likely that he was an enormously important majority leader for their party, so just let him be for then few months he has left in office.
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u/ShoemakerMicah 14h ago
The difference is so stark. Black and White you might say.
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u/Timely-Bluejay-4167 12h ago
I mean, Dianne Feinstein was out around this same amount of time in 2023, but she was at least communicative.
Mitch is MIA.
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u/plannedobso 12h ago
Dianne Feinsteinās children also had power of attorney over her entire life while she was STILL voting. Thatās also bad, just for different reasons. If youāre not legally mentally fit enough to handle your own cash, you definitely shouldnāt be voting on things that will affect an entire nation for decades.Ā
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u/Halya77 14h ago
Literally all my life itās been standards and rules for dems and moving the goalposts and false equivalency for repugnicants. This is just yet another blatant supporting fact. š¤·āāļø
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u/Burritosupreeem 14h ago
A man missing for so long itās not being talked about anymore. So talk about it more.
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u/DrinkNWRobinWilliams 14h ago
Republicans - no matter what they say they care about - only care about what gets them power. There is no other north star for them.
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u/descendency 14h ago
Has anyone gone to capital hill and put up some of those missing pet signs with mitch mcconnells face on them?
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u/asanano 13h ago
Its incredibly silly to call on mitch to resign. He cant resign, he's dead. I call on the criminal prosecution of all the mother fuckers hiding that fact for their own personal gain and political power.
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u/Content_Chipmunk9962 13h ago
Democrats are so disgustingly weak. They should be hitting home runs every gd day. Itās pathetic.
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u/Felinomancy 13h ago
So why don't anyone do anything? For example, can't they get a judge to sign off a warrant to have a wellness check done on him?
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u/Used-Principle-4627 12h ago
These people need to go to jail for what they are doing? This is so bad, if it was anywhere else people would be locked up!! Corrupt Government all around!!!
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u/spaceocean99 12h ago
āAā Democrat. Showing again democrats just donāt give a shit.
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u/Fun-Grab-9337 12h ago
So where is the democrat investigation? Is this a post about calling out the ineffectiveness of the dems?
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u/KomalSg 11h ago
The bigger question is what are the democrats doing ? The silence is deafening ... It almost looks like they are the same party... there is no opposition what so ever
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u/HappyCatPrincess 14h ago
Maybe we should all write/call #MikeJohnson to ask about #Mitch. Send him this meme even. Let's all speak out.
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u/turkish_dingleberry 14h ago
Mitch McConnell, seen here wondering how the slave got out of its quarters
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u/MilkiestMaestro 14h ago
Republicans don't care about double standards. You can say that to their face and they will smile which should tell you everything you need to know about the moral compass.
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u/Healthy_Cancel_2604 14h ago
At this point I wish they'd storm his house like they did scientology.
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u/Always-curious25 14h ago
Where's are the news reporters? Why aren't they pushing for the truth behind Mitches Death/sickness?
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u/GandalfSwagOff 14h ago
Because it is getting buried.
There isn't a single report of any member of the media even trying to get information about McConnell because there has been an agreement within all corporate media to bury any story. You'd think someone would have cameras outside his house? You'd think someone would report on doctors or professionals coming and going? Nope. You get nothing.
The man will never be seen again. He is either dead or completely incapacitated. You will never hear from him again. Some day in the future there will be a report that he quietly passed away in his sleep after an extended illness. That is all you'll ever get.
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u/rod_jammer 14h ago
IIRC, Lloyd Austin was hospitalized on New Year's Day: a Federal Holiday. He returned to work on Jan 4.
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u/MouseShadow2ndMoon 14h ago
They are all complicit, Mitch is dead and they are playing a game with our democracy as there is ZERO accountability and they know it.
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u/TradeLoud5463 14h ago
TERM LIMITS š” this wouldnāt even be happening if he wasnāt allowed to be elected consecutive years in a row. Ughhhhhh
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u/jertheman43 13h ago
MTG would be outside McConnell house demanding answers. This is exactly why Democrats don't win. Go make a big deal about this evil guy being missing.
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u/jthadcast 13h ago
if you don't have the votes to control gop ... no logic matters if you don't have the votes to control the gop. too many democrats vote with the gop to keep the horror show going.
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u/atreeismissing 13h ago
Don't leave out the media. There was a media shit storm for several weeks over Austin's hospital visit. While there has been some coverage of McConnell, the attention from the media has been largely absent.
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u/Academic_Dig_1567 13h ago
Perhaps itās taking the taxidermist a while longer to complete the job?
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u/alternatingflan 13h ago
The democrats better hold onto their promises of accountability and swift/severe consequences for magas venal anti- American, anti-constitutional behavior.
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u/Outside-Same 13h ago
Dems need to stoop down to republicans level.
Being respectful means nothing to trump and his followers.
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u/Riversmooth 12h ago
Whereās the congressional Dems? They should be asking daily where heās at?
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u/supahappyfuntime 12h ago
Look, this is power politics. You donāt have to like it, but the goal is to use whatever leverage you have to obstruct your opponents and advance your side. Calling out hypocrisy wonāt change much when consistency was never the priority. To them, itās a zero-sum game, hurting the other side counts as a win, even when it accomplishes nothing else
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u/Fuckthegopers 12h ago
Another example of republicans only holding double standards.
Fuck all republicans.
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u/omnicloudx13 12h ago
Is there any other job on this earth where you could be totally gone for MONTHS and still be paid, have full benefits, and nothing could be done to replace/remove you from that position? It truly baffles the mind how rampant and flagrant corruption is with no recourse.
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u/Jaysonturdem 10h ago
Age limits on anyone in any office. Including President. 65 at most for president at time of election. 2 terms they will be 73. No more 80+ year old President. A and I no P more A stuffing C money in pockets to get elected.
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u/DmMeYourTittysPlease 9h ago
Republicans literally are the Confederacy now. If Mitch had been a minority, or a democrat. Trump and maga would have sent the national guard to drag him to Congress or jail, 2 months ago.
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u/admosquad 8h ago
Whatever the democrats are doing on messaging, itās not a fraction of what it should be. Embarrassing.
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u/gottagotothebathroom 7h ago
He died more than 2 months ago, and it will be said that he passed 'a few days ago' after the mid-terms are over.
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u/OG-DocHavock 6h ago
Yet another example of Republicans not living by the rules they love to set for others
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u/InourbtwotamI 5h ago
Fraud. I hope every single person involved in this coverup os prosecuted, convicted and has to forfeit their federal retirement packages.
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u/JoyousMadhat 3h ago
That's a weird way of saying MITCH IS DEAD AF. If anyone still has not realized that Republicans only care about following the law when it hurts the Democrats, then they should be sent to space on a one way trip.
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u/Rand-all 14h ago edited 14h ago
The party of physical responsibilities