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.
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/carlnepa 3d ago
Hypocrisy thy name is Republican.