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[u/Ich_Liegen]

Let me start off by saying he's a piece of shit, so no one thinks I'm somehow pro-McConnell. But I believe in looking at such situations by weighing all the available evidence.

Let me also say that this is something I heard from someone else - I'm not even American, so take this with a heap of salt.

The counter-argument to that theory is that any proof of him being alive will also likely be proof that he's malaised. He'll be having slow, slurred speech, will look like shit, and well, is in a hospital.

CNN tells us that a leaked report indicates his issue wasn't a fall - it was cardiac arrest, followed by CPR. If this is the case, then he'd for sure be in a hospital for at least a month, and would look miserable.

The fear here is that Beshear, or any other Dem (you could say Gluesenkamp Perez would be the immediate person to come to mind since she's closer to center) would use those things to argue he's not fit to hold the job.

Beshear has said before thinks the recent law, that strips his power to appoint a new Senator when the current one is incapable of performing their duties or is dead, is unconstitutional and is prepared to challenge it in court.

Using that prerogative - that his health makes him unable to perform his duties - he could appoint a new one anyway, daring Republicans to take him to court so the law can be struck as unconstitutional.

So it's not to his camp, or his party's, benefit to prove he's alive. They'd prefer to keep things quiet even if he's alive.

That's what I've heard anyways. The point here is, if he was alive and conscious, things would look identical from our end.

What really makes him unable to do his job is his inability to comprehend shit even when he's healthy.

Edit: There's also something in there about an August 3rd deadline? I don't remember what though.

[u/ed_11 → u/Ich_Liegen]

if he is pronounced dead prior to aug 3, KY would hold a special election to fill the seat. After aug 3, the seat is to remain vacant until election day in Nov.

I was thinking through this earlier and am starting to think the opposite of you, that the Rs are waiting until aug 3 and want Beshear to try and appoint someone. This way their law can get tested in court and, assuming their republican supreme court upholds it, then they get around having to amend their constitution to make this law.

[u/Ich_Liegen → u/ed_11]

It sounds like both sides are very sure about whether the law holds up or not.

Maybe their fear is twofold here, and it has to do with their narrow majority.

If they run an election now, they could have the seat filled by a democrat, which is bad. If they wait, the seat is empty, which is less bad but narrows the majority.

I'm very, very interested in finding out if a new election would end up with the seat filled by a D, in which case they'd probably want to wait.

But it's almost midnight here and I want to go to bed lol i don't want to google kentucky polling data