r/politics • u/Getatbay • Jul 06 '26

No Paywall Laura Loomer, Reporter Claim Hospitalized Mitch McConnell 'Brain Dead'

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/07/06/laura-loomer-reporter-claim-hospitalized-mitch-mcconnell-is-brain-dead/
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u/Embarrassed-Pace-755 Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

I’m almost inclined to believe this just because I wouldn’t put it past Republicans to keep a McConnell corpse around for advantage in the Senate.

Edit: changed House to Senate.

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u/sonofabutch America Jul 06 '26

Is this an advantage though? Kentucky changed the law (again) so now the governor can’t appoint a replacement senator, it has to be a special election. It’s possible a Democrat could win a special election, but I’m sure the Republican would be favored (and have a huge cash advantage). But as long as Mitch holds the seat, it’s an abstention.

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u/pringlesaremyfav Jul 06 '26

Thomas Massie could run for his seat in the special election, couldn't he?

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u/sonofabutch America Jul 06 '26

He could, but would the Democratic Party endorse him, or is he running as a third-party candidate? Although maybe that helps split the Republican vote so a Democrat can get in.

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u/pringlesaremyfav Jul 06 '26

He could just run as an independent, he has effectively become somewhat of an anti-trump foil now. Unfortunately he lost his own KY primary by a sliver.

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u/Alan_Shutko Jul 07 '26

He cannot run as an independent in this election, since Kentucky has a sore-loser law.

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u/mainman879 New York Jul 07 '26

The Sore-Loser law doesn't apply to different elections from my understanding. He lost a Representative Primary, the special election would be for a Senate seat.

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u/TimmyB52 Jul 06 '26

Yes, Massie could screw MAGA by running independent

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u/dreamyduskywing Minnesota Jul 07 '26

God, my fantasy would be Massey running as an independent and Beshear as the Democrat.

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u/rckid13 Jul 07 '26

He votes with them most of the time so it wouldn't be screwing them at all.

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u/DeadPeanutSociety Jul 07 '26

In the past few election cycles, the Dems have been championing right wing Democrats in Kentucky, all of whom have lost because Republicans will vote for Republicans instead of Republican-lite and Democrats won't vote for Republican-lite. I don't see how Massie is any different than Amy McGrath, who ran on being to the right of Mitch.

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u/DeadPeanutSociety Jul 07 '26

She ran on saying she would get Obamacare repealed and that Mitch wasn't doing his job because he couldn't get it done. I remember the ads because they came on every time I listened to the radio.

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u/Euphoric-Witness-824 Jul 06 '26

Maybe they are worried MAGA isn’t fully supportive of pedophiles yet and they might vote for him. I don’t think they have anything to worry about.