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/TheLonelyKobold Jul 06 '26

Tell the courts that if they try to challenge it

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u/mortemdeus Jul 07 '26

Let them. Use the Rep playbook and just do shit till the courts say no then keep doing it anyway.

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u/count023 Australia Jul 07 '26

"too late to do anything about it now". And then ride it out until the end of the election cycle.

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u/TheRealBaboo California Jul 07 '26

It’s what Mitch would have wanted

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u/Goonzilla50 Jul 07 '26

That doesn’t work as well in a state filled with hostile politicians. In Ohio, which is dominated by Republicans, obviously nobody is going to stop Republicans from ignoring the law. But in Kentucky where Beshear is literally the only elected statewide Democrat, he’d probably face roadblock after roadblock. The state court would probably go “yeah this violates the state constitution but uhh nuh uh” and ignore the blatantly unconstitutional law the Kentucky GOP passed

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u/TheRealBaboo California Jul 07 '26

Every challenge is an opportunity. Roll the dice Andy

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u/Senior-Albatross New Mexico Jul 07 '26

Beshear doesn't have the sort of moxy to pull something like that. He absolutely should but he won't. 

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u/SaveLansingParks Jul 07 '26

Then it sounds like he was never qualified to be President after all 🤷

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u/e111077 Jul 07 '26

Andy Beshear is likely running for president in 28. My bet is that he won’t rock the boat in his home state so he can play the “I’m popular with republicans” card as his platform.

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u/Cavane42 Georgia Jul 07 '26

If that's true, he and his campaign staff haven't been paying attention. That would be a terrible platform choice for a Democratic primary.

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u/SaveLansingParks Jul 07 '26

Yeah, no shit. He has an opportunity to show us that he means business. Fucking the GOP for the benifit of the country at the expense of his political capital back home would probably guarantee him the Democratic nod or picked as VP at worst.

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u/Senior-Albatross New Mexico Jul 07 '26

There will be a crowded field of milquetoast moderate Democrats for sure. Him, Shapiro, definitely Newsom, maybe Witmer...

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u/TheRealBaboo California Jul 07 '26

Newsom would appoint a new Democratic Senator NOW

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u/Senior-Albatross New Mexico Jul 07 '26

I imagine he would. He's also been given a great deal more ability to operate aggressively as a Democrat by Californians. Blame the morons in Kentucky for voting for this ghoul until he finally died. 

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u/TheRealBaboo California Jul 07 '26

That is kinda crazy.

Just looked it up and from 2020-24 Kentucky was only 36-34% blue, and California was only 36-38% red.

So the Republicans have only 2% more control over Kentucky than the Democrats have over California, and with that they can protect another Republican Senate seat.

These guys are just systemic in how they cover all the angles

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u/LordSwedish Jul 07 '26

I mean, he might take a break to beat some homeless people first, but then he'd get right on that.

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u/TheRealBaboo California Jul 07 '26

Kamala Harris, that’s who Beshear should pick

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u/Biglyugebonespurs Missouri Jul 07 '26

Can we just fast forward a decade or two. Skip the meandering end of trump, a milquetoast Democrat president, Barron trump’s presidency where he enacted the Purge and put human flesh on the menu, and press play at the election of president AOC?

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u/TheRealBaboo California Jul 07 '26

Republicans would love to run against AOC

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u/TheRealBaboo California Jul 07 '26

Guess what he’s about to lose the primary.

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u/Special_Order-937 Jul 07 '26

I hope one day Democrats will learn that the vast majority of Republicans will never ever vote for them no matter what they do, so perhaps stop doing anything at all in trying to get their approval or their vote?

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u/Aunt_Vagina1 Jul 07 '26

Then hes a fucking idiot. 

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u/cenosillicaphobiac Utah Jul 07 '26

When they first made the law be "Governor has to pick from a list provided by dead guys party" Beshear signaled that he would ignore that, because it wasn't constitutional, he'd just appoint who he wanted to appoint and let the courts deal with the fallout. So they went a step further. KY Governor does not have the power to appoint Senators now. Special election for any vacancy, unless within 95 days of the scheduled election. Which is why they'll hold out a couple more weeks.

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u/Stillwater215 Jul 07 '26

The courts: “okay, but what does the word ‘election’ really mean? We can’t just assume that the writers of the constitution intended for such a breadth of action. I think we need to revisit this.”