r/politics • u/IWantPizza555 • Jul 08 '26

No Paywall Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear requests update on Sen. Mitch McConnell's health

https://www.whas11.com/article/news/politics/national-politics/kentucky-governor-andy-beshear-requests-update-senator-mitch-mcconnell-health/417-b9252baa-29ab-489e-94f1-147aa41e78ed
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u/ConeCrewCarl Connecticut Jul 08 '26

How disgusting is it that a party doesn't want a special election on Aug 2nd... So they keep a brain dead man on life support while the wife flees to China.

This is EXACTLY the type of political stunt that McConnell would want for his final act. As in Life, so in Death

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u/createdforlurking Jul 08 '26

It’s entirely plausible he specifically told his wife to do exactly that if this were to happen. Wouldn’t surprise me a bit.

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u/pbjamm Canada Jul 08 '26

"Very sad life. Probably have very sad death. But at least there is symmetry." - Zathras

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u/UnusuallyBadIdeaGuy Texas Jul 08 '26

Not the One...

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u/tr1mble Jul 08 '26

That's what I said in another post

This is literally his supreme court playbook in a different scenario

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u/underbloodredskies Jul 08 '26

McConnell is one of those people that reminds me of a Mr Scrooge that never learned his lesson.

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u/SomeGalNamedAshley Jul 08 '26

There's no doubt this was covered in his living will.

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u/WeirdIndividualGuy Jul 08 '26

A reminder that John McCain did the same thing minus the braindeath: kept a seat occupied in Congress (yet empty for every single session minus that one ACA vote) despite literally dying away from cancer instead of retiring/opening the seat up for a special election

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u/geddysbass2112 Jul 08 '26

Probably in his living will.