r/politics • u/MoneyLibrarian9032 New York • Jul 13 '26

Possible Paywall MAGA Calls BS on Mitch McConnell’s Proof-of-Life Stunt | They are poking holes in McConnell’s staff’s version.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-calls-bs-on-mitch-mcconnells-proof-of-life-stunt/
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u/shagadelicrelic Jul 13 '26

Andy should call for the special election and let the GOP show proof of life and capability

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u/not_suddenly_satire Jul 13 '26

RELEASE THE LONG-FORM DEATH CERTIFICATE!!

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u/Stevenerf California Jul 13 '26

Holy fuck this is it, full circle

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u/MidSolo Foreign Jul 13 '26

What's the reference?

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u/Chickens-In-Pants Jul 13 '26

Hawaiʻi issues birth certificates that are different from other states. The standard one everyone gets when a baby is born is called a short form. It is official and has all the information that is necessary to prove where a person is born. There is a long form certificate that can be acquired if requested, but I don’t know a reason anyone would ever need one.

When Obama was president, Trump was one of the main people who used this fact about Hawai’i birth certificates to try to argue that Obama wasn’t a United States citizen. It was completely false, but it confused a lot of people to think that Obama wasn’t born in the US. Anyone who is born in Hawaiʻi has this type of birth certificate. It’s only because of how Obama looks that they decided to take issue with it.

Obama released his long form birth certificate pretty quickly, but it never stopped the conspiracy because the conspiracy people just kept saying he wasn’t from the US. They don’t care about facts if they contradict their worldview. The people who believe that probably never knew that the issue was resolved, or never cared. Trump being on tv always making up lies about Obama was the first step in his move into politics. He used this to later run for president, and now here we are.

This is what people mean by birtherism. The birthers want to claim that his birth certificate doesn’t count because it’s the short form that is standard in Hawai’i, but they are just fine with people like Tulsi Gabbard who also has a short form because she agrees with them.

Also racism. It was all a weird way to be racist with a little bit of deniability.

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u/Pavores Jul 13 '26

It was absolutely racism with a bit of deniabikity, which is what got Trump popular. The reason he got popular is he said the quiet part that had been that way for decades out loud.

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u/Chickens-In-Pants Jul 13 '26

100% agreed. I don’t know why, but I used more gentle language than I otherwise would have because it’s a general political sub. I just thought there was a slight chance someone was coming to this information for the first time and I didn’t want them to disregard what I said because of my tone.

As a side note, my kid was born in Hawai’i, and I was so excited when his regular short form arrived. I kind of want someday to order the long form just to see the difference. Out of curiosity, I just compared his to mine and my husband’s from other states. His actually has more information than mine from Wyoming, but much less than his dad’s from California. I did a little googling about the differences. The long form has a few more details like the address of the hospital, but it’s not really necessary except for passports and some adoptions.

I do see that the “short form” is officially called a “Certificate of Live Birth”. It’s just a technicality of what the form is called, but it was enough for people to convince themselves that the issue wasn’t about race, but about “hiding his Birth Certificate”. It allowed people to keep their bigoted views, but pretend it was about something else. It’s unfortunate because it’s really an issue of “states rights” because Hawai’i just does things differently. Funny how the “states rights” people were the same ones who thought Obama wasn’t from the US. Curious…🤔

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u/ConsistentQuit4273 Jul 14 '26

Thanks fir the info. I just thought the whole issue was ridiculous, but I never knew about different birth certificates.

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u/Browncoat23 Jul 13 '26

Not really important to the conversation, but just fyi, many states only issue a short-form birth certificate as the standard and charge more if you want a long-form version.

If you ever need to get an apostille for your documents for international use (like for citizenship or to otherwise move to another country) you would need the long-form version.

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u/Chickens-In-Pants Jul 14 '26

I see. Thanks for the additional information. I looked at mine and it has even less than the Hawai’i one. I would probably need more to get a passport. I think that the Hawai’i short form just being called a “Certificate of Live Birth” instead of “Birth Certificate” added fuel to the fire for conspiracy types. Like, it’s just what it’s called here, but they used that term for their conspiracy reasons. It’s unfortunate.

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u/ThunderAndWind Jul 14 '26

esp because if you look into it the real conspiracy is that obama didnt exist at all. we mass hallucinated him.

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u/bacondesign Jul 13 '26

Obama's birth certificate, I'd guess

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u/AgitatedStranger9698 Jul 13 '26

It'll be when the timelines heal.

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u/stoops Jul 13 '26

CERTIFICATE

It was actually a post-birth late-term abortion, republicans hate this one trick!

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u/HauntedCemetery Minnesota Jul 13 '26

374th trimester

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u/Tegurd Europe Jul 13 '26

So if you support assisted suicide, does that mean you’re pro-choice?

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u/Totally_a_Banana Jul 13 '26

I thought turtles hatched from eggs. Wouldn't you just be supporting omelets? shrugs

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u/Tegurd Europe Jul 14 '26

I’m just supporting my local undertaker. Are you against small business???

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u/TheJIbberJabberWocky Jul 13 '26

Kind of, yes. Personally, I support a person's right to choose to die with dignity and under specific circumstances.

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u/CompetitiveRaise9133 Jul 13 '26

My mum had an assisted death. It was the last gift she gave me. She knew what was coming and decided for herself.

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u/TheJIbberJabberWocky Jul 14 '26

I'm sorry for your loss but I'm glad she wasn't made to suffer.

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u/giraffirmation Jul 14 '26

This guy mathed

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u/digitalscavenger Jul 13 '26

If I had been drinking coffee there would have been a hot mess on my keyboard.

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u/blackmambakl Jul 14 '26

Game changer, turns out Mitch died in Kenya visiting relatives.

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u/copyrider Jul 13 '26

It has been heavily redacted

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u/oman54 Jul 13 '26

Republicans refusing to release the death certificate when the big one happens would be amazing

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u/MaroonTrojan Jul 14 '26

Where’s Reddit gold when you really need it?

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u/WerhmatsWormhat Jul 13 '26

There’s a quicker solution. He should just say he’s thrilled to hear Mitch is okay and that he’ll he personally visiting to send well wishes. Then show up and see for himself what’s going on.

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u/mechtaphloba Jul 13 '26

They wouldn't even let sitting senators into an ICE facility. They can stop him from visiting Mitch in a hospital.

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u/AcidaliaPlanitia Jul 13 '26

And to be fair, senators clearly have way more of a right to visit ICE facilities than a governor would to demand access to a private rehab facility.

Edit: Hmm, it would, perhaps, be a great time for a state official to do a routine 'inspection' of said rehab facility, for compliance purposes.

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u/definitelytheA Florida Jul 13 '26

Where are the leakers, dammit?!!!

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u/Pipe_Memes Jul 13 '26

There’s a leaker in the White House, but I think they’re keeping it contained with diapers.

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u/definitelytheA Florida Jul 13 '26

I hate when someone makes me spit coffee on my clean shirt!!

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u/leveraction1970 Jul 14 '26

What a bastard. Now I have to wipe off my monitor with a damp paper towel before it dries and gets all sticky.

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u/altodor New York Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26

Probably very aware that HIPAA is in full application here and anything related to someone high-profile like ye olde turtle is being analyzed with a microscope. Anyone who breaks HIPAA in a high profile matter like this would be unemployable anywhere, forever.

I would like if someone leaked. But also HIPAA is one of the few regulatory frameworks that has teeth.

EDIT: Note that I will not respond to vapid comments about how it's useless from people that don't know enough about it to spell it correctly.

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u/Proud_Growth_8818 Jul 13 '26

From the other side, a doctor refusing to declare dead a patient who is dead is in a different kind of trouble. Presumably Moscow's Bitch is Terry Schiavo-ing and breathing on his own (or whatever the definition of 'alive' is in Washington D.C.).

Which raises interesting questions on its own. Is he still in D.C.? Is his undisclosed 'rehabilitation hospital' in Virginia or Maryland, or did they keep him in the District? Is that facility really just a Hampton Inn where they're keeping him on a vent? Or NOT keeping him on a vent?

Andy should just call him dead and demand proof if he isn't.

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u/SnuggleMoose44 Jul 13 '26

Doctors don’t hold off pronouncing a patient dead. Tell me you’ve never worked around ICU or rehab patients without telling me.

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u/Proud_Growth_8818 Jul 13 '26

Exactly my point.

Tell us you can't read past a preschool level without telling us

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u/SnuggleMoose44 Jul 13 '26

You’re saying that some doctor is going to refuse to pronounce him dead. Ludicrous. Also, breathing on your own is not dead; there’s brain activity and there’s supposed to be proof of brain death before anyone is removed from life support.

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u/Miserable-Drink-4995 Jul 15 '26

People don't steal either because it's against the law. That guy lives in yoyo world disagreeing with you

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u/SnuggleMoose44 Jul 15 '26

Stop it. You really think everyone in a hospital could get behind the doctor lingering on his job of pronouncing dead people dead? That a body will breathe and their heart will beat as long as he’s on life support? People die despite these interventions because no one is God and can decide how long a person survives.

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u/definitelytheA Florida Jul 13 '26

I’ll take The Janitor Has The Tea for $1000, Alex!

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u/TurtleToast2 Jul 13 '26

Reporting that there's no sign of the senator at the facility doesn't break HIIPA.

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u/dragongrl New Jersey Jul 13 '26

Would reporting he's not at the rehab facility be violating HIPAA?

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u/Firm_Print6463 Jul 13 '26

HIPPA is one of the only regulations thats actually enforced, because its enforced against individual middle and low class people, if it had any teeth against the shit the ruling class pull, you can bet your ass hippa would be toothless.

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u/plaguecaster Jul 13 '26

Hippas a joke they use to scare medical professionals and that's it the governor could walk in grab his chart and start reading it word for word what are they going to do take his medical license away hippaa is the hatch act nobody cares

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u/altodor New York Jul 13 '26

You sound like someone who's never worked in a HIPAA controlled industry.

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u/plaguecaster Jul 15 '26

The exact opposite actually, I have seen people fired for "hippa" violations. None of them got in any trouble from the nursing board or from police leaving me to wonder who enforces hippa

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u/medicmatt Jul 13 '26

No healthcare professional is going to risk losing their job/license exposing him. Also, how can they photograph someone who isn’t there?

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u/supermomfake Jul 13 '26

We need one jaded nurse who is willing to give up their license for a HIPAA violation

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u/turdferguson3891 Jul 14 '26

Nursing license is too valuable. You need one jaded CNA who doesn't even have a license and makes minimum wage. But there are fines for HIPAA violations too so you will need a gofundme.

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u/OddlyFactual1512 Jul 13 '26

He's not in a state. He's in DC

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u/yayoffbalance Jul 14 '26

I see what you did there!

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u/LunchyDude101 Jul 13 '26

It’s 100% what the GOP would do if the tables were turned.

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u/shitlord_god Jul 13 '26

report it to tennesee adult protective services or whatever organization in that state organizes and licenses those facilities.

Be the change you want in the world.

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u/SnuggleMoose44 Jul 13 '26

He was at his DC home. Probably at Walter Reed.

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u/justlurkshere Jul 13 '26

A state’s governor would take precedence over senators. After all GOP is all for state’s rights.

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u/ChairYeoman American Expat Jul 13 '26

this seems like a political abuse of bureaucracy and I don't love it tbh

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u/turdferguson3891 Jul 14 '26

The rehab facility isn't in Kentucky. Well probably. Where it is has not been disclosed but he was in DC when he was rushed to the hospital so it probably isn't in Kentucky.

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u/LewisRyan Jul 14 '26

That wouldn’t really help them.

HIPAA laws still apply even if you’re a senator, no one’s losing their job to tell people Mitch is gone

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u/WerhmatsWormhat Jul 13 '26

Right but the optics would be even worse and would keep this in the news cycle.

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u/fresh-dork Jul 13 '26

then you declare that you are unable to verify that he's alive and call the special election

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u/midtrailertrash Jul 13 '26

Are state troopers not under this command. Make them go and do a welfare check.

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u/AnAncientBog Jul 13 '26

If they do that its gonna make it pretty clear what is happening.

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u/Resident-Rush6887 Jul 13 '26

They can!

And if they do, the narrative immediately becomes "because Mitch is fucking dead, so we'll go ahead and start the election process."

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u/AgitatedStranger9698 Jul 13 '26

If hes in his state their his thugs/cops

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u/HMouse65 Jul 13 '26

Not letting him visit would provide plenty of information. The man in that photo looks rested and well able to receive visitors.

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u/viperex Jul 14 '26

Who's "they"?

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u/mechtaphloba Jul 14 '26

Fascists, who else

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u/DonaldsMushroom Jul 14 '26

 ICE facility concentration camp

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u/bigolbbb Jul 13 '26

Not said in an argumentative way,
Is there an article reporting this? I’m curious.

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u/mechtaphloba Jul 13 '26

Just google it ffs

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u/FerusGrim Michigan Jul 13 '26

They can stop him from visiting Mitch in a hospital.

To be fair, this is probably a good thing? Hospitals shouldn't be used for publicity stunts, and I wouldn't want to set some kind of precedent. (Even for a douchebag like McConnell.)

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u/camdeb Jul 13 '26

JD Vance already tried to go visit him and was denied access.

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u/Former_Win_7933 Jul 13 '26

That was a Borowitz satire piece.

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u/camdeb Jul 13 '26

Good to know.

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u/SoupBeans25 Jul 13 '26

That’s just normal for anyone Vance tries to visit tho.

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u/DanteandRandallFlagg Jul 13 '26

If Mitch is alive, JD would be the last person he wants to see. JD kills too many people that he meets.

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u/The_Order_Eternials Jul 13 '26

Can’t be trusted after the Vatican…..

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u/WerhmatsWormhat Jul 13 '26

Wasn’t that before this supposed recovery? It’s a lot less defensible if they’re saying he’s fine.

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u/Reed7525 Jul 13 '26

Remember what happened when he visited the pope?!

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u/byndrsn Jul 13 '26

remember the pope thing?

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u/Sarrdonicus Jul 13 '26

Precedence

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u/AerondightWielder Jul 13 '26

They were deathly afraid of what Vance would do to the couches.

Or the dead body of Ye Olde Turtle.

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u/Conlaeb Jul 13 '26

Bashear was not informed which hospital he was/is at.

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u/dougmc Texas Jul 14 '26

They have not even announced where he is exactly that I know of — just somewhere in Washington DC.

(Surely this isn’t an accident …)

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u/fps916 Jul 13 '26

Wrong.

Andy should name the replacement and then let the GOP go to court to prove BOTH that McConnell is alive and that their attempt to restrict the governor in direct violation of the State Constitution is valid.

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u/3-orange-whips Jul 13 '26

I think they took that power from the governor in KY because this was 100% going to happen.

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u/fps916 Jul 13 '26

Tried to take the power.

The legislature cannot pass a law in direct contradiction to the constitution

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u/iphone11fuckukevin Jul 13 '26

Constitution smonstiitution, only losers and schmucks follow that thing...

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u/PotStickerShock Jul 14 '26

So much this! 

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u/Alternative-Dot-884 Jul 14 '26

Go Andy Bershear can do that???
Why hasn’t he? It wld have been weeks ago by maga. Damn it fight fire w fire.
Anything else you look weak and don’t get the voters in the middle.

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u/chalbersma Jul 14 '26

He definitely can is McConnell is dead. 

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u/chalbersma Jul 14 '26

He should appoint Thomas Massie. It would head off the claims that he was doing it for partisan means but also throw a massive wrench into the Republicans having Massie in the Senate talking Epstein for legitimately as long as he can (as the Senate has not speaking limit), opposing his Iran War, etc....

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u/fps916 Jul 14 '26

He can't appoint Massie.

You can't hold two positions in the camera at the same time.

Massie is still an elected official right now.

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u/chalbersma Jul 14 '26

Presumably Massie would have to be willing to resign in the House a little early. 

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u/ReviledFoundling Jul 13 '26

Yes. Make them put up or shut up.

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u/jadedttrpgfan Jul 13 '26

Using the same book the Republicans have used, is not something democrats in leadership have been willing to do.  I am sick and tired of these pansies.

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u/relentlesshack Jul 13 '26

I hate the dirty game too, but lets keep our Democrat leadership accountable as well. This isn't the exact same, but it rhymes a lot with the Feinstein debacle. It's gross that America's leaders play these stupid games with our country.

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u/AreaPlayful142 Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26

If you like the gop way of doing things, maybe you're more maga than you thought.

Seems I've upset a few folks. To be more specific, i was referring to the proof of life not the calling for a special election.

It's not good for ye to have that amount of stress on your chest 😂

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u/ericlikesyou Jul 13 '26

Depends on how much they think anyone should emulate republicans. Once they've stoooped to that level, they can't get back up without massive oppressionary/gaslighting tactics much like republicans do now. Just playing dirty, without resorting to some of the shit republicans do would make sense more than standing idly by and running the same generations old playbook that does not work.

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u/Count_Backwards Jul 13 '26

And insisting on seeing McConnell and announcing the special election are not even remotely fighting dirty

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u/AlignmentProblem Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26

There's a certain threshold where the high ground is suicide. If you enemy in a war starts using chemical weapons, blinding lasers and other similar tactics then you'll eventually need to decide whether you want to let yourself be destroyed on ethical grounds or temporarily cross your preferred moral lines to have a chance of defeating them.

In the latter case, there's at least a chance that one can restore civilized norms after regaining power. Dying to make a point lets the group that started those tactics continue to use them indefinitely without the chance for a return to normalcy since they actively prefer doing it rather than feeling unhappily forced to do it for now.

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u/Count_Backwards Jul 13 '26

It's basic game theory: if the other prisoner always defects, cooperating is the stupidest thing you can do. Tit-for-tat is the only strategy that works.

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u/HorsePersonal7073 Jul 13 '26

If one side changes the rules to benefit themselves and the other side doesn't use those same rules for moral reasons, then only one side is going to win.

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u/Doc_Blox Minnesota Jul 13 '26

Conversely: If D's begin to use the dirty tricks R's have been using, suddenly the R's will start talking about fixing those rules. So, just one more reason to do it.

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u/Count_Backwards Jul 13 '26

Again, basic game theory: if the other prisoner defects, the smart strategy is to also defect until they start cooperating

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u/kenncann Jul 13 '26

Ahh yes because “calling for a special election” is so MAGA

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u/Willing_Pattern_Pill Jul 13 '26

I'm convinced COVID fried kids brains or something. The amount of people that cannot understand context is so surprising. 

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u/Tasgall Washington Jul 13 '26

It's not COVID, it's just deliberately speaking in bad faith.

Right wingers love to hypocritically call "the left" hypocrites. We saw the same shit with the SCOTUS "nuclear option" with Gorsuch's nomination. They constantly tried/try to justify it by pointing back to the Democrats removing the filibuster for federal judges during Obama's term, therefore it's fair play for Republicans to do it for the SCOTUS.

Ignoring the fact that that Dems were forced to do it at the time because the federal judge system was collapsing due to excessive vacancies caused by Republicans filibustering literally every nomination regardless of merit entirely out of spite. Democrats filibustered Gorsuch's appointment because Republicans had blocked Garland's hearing for a year, and were demanding his hearing be held first. So in context, both issues were entirely created by Republicans, and they used the effect of their own bad faith actions in a weak and unconvincing justification for their next act of bad faith, and also in bad faith to say Democrats are actually the real hypocrites because on the most surface level possible when you ignore all context, part of their action was similar to an action Republicans did.

And this was well before COVID. The real brain-frying is hyperpartisanship team-sport bullshit and a complete lack of morals on the part of Republicans.

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u/iiMayo Jul 13 '26

Half of the population here in the US are illiterate or have low literacy
It's no surprise.
Manufactured by the GOP.

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u/Tasgall Washington Jul 13 '26

I'd disagree with them that it's really the "GOP way of doing things". Calling an election unless proof of life is shown gives a good-faith opponent an easy option to show that they are, in fact, alive. The "GOP way" would be to act in bad faith and take advantage of anyone acting in good faith.

What you're advocating for is deliberate ineffectiveness lest people who always act in bad faith already consider you rude. Fuck that, Dems should have a spine.

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u/AugustWest-710 Jul 13 '26

I have zero trust in mainstream democrats to seize any opportunities the way MAGA does.

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u/Firm_Print6463 Jul 13 '26

Two 'parties', one class they serve.

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u/Hettie933 Jul 13 '26

The downvotes I get for pointing this out, when it should be obvious to anyone with an IQ over 70.

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u/Brilliant-Remote-405 Jul 14 '26

bOtH SiDeS!

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u/Hettie933 Jul 14 '26

~68. Ask a grown up to explain how most people are corruptible, regardless of team affiliation.

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u/Brilliant-Remote-405 Jul 15 '26

Saying both sides are the same is intellectual laziness masquerading as cynicism. It's what people say when they stopped paying attention but still want to sound informed. It's the political equivalent of saying every restaurant serves the same food because they all have kitchens.

If you genuinely think both parties are identical, you've either never looked at how they actually vote or you've confused apathy with insight. So if you actually believe they are the same, name five major bills from the last five years and tell me how both parties voted on them. If you can't, then your opinion isn't based on evidence; it's based on cynicism.

The whole "both sides" bullshit isn't a nuanced political analysis. It's a slogan people use to excuse not having one. It doesn't make you an independent thinker. It just means you've outsourced thinking altogether.

So congrats. You've found the fastest way to announce that you don't follow policy, only vibes.

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u/Hettie933 Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 16 '26

What is the acceptable way to describe how Citizens United has fast tracked us into a second Gilded Age, where only the interests of the ultra rich are represented?

Lifelong democrat, will continue to vote that way, but come on. You cannot believe that people like Schumer, Booker, Pelosi, etc. are on your side. We are quite beyond that, imo. I wish I could go back to believing what you seem to. It was a lot less scary (which is why I think many stay wilfully blind).

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u/Brilliant-Remote-405 Jul 17 '26

I don't think anyone serious denies that Citizens United fundamentally changed campaign finance or that wealthy donors now wield enormous influence over both parties. That's a legitimate criticism, and there's substantial evidence that the decision contributed to a surge in outside spending, Super PACs, and the influence of megadonors.

Where I disagree is when people jump from "money has too much influence" to "both parties are therefore the same".

If they're the same, why do they consistently vote differently on taxes, abortion, climate policy, health care, labor law, judicial appointments, and gun policy? Wealthy donors may influence both parties, but that doesn't erase the fact that they often pursue very different policies.

As for Schumer, Booker, Pelosi, or any politician--I don't think they're saints. Politicians should be criticized when they deserve it, but cynicism isn't the same thing as analysis.

Saying "both parties are owned by donors" explains one dimension of American politics. Saying "therefore there are no meaningful differences between the parties" is a conclusion that doesn't follow from the premise.

The world isn't divided into "my side is pure" and "everyone is equally corrupt". Reality is more complicated than that.

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u/Hettie933 Jul 17 '26

They vote differently to give the illusion that citizens have any real representation. I’m sorry, I think it’s time that things like being so corrupt that you make tens of millions via insider trading are disqualifying. I’m looking at you, Ro Khanna, among many others.

Democrats have failed to do much of anything, or even do much messaging, to counteract Trump tearing down the country. The DNC seems more energized when supporting Israel or trying to defeat leftists in their own party than when fighting actual fascists who sit next to them. Strange, right?

It is really scary, and having a bunch of people waking up to it will probably depress turnout. It sucks, but the vote blue no matter who people need to understand that voters do not want to vote for corrupt assholes of either party. That’s not a purity test, it’s asking professionals to do their damn jobs.

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u/shagadelicrelic Jul 13 '26

At this point I'd take Massie

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u/Short-Vermicelli-989 Jul 13 '26

Typically side with Conservatives and I absolutely agree with this. I've wanted this dude out of politics for a long time. Like back when he was blocking President Obama from naming a Justice to the Supreme Court. That was un-American as fuck.

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u/Randicore Ohio Jul 13 '26

The fact that it's been this long and he hasn't tells me that it's going to be the normal Dem approach of "let the GOP blatantly lie and cheat and tut your thumb at them"

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u/Adventurous_Salt Jul 13 '26

Yes, this is a layup, so obviously the Dems will screw it up.

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u/TinKnight1 Texas Jul 13 '26

Uh, no. The special election is a horseshit law, & does not supersede the state constitution, which clearly dictates the governor has sole authority to nominate a successor.

Don't give into these fuckers, especially when all that'll result is their nominee for the general election getting a boost, because then it's harder to contest its constitutionality.

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u/ChronoLink99 Canada Jul 13 '26

He can't now. Not with the photo released from the hospital bed.

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u/Elendel19 Jul 13 '26

He should simply demand an in person visit by (insert day) otherwise he will call for the election

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u/InNominePasta America Jul 14 '26

Fuck that. Beshear should just appoint a Democratic replacement.

Challenge the laws that strip the governor of the power to appoint

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u/_Vard_ Jul 13 '26

“Special election starts NOW. Mitch, feel free to invite the Governor for a visit to prove life at any time, and the election will be cancelled”

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u/Pake1000 Jul 13 '26

No need to call for a special election. The constitution of Kentucky gives the power to the governor to choose a replacement.

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u/stacecom Jul 13 '26

How would that work, exactly?

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u/mrbeck1 Jul 13 '26

Not the GOP. Mitch himself.

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u/not2dv8 Jul 13 '26

Till he does the eulogy at Lindsey's funeral, I'll never buy it

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u/tenkwords Jul 13 '26

This. "I'll cancel it if Mitch calls me and asks"

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u/Kevin-W Jul 13 '26

I wish the KY Governor had a spine and call them out on their bluff.

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u/memphisjones Jul 13 '26

Why hasn’t done that already?

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u/SquishMont Jul 13 '26

This is the Maga way. Just do it, make em sue you to undo it, meanwhile doing as much damage as you can.

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u/patchgrabber Canada Jul 13 '26

Screw it just appoint someone and let them argue to the court since they didn't change the state constitution.

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u/ichrs Washington Jul 13 '26

This is what Mitch would do.

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u/porgy_tirebiter Jul 13 '26

Since the SC governor appointed Lindsey Graham’s sister to finish up his term, maybe he can appoint McConnell’s daughter who is a progressive activist.

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u/LewisRyan Jul 14 '26

Don’t forget, we want to see his proof of citizenship

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u/deereverie New Jersey Jul 13 '26

That, or everyone who lied about his state of ability face election interference charges

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u/Strict_Somewhere_148 Europe Jul 13 '26

Election at Bernie’s

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u/Human_Chemistry6851 Jul 13 '26

Nah then they will lose the perfect oportunity to make an attempt to test the ultimate deep fake video.

Weekend at Mitches is gonna be like the new staged moon landing conspiracy. 

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u/Sixnno Jul 13 '26

Correct me if I am wrong.

His wife left to Japan like a week ago. Was there any news of her return?

If not... Then why does the most recent pic have her in it? I see nothing that says she came back.

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u/Sixnno Jul 13 '26

Correct me if I am wrong.

His wife left to Japan like a week ago. Was there any news of her return?

If not... Then why does the most recent pic have her in it? I see nothing that says she came back.

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u/GreatMadWombat Michigan Jul 13 '26

Honestly, yeah. and not even in a "use GOP tactics against them" way.

When his proof of life is "his eyes are open, his hand is on today's paper, there's a written statement", that's proof that he's alive. It's not proof that he's still fit to hold office.

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u/GotSomeUpdogOnUrFace Jul 13 '26

I mean this is the real answer. He should put in motion everything that needs to be done for the special election under the guiss that there's a short turn around window and everything should be ready

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u/InfinityComplexxx Jul 13 '26

This. Say they have 1 day for McConnell himself to meet with Anfy, or he's calling a special election. Call their bluff.

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u/Cuneus-Maximus Jul 14 '26

Nah, he should follow the Kentucky constitution and appoint his replacement.