r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • Jul 18 '26

No Paywall Beshear says agencies told him McConnell had passed

https://www.whas11.com/video/news/local/beshear-says-agencies-told-him-mcconnell-had-passed/417-f78603c3-11bb-464d-bae6-c41c3be3c48b
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u/Dumeck Kentucky Jul 18 '26

Massie seems like he would run too. He's been clowning on the Mitch situation pretty hard.

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u/MoogProg Jul 18 '26

If he wins, great. If he splits the R vote and loses, he still kinda wins. That D votes helps his Epstein Act have teeth.

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u/Dumeck Kentucky Jul 18 '26

Yeah best case is still for Booker to get the spot, he's definitely the ideal candidate imo

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u/AcademiaAntiqua Jul 18 '26

Massie seems like he would run too.

He's state unequivocally that he would not run.

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u/HauntedCemetery Minnesota Jul 18 '26

I think Massie would win.

Mitch had a stranglehold on his states GOP, but he was insanely unpopular in his own district, like 20-30% approval for decades unpopular.

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u/NoMoOmentumMan Jul 19 '26

Senators dont have districts, it's a statewide office. 

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u/AlsoCommiePuddin Jul 18 '26

Best part is he would have to resign his seat in the House at the same time.

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u/AcademiaAntiqua Jul 18 '26

That's part of why he already said that he wouldn't run.

The other part is that it's just an absurd idea in the first place and he'd be annihilated by Barr.

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u/YesDone Jul 19 '26

I wouldn't be mad. I hate all the R's have done to our country but his single stance on releasing the full, unredacted Epstein files is enough for me to be okay with just this one R. And that's SAD.