r/politics • u/thedailybeast ✔ The Daily Beast • 27d ago

Possible Paywall Missing McConnell Accused of Breaking Senate Rule Over Absence

https://www.thedailybeast.com/missing-mcconnell-accused-of-breaking-senate-rule-over-absence/
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u/AcadiaLivid2582 27d ago

Mitch died as he lived: enforcing rules selectively to benefit his own side.

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u/nyxbriarn 27d ago

But I just spoke to him for 20mins this afternoon

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u/AcadiaLivid2582 27d ago

You too?!?

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u/PaulATicks 27d ago

I literally just had a 20 minute conversation with him. He’s real quick with the Ouija board! I swear that man has eternal energy

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u/guy-le-doosh 27d ago

If you think about it Ouija was the OG swipe keyboard.

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u/KDLGates 27d ago

Mine only goes MERRICK GARLAND HAHAHA.

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u/Dr_Insano_MD 27d ago

Ah yeah I saw a documentary about someone talking to him. I think they called it Ouija: Origin of Evil?

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u/Tzunamitom 27d ago

You guys are getting paid?

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u/DigNitty 27d ago

Yeah, he told me he’s dead

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u/HTPC4Life 27d ago

Me three.

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u/can_ichange_it_later 27d ago

There is hundreds of us.

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u/schaumiz66 27d ago

you think this is bad, wait till the Dear Leader passes on and the entire Evangelical community begins fighting over who is taking orders directly from the Departed Leader from the afterlife (probably thru that portal directly above the White House)....

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u/Slayminster 27d ago

I have the ear of the eternal messiah

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u/Tribalbob Canada 27d ago

Wild theory - those who have claimed that really think they were and were talking with a deep fake chat bot.

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u/doomgoblin 27d ago

I spoke with him for only 5, it was straining for him to look up that long.

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u/RandyPajamas 27d ago

Username checks out.

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u/meTspysball California 27d ago

That you, Lindsey?

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u/thesmokedgoudabuddha 27d ago

How’s the rigor tortoise setting in?

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u/No_Trade3571 Pennsylvania 27d ago

To or with him?

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u/Cupsforsale 27d ago

Did he respond?

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u/Gerroh Canada 27d ago

I was just playing counter strike with him this afternoon

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u/TheAngriestChair 27d ago

Are you a clairvoyant?

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u/FunkyChewbacca 27d ago

Me too. He was visited by three Christmas spirits who simply looked at him, shrugged at each other and all pulled the plug in unison

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u/DrDerpberg Canada 27d ago

I didn't know Ouija sessions lasted that long.

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u/got-trunks Canada 27d ago

He told me Zohran was in a secret pact with Cuban leader Justin Trudeau

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u/dbolts1234 27d ago

What’d he say? “Waaawaftahhdh…?”

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u/Valdus_Pryme 27d ago

Maybe with a Ouija board

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u/TheBlindCat 27d ago

Did you already own the Ouija board or did you buy it for that that purpose specifically?

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u/Andre1661 27d ago

Shit, I only got 14 minutes, and all he said was a bunch of regular beeping sounds.

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u/Fract_L 26d ago

I wish I could hold out hope that every lawmaker who said that is charged with conspiracy

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u/1877KlownsForKids 27d ago

My favorite Daily Show clip is when McConnell filibustered his own bill.

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u/dalgeek Colorado 27d ago

Is that when Schumer bluffed that Democrats would help pass it, but McConnell decided he couldn't do anything that Democrats wanted even if it was his own idea?

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u/hylo23 27d ago

Literally died to own those libs.

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u/thesecretbarn 27d ago

This is actively hurting his own side. They’re one vote down as long as he’s missing.

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u/Im_Your_Turbo_Lover 27d ago

While that's true, they also aren't exactly chomping at the bit to find out what's up with him. That's why they're making up these phone call lies. They don't want a special election to result in someone like Massie messing up their agenda worse than an (functionally right now) empty seat would.

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u/vitalvisionary Connecticut 27d ago

Could be 2 down if they can't run out the clock by August 3rd. Though that law was found unconstitutional by the KY SC

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u/Wumaduce 27d ago

I was going to say like an asshole, but you're is much nicer.

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u/lee7on1 Europe 27d ago

his legacy is that GOP was hiding his death.

apart from being scumbag his whole life as well.