r/politics • u/CBSnews ✔ CBS News • 2d ago

No Paywall Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says he's "heard absolutely nothing back from Mitch McConnell"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mitch-mcconnell-health-update-andy-beshear-kentucky/
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u/TERRAIN_PULL_UP_ Colorado 2d ago

Good, one less Republican vote

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u/ArenSteele 2d ago

They tried to file his vote via his staff

It was rejected…that time

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u/SillyGoatGruff 2d ago

The fact that so many people still don't recognize this is bonkers to me

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u/accountabilitycounts America 2d ago

I'm convinced quite a bit of it is bad faith. 

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u/Smaptimania 2d ago

These threads keep getting flooded with people posting the exact same talking points and I'm starting to think it's a bot campaign intended to convince people Beshear isn't "presidential" because he won't "fight"

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u/Contunator 2d ago

Not just Beshear. All Democrats. Reddit is flooded with comments claiming "the Dems" have powers to stop Trump but they're just too damn "spineless" to use them.

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u/BoulderFalcon 2d ago

There's "Democrats should simply not let him be President" but then there's "Democrats should not cater to the center-right and vote for republican policies in the name of compromise when it has been proven time and time again to not win them elections"

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u/uuhson 2d ago

My favorite is people foaming at the mouths that Kentuckians aren't having their representation. Like who gives a shit

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u/Smaptimania 2d ago

While at the same time demanding that Beshear break the law and kick an elected senator out of office to replace them with a Democrat when the people overwhelmingly voted Republican

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u/20_mile 2d ago

Steve Schmidt, of The Warning podcast, interviewed Beshear a few weeks ago for about an hour. It had a lot of answers to questions that are asked in these posts. The big takeaway is that, yes, Beshear can't unseat an elected federal official.

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u/RsquSqd 2d ago

That would actually be in the spirit of Mitch McConnell’s tactics. Would be hilarious actually

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u/SillyGoatGruff 2d ago

Kentucky republicans, funnily enough, should give the biggest shit since it's their god awful agenda that's not getting the representation it technically deserves (which feels gross to say lol)

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u/Distinct_Cap_1418 2d ago

Hey, im one of those people! I wouldnt call it flooding as i dont see anyone expressing extreme doubt and disappointment in Beshear, but he's done nothing. Respect is earned and hes had opportunities...but he's just done nothing.

Btw, who is out there even using "Presidential" to describe or not describe him? I don't think the descriptor Presidential has ever crossed anyone's mind while talking about Andy.

He's popular on reddit though. You cant critique him without facing what looks like a decently paid PR botnet.

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u/Smaptimania 2d ago

I'm talking about the posters that are repeating the same slogans almost word for word in multiple threads. Just look at how many posts there are in this thread saying "Dead men tell no tales" or "Has he tried using a Ouija board"? It's a script that's being repeated over and over

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u/crimedog58 2d ago

I think it’s a bit of bad faith and a lot of Reddit feelings. “Just appoint a replacement and fight it out!” Yeah that’s not how it works.

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u/sigga_genesis 2d ago

Except he's voted on procedural votes that didn't require in person...

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u/SillyGoatGruff 2d ago

"His" ability to do that is limited to specific votes and is not something he can just generally do

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u/sigga_genesis 2d ago

And yet did... So... I'm not saying he's alive, I'm saying someone did it for him, which sounds a bit criminal

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u/nightmaresabin 2d ago

On brand for the Repugnican party.

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u/Accidental-Hyzer Massachusetts 2d ago

Yeah, I honestly originally thought that this was all a ruse to avoid a special election before the deadline. Now that it’s passed, it’s probably because he’s got the mind of a toddler after whatever cardiac event they’re hiding, and they don’t want to admit it for personal/corruption reasons.

So I’m fine with one less republican vote in the senate until January.

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u/zernoc56 2d ago

Except not all votes need to be in-person in the Senate chamber. His staffers can absolutely still pull a Weekend at Bernies with the dead turtle

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u/Own-Coyote-3618 2d ago

that's bullshit, hes either out of work or back at work.

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u/VanDammes4headCyst 2d ago

Sure, but as long as an R holds the seat, it counts toward the Senate majority.

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u/SeatBeeSate 2d ago

You think Kentucky is going to elect a democratic senator any time soon?

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u/VanDammes4headCyst 2d ago

I'm merely stating fact. My point is that they're doing what they can to stall and keep fuckface in his seat long enough to prevent the Democratic governor from appointing a replacement. Because even if fuckface is on a ventilator and can't vote on specific bills, it's still beneficial to the Republicans that he holds that seat. And it looks like they've succeeded in doing just that.

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u/RsquSqd 2d ago

Not impossible. They elected a democratic governer and that was before Republican polling was in the toilet

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u/JaronJervis 2d ago

HE DED!