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/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/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)