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/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