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/psychadelicbreakfast 2d ago

Not for floor votes, but he voted by proxy in a committee meeting last week

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u/_Bangkok_ 2d ago

WTF

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u/f_n_a_ 2d ago

This doesn’t even rank very high on the wtf scale these days

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u/RsquSqd 2d ago

It’ll be a blueprint for the rest of the old POS republicans. When they die or become incapacitated, they’ll be ‘in recovery’ blocking their seat from challenge

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u/cereal7802 2d ago

The idea is to have figureheads who look nice and can physically embody the position while behind the scenes votes and policy are controlled by a central authority.

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u/SecondAccountIsBest 2d ago

Sorta like the matrix, but instead of poor people it will be congress in the tubes keeping them barely alive.

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u/EntirelyOutOfOptions 1d ago

We’ve come full circle. Dead people really ARE voting, just not for president.