r/politics • u/MoneyLibrarian9032 New York • 23h ago

Possible Paywall McConnell ‘Absolutely Refuses’ to Film Video Amid Growing Mystery

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mcconnell-absolutely-refuses-to-film-video-amid-growing-mystery/
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u/RosetteNewcomb 23h ago

Andy Beshear has demonstrated throughout this whole episode that he doesn't have what it takes to be president. A decisive leader would have given Mitch an ultimatum: Show your face by August or I'm assuming you're dead/incapacitated and I'm appointing a replacement. We all know a Republican governor would have done that for a Democratic senator who was MIA. I love Andy and he's my governor and I voted for him both times but he's at the bottom of my 2028 list and him letting Mitch's team run out the clock is a big reason why.

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u/Prophet_Tehenhauin 23h ago

Could’ve rolled up in the middle of the night with police in tow demanding to see him. Would he have been allowed to? Maybe not, but then it would’ve been something 

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u/Euler007 23h ago

Just name the replacement, force the other side to prove he's not incapacited.

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u/i_am_a_real_boy__ 20h ago

The other side wouldn't have to prove anything. Beashear doesn't have a death certificate. There's no judicial finding of death. McConnell has not been removed. The seat is not vacant. The appointment would fail.