unless he is plugged in and how do you prove he was incapacitated the entire time? They have this all planned out. It's a practice for when trump is dead. Autopen for the win.
Just appoint a Dem into his seat! The country already knows he's dead! Dems have got to quit letting Trump walk all over them! Stand up and say it, WE KNOW MCCONNELL HAS BEEN DEAD THIS WHOLE TIME, AND WE'RE THRU PLAYING YOUR GAMES!
At first, I thought he should, too. But if we're playing the long-game here, keeping that seat vacant would be better than having a Republican elected and them passing the SAVE Act. Even if he appointed a Democrat to the seat and they took him to court over it, it might be resolved with time enough to pass the SAVE Act. That would screw the whole country.
I hear you, but a Senator on a vent can't be used for us either. It's in complete violation of even the most basic medical ethics, even if, as many suspect, McConnell himself would be thrilled to obstruct our government as much in death as he did in life.
Agree… I’ve listened also… So if you “have your hands tied” quit issuing Meaningless dribble… Just shut the fuck up and stay in your office and quit stomping your feet and issuing ultimatums. This is shown that he is weak and unwilling to push the edge and we don’t need that it’ll never push back against MAGA.
You have a good point and I agree. I am furious with Democrats right now. We need bold moves and stop with the stupid.. But if Democrats knowingly break the law and it gets overturned, we look like them and FOX will make sure of it. They have way more money to spin this. We do not have a brilliant electorate that can parse out the differences.
It’s just optics to look like he attempted to do something. It’s too late. MAGA will get what they want via cheating as usual. Our Democratic party needs more politicians like Ossoff.
Of course they will. And today, Cornyn and company agreed to vote yes on Todd Blanche if Trump would forget about his slush fund. As soon as Todd's approved, trump will renege on that deal and they will act shocked and outraged.. It's like they all take turns playing this role to save their failing careers. Then business as usual.
Ossoff is great! He should run for President. The way he questioned that one guy tRump wanted wouldn't say Biden won in 2020. Ossoff kept going after him to answer his question.
Leaving the seat empty is fine by me…. No appropriation bill goes thru because without his vote it won’t s 14-14…. Gives Dems more power in negotiations.
Also makes any vote harder for Repugs to ram thru.
A special election would be costly and time consuming. He wasn’t going to run again. There aren’t enough days left before November 3. We think it’s better to have the vacancy and one less MAGA vote. So now he can’t vote on the very important Appropriations Committee! It’s tied. We also think, since McConnell was given CPR, he is either comatose or in cold storage at the morgue. If he’s at the morgue it’s immoral, unethical, and probably illegal.
The Appropriations bill would still be in committee not on the floor of the entire Senate. Our son used to work for a Democrat in the Senate so we asked him to explain this.
Is there ever a time anything, simply ANYTHING, that is investigated and acted on quickly????!!! Why, oh, freaking God, does every single issue drag on day after freaking day????!!! The salaries of governors and every member of the government are astronomical!!! What the he'll do any of them do to earn it AND all the perks??? Does anyone notice how many people enter Congress with everyday citizen finances, just to find how quickly we see in a short time they are now millionaires, hardly doing any work of substance, living in nice residences in DC, car services, and definitely not cooking dinner or carrying bag lunches!!! The people they represent struggle and they pretend to sympathize while lives like kings in DC and at home!! Sickening!!! WAKE UP, AMERICANS!!! We, yes, we, are allowing this with no repercussions to them!!! Stand up! Call them!!! Say put up and support us or get out of the cushy lives WE are paying for!!!!!
I agree Jo Ann. I didn’t start following politics until the pandemic, then I got fierce about following them! They have more days off than school kids. They don’t have to show up for votes, they can claim medical issues, like Tom Kean, but don’t call in? Like would your boss be ok with you missing months with no call in, but he still gets the paycheck, & so does his staff. Dems, Republicans, independents, any of these lawmakers should have to adhere to the same rules that everyday people do, along with no free health care, for life! They don’t have to rely on Social Security, they are set for life! This needs to be reined in. I’m so disgusted by all their lack of actually working, but I’m sure some of them do, & actually have Americans backs, but I feel like they are few & far between. Thanks for letting me blow off some steam!
He needs to appoint a progressive Dem Socialist in there. Or just leave the seat vacant, indefinitely. Mitch would have pulled no less, if situation was reversed.
This belated response by Beshear is deeply disappointing and troubling. This should be regarded as a “Merrick Garland” type delayed response to an important issue. This issue could have been easily rectified as to the health or existence of Mitch McConnell weeks ago.
I belive moscow mitch purposefully set this whole thing in motion some time ago before he was taken ill or incapacitated to ensure the repugnantcants maintain their slight majority. He's good at deceit and this is just the kind of thing he likes to do. I hope his evil will be gone soon. Enough already.
If McConnell is dead/incapacitated I would like to see legal action taken against his staff.
And his wife, Elaine Chao. In Kentucky it's a felony to cover up a death.
And the money Chow and staff have been taking all this time!
These people that have been blowing smoke up peoples butt, now should face legal action for stealing the tax payer’s money.
Yes. Agree. Is Mitch still getting paid? Getting healthcare? Etc. If he has been dead, that is fraud.
If he’s braindead but being kept alive on machines, he’s technically still alive.
unless he is plugged in and how do you prove he was incapacitated the entire time? They have this all planned out. It's a practice for when trump is dead. Autopen for the win.
Subpoena medical records,
Those will get Epsteined
Is this the final final ultimatum or just the final ultimatum?
Yeah like Trump negotiating ending the war 22 times.
Just appoint a Dem into his seat! The country already knows he's dead! Dems have got to quit letting Trump walk all over them! Stand up and say it, WE KNOW MCCONNELL HAS BEEN DEAD THIS WHOLE TIME, AND WE'RE THRU PLAYING YOUR GAMES!
It's the final ultimatum before the final ultimatum
Including Trump, Vance, and all of the liars and grifter’s.
It’s definitely the ultimate penultimate last last last chance. For today.
A monkey can write a letter.
Extremely disappointed in Beshear for not following through on his promise to call a special election today as he promised he would.
On the bright side, Beshear has self-selected himself out of any future presidential election.
At first, I thought he should, too. But if we're playing the long-game here, keeping that seat vacant would be better than having a Republican elected and them passing the SAVE Act. Even if he appointed a Democrat to the seat and they took him to court over it, it might be resolved with time enough to pass the SAVE Act. That would screw the whole country.
I agree with you!
I hear you, but a Senator on a vent can't be used for us either. It's in complete violation of even the most basic medical ethics, even if, as many suspect, McConnell himself would be thrilled to obstruct our government as much in death as he did in life.
Yes, 1 less Repub.
As an Australian I've listened to Beshear explaining why he can't.
It's true. The fact that they can get away with this is infuriating. We cannot go on the verbal "honor agreement" any more. There is no honor.
Agree… I’ve listened also… So if you “have your hands tied” quit issuing Meaningless dribble… Just shut the fuck up and stay in your office and quit stomping your feet and issuing ultimatums. This is shown that he is weak and unwilling to push the edge and we don’t need that it’ll never push back against MAGA.
You have a good point and I agree. I am furious with Democrats right now. We need bold moves and stop with the stupid.. But if Democrats knowingly break the law and it gets overturned, we look like them and FOX will make sure of it. They have way more money to spin this. We do not have a brilliant electorate that can parse out the differences.
A form of survival of the fittest! Natural selection! How evolutionary.
It’s just optics to look like he attempted to do something. It’s too late. MAGA will get what they want via cheating as usual. Our Democratic party needs more politicians like Ossoff.
I agree!
Of course they will. And today, Cornyn and company agreed to vote yes on Todd Blanche if Trump would forget about his slush fund. As soon as Todd's approved, trump will renege on that deal and they will act shocked and outraged.. It's like they all take turns playing this role to save their failing careers. Then business as usual.
Ossoff is great! He should run for President. The way he questioned that one guy tRump wanted wouldn't say Biden won in 2020. Ossoff kept going after him to answer his question.
Leaving the seat empty is fine by me…. No appropriation bill goes thru because without his vote it won’t s 14-14…. Gives Dems more power in negotiations.
Also makes any vote harder for Repugs to ram thru.
I’m good with that.
A special election would be costly and time consuming. He wasn’t going to run again. There aren’t enough days left before November 3. We think it’s better to have the vacancy and one less MAGA vote. So now he can’t vote on the very important Appropriations Committee! It’s tied. We also think, since McConnell was given CPR, he is either comatose or in cold storage at the morgue. If he’s at the morgue it’s immoral, unethical, and probably illegal.
And I'd add that it's immoral and unethical if they're keeping him on a vent to avoid declaring him dead.
When there's a tie doesn't the VP cast the deciding vote?
The Appropriations bill would still be in committee not on the floor of the entire Senate. Our son used to work for a Democrat in the Senate so we asked him to explain this.
Is there ever a time anything, simply ANYTHING, that is investigated and acted on quickly????!!! Why, oh, freaking God, does every single issue drag on day after freaking day????!!! The salaries of governors and every member of the government are astronomical!!! What the he'll do any of them do to earn it AND all the perks??? Does anyone notice how many people enter Congress with everyday citizen finances, just to find how quickly we see in a short time they are now millionaires, hardly doing any work of substance, living in nice residences in DC, car services, and definitely not cooking dinner or carrying bag lunches!!! The people they represent struggle and they pretend to sympathize while lives like kings in DC and at home!! Sickening!!! WAKE UP, AMERICANS!!! We, yes, we, are allowing this with no repercussions to them!!! Stand up! Call them!!! Say put up and support us or get out of the cushy lives WE are paying for!!!!!
I agree Jo Ann. I didn’t start following politics until the pandemic, then I got fierce about following them! They have more days off than school kids. They don’t have to show up for votes, they can claim medical issues, like Tom Kean, but don’t call in? Like would your boss be ok with you missing months with no call in, but he still gets the paycheck, & so does his staff. Dems, Republicans, independents, any of these lawmakers should have to adhere to the same rules that everyday people do, along with no free health care, for life! They don’t have to rely on Social Security, they are set for life! This needs to be reined in. I’m so disgusted by all their lack of actually working, but I’m sure some of them do, & actually have Americans backs, but I feel like they are few & far between. Thanks for letting me blow off some steam!
Last-minute grandstanding about what should have been done months ago!!
What's next? A strongly worded petition??
.. no… That would be the ultimate petition🤣🤣
He needs to appoint a progressive Dem Socialist in there. Or just leave the seat vacant, indefinitely. Mitch would have pulled no less, if situation was reversed.
This is a joke, right? He's likely ending his own political career for lack of a spine
This belated response by Beshear is deeply disappointing and troubling. This should be regarded as a “Merrick Garland” type delayed response to an important issue. This issue could have been easily rectified as to the health or existence of Mitch McConnell weeks ago.
I belive moscow mitch purposefully set this whole thing in motion some time ago before he was taken ill or incapacitated to ensure the repugnantcants maintain their slight majority. He's good at deceit and this is just the kind of thing he likes to do. I hope his evil will be gone soon. Enough already.
Call a special election already
Because he’s DEAD….
I’m betting MITCH IS DEAD. The cabal of cretins are LYING.
MTG says he's dead and I tend to believe her!
💯🎯👍🏼
They will announce it after he's been cremated.
Sorry, toothless at this point.