Kentucky should be furious!! Half represented!? Just go through the processes as if he was dead, then they’ll out themselves when they contest it.
This country is such a joke. And its not even funny.
He’s on sick leave. Which would be totally normal in Europe.
The irony here is that he gets to enjoy what he has worked rabidly his entire life to deny his fellow citizens.
Fuck this walking corpse.
Except in most American jobs you would be fired by now for being on sick leave this long
Mitch would croak so fast if he heard that Congress passed a bill giving Americans job protection for sick leave equal to the length of his absence.
He’s already dead. He would rise from his coffin to vote nay on such a measure.
Yes, that’s one of the things that happens in this violent and inhumane nation. I now live in Europe, and I had a lot more than 75 days of sick leave when I had my amputation. I still have my job and my employer isn’t mad at me in the slightest, because here it’s understood that shit happens and that’s life.
Now the orange felon has made it nearly impossible for americans to leave because the world hates our guts even more. I’d be embarrassed to even go to another country without a short that just says SORRYYYYYY on it.
I certainly would be careful about saying you’re American if you go on vacation abroad. But I’m a long-time expat, and I can tell you if you behave well and you integrate in the society of your choice, people know the difference between ugly Americans and those who choose to be better.
The world isn’t reddit/lemmy, most people aren’t going to say or do anything unless you act like an asshole.
Hypocrisy.
Do European leaders keep their authority if they go MIA for months on end?
Yeah, if what was happening to Mitch wasn’t so exceptional in America then this would be a non issue.
Americans, btw, what’s happening to Mitch is just what happens to ANY PERSON AT ALL in most countries when they are suffering from severe long-term illness and disability.
Nevermind that regardless of any other factor the absence alone for such a long time means that the ethical thing to do would be for him to resign.
Most countries that have figured out people have worth beyond the bottom line.
Yeah, if what was happening to Mitch wasn’t so exceptional in America then this would be a non issue.
It would still be an issue because (a) Kentuckians are missing half of their Senate representation, and (b) because his death is obviously being hidden for bad faith political purposes, to illegally deprive Kentucky’s governor of his right to appoint a replacement.
Yes, fair
i was told there would be something called “checks and balances”!?
Except that most people in most countries are retired by age 75 and therefore wouldn’t be “off” on sick leave in the first place.
But yes, otherwise, the point stands.
the Harp bs was probably realesed to distract from it
Everything all the time is a distraction from the two only two things that really matter:
- The upcoming rigged mid-terms and the final entrenchment of the American fascist regime.
- The Epstein files.
Maybe that CIA plane to Moscow was returning his remains.
He’s just resting
He’s pining for the fjords!
Isn’t it the good thing that a Republican is refusing to give up his seat, so that another one can’t vote?
For the anti MAGA team, isn’t this a good thing?
I read that the reason it’s being hidden/blocked is because it’s pretty likely the republican seat could go to a democrat seat if they allow the seat vacant, due to who would be electing the special election for the position, thats why they plan on just waiting until he naturally is removed from seat instead to allow for a proper vote. They would rather be down a vote than be down 2 votes.
you forget (or maybe just unaware) they are casting votes for McConnell via proxy.
So not only are they refusing to give up the seat to deny the special election from taking place and potentially lose it to the Dems, they are also casting votes for a corpse.
The only vegetable the FDA has yet to recall.
He made a large enough campaign contribution that they never will recall that one.
And yet he gives me the shits more than anything else.
Hes dead
Accuttaally He’s on life support and being flipped twice a day to prevent the corpse from infection
Still waiting for anything to actually come from it AND be able to finally officially celebrate
Just celebrate now. Worst case scenario is he’s not actually dead but will be soon, so you can celebrate twice!
YeahI know. Maybe if I find another bottle of bubbly to try out
Maybe he moved to Moscow
He absolutely has to be, or at least has such brain damage he cannot function properly. They wouldn’t go through so much to hide his state like this.
They’re hiding the entire state of Kentucky?
I guess I’m good with that.
Evil continues to win.
Because good ppl keep doing nothing.
I was just talking about this for my fiance last night. I can guarantee you that it won’t be long after the election that he will have suddenly died in the hospital. My opinion is that he’s probably just being kept on life support, brain dead.
As a non-USian I properly don’t care. You guys over there have far greater problems than this.
Mmm I don’t know about that, if anything this either reflects or is one of their biggest current problems.
There’s a good chance this Senator is dead, if not he certainly can’t serve as a Senator. That’s being disregarded and/or covered up.
That’s a serious issue within their government.
That’s a serious issue within their government.
Put it on the pile…
Exactly. This is just an amusing symptom of a much more serious problem.
How about we all do the same and receive the same benefits… oh right none of us are a corrupt asshole that has received gifts and funding from every shitty company that has been poisoning us and the planet!
I think the turtle is dead
At this point the deadline has passed for it to matter for bye-elections. If he was dead why wouldn’t they just say so. The whole thing stinks, it hasn’t made a lick of sense from the start.
At this point the deadline has passed for it to matter for bye-elections.
Well fuck. I hope there’s still time for the hello-elections!
The actual issue is that we didn’t know when to pop the bottles.
lol
They can’t announce it too quickly or else it’ll look suspicious… well, more suspicious than this shit already looks. They think they’re pulling a sneaky
This exactly it. Plus the Kentucky Governor said they’re are loop holes they can use if he is dead, so they are delaying for as long as they can. Which likely means until the next GOP person can campaign and run for senator.
Could be brain dead and they are working on a technicality. Definitely have enough money and resources to keep a pseudo-corpse around for quite awhile.
Nope! Chuck Testa.
Considering what Republican US senators do, his absence makes exactly zero difference.
