McConnell was rushed to the hospital in mid-June for an undisclosed medical reason, with his spokesperson David Popp issuing a vague statement regarding the reason for the hospitalization. It wasn’t until last week that media outlets learned McConnell had been discovered “unconscious” at his home and had to be administered CPR for potential “cardiac arrest.”
It remains unclear why McConnell’s staff refused to share details, but some, including independent journalist and crypto commentator Adam Cochran, have a theory.
“In Kentucky, a special election to replace a Senator will NOT be called if it’s closer than 3 months till the next election,” Cochran wrote Saturday in a social media post on X. “If McConnell’s condition is clearly unfit for office, they’d hide that to avoid being forced to submit a resignation letter until after that date.”
“So all they have to do is drag their feet until [the second Tuesday in August], then tell you that he didn’t make it,” Cochran continued. “And in turn block Massie from disrupting an otherwise safe Republican seat.”
David Morris, a journalist and author, also appeared to endorse the theory with a brutal jab at McConnell and his legacy.
“Mitch McConnell remaining technically alive for an extra three weeks because of a manipulative procedural maneuver is exactly how he would have wanted to go out,” Morris wrote in a social media post on X.
The guy who stole 3 seats on the Supreme Court is going to wait out the clock on his own replacement even when he’s likely not even breathing on his own. Fuck everything about this timeline.
On the bright side, the fact they’re this desperate smells of weakness. Does America have the stones to exploit this to actually mount an offense against the barbarians raising America to the ground?
Lol, no.
Americans have always been loud mouthed cowards.
OK can Iron Man go ahead and do the time travel Endgame thing, so we can fix this shit?
So do I pour the drink now or wait until they admit it? Will we know the exact day they pull the plug? Did we already miss the appropriate day?
Laura Loomer has said that he’s brain dead
Decide for yourself how much credibility you give her
Takes one to know one.
She speaks from experience.
But he’s always been brain dead.
It is exceedingly difficult for a medical professional to differentiate between brain death and just being a republican representative.
points at Fetterman
Yes, but what about his current state?
In my opinion if an elected official can’t respond to a request for physical proof of fitness for the job by those they supposedly represent then they should automatically be removed from office and elections for a fit replacement is called.
What you are suggesting is the norm in every western country in the World.
However, in the US anything goes.
You might consider fixing that.
Kentucky does gubernatorial appointment, but I agree with the sentiment wholeheartedly.
Republicans cheating? No way.
Anyways, it sucks we have to wait for traitors to die of old age in this country.
lil’ bitch clung to power until he died. And every decision he ever made was to further his own self-interest, or hurt others. A true piece of shit. May he never know peace. May his soul remain forever fragmented and separate from the eternal ethereal coexistence we all will one day share. May he wander forever alone and afraid.
he could be technically alive. just enough. he might be kept technically alive for a while yet.
it’s probably hell in whatever remains of his mind. a nightmare two months long.
I’m voting for the Prometheus ending.
On repeat. Every day. Forever.
At least Prometheus did something useful…
One of the finest posts I’ve ever seen on the internet
Can’t somebody file a lawsuit to compel them to produce their representative?
We’ll have to ask the Supreme Court…
Ahh, 5 to 4, huh?
I want to know specifically who decided to use the word ‘astonishing’ in this headline?
“So all they have to do is drag their feet until [the second Tuesday in August], then tell you that he didn’t make it,” Cochran continued. “And in turn block Massie from disrupting an otherwise safe Republican seat.”
5 more weeks of weekend at bernie’s-ing the expired turd doesn’t sound like a fun job. I’ll take solace in that at least.
Subverting democracy to the bitter end.
Rest in piss, you evil turtle.
Can someone explain the issue here with the three months? It talks about how Massie might make a grab for the seat. What does it matter if it is a special election or regular election? What dynamic changes that makes a regular election more secure than a special election? Is it the primary process?
“In Kentucky, a special election to replace a Senator will NOT be called if it’s closer than 3 months till the next election,” Cochran wrote Saturday in a social media post on X. “If McConnell’s condition is clearly unfit for office, they’d hide that to avoid being forced to submit a resignation letter until after that date.”
According to Kentucky election law, independent candidates have until “the second Tuesday in August preceding the regular election” to file to run in the case of a vacancy that occurs after the state’s June filing deadline.
Massie lost the primary last month, in June, for the Kentucky house seat. He is not eligible to run in the standard election coming up as he did not file before June to run for McConnell’s position since you can’t run for two positions at once.
If McConnell is dead or incapable of holding office, a special election will be held and Massie could make a play for his position.
If he is declared dead with less than 3 months to go before the standard election they will just leave his seat vacant until that time.
So basically they are buying time until the 2nd Tuesday in August to block Massie from running.
Filing deadlines make sense.
It’s not lost on me that you quoted the original article… Thanks for spoon feeding me after it apparently went over my head.
I had to go back and reread it as well, which is why I quoted it since it helped explain. Your question was a good one.
Even in death McConnell apparently gets to rat-fuck the country one last time.
Could always steal the body and defile it in public.
Yeah, fuck that guy! Wait…
I mean, is it written anywhere in the Constitution that you actually have to resign once dead?
SCOTUS be like: “Are we talking democrats ore republicans here?”
