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.
I say we see how long we can keep someone alive on machines.
I wish they’d confirm it so I can celebrate already.
Firmware update didn’t take?
How can we expect them to take care of us (U.S.) if they won’t even take care of each other???
Just give him the goldfish treatment already.
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?
I mean yeah, it’s the weakness party. They’re afraid of women, afraid of melanin, and of course very proudly afraid of God.
Their entire psychology is built on a foundation of fear demanding power to feel safety it can never deliver. They are violently delusional.
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?
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.
Hey hey, be fair, he stole two supreme court seats. The third was pretty solidly in the middle of Trump’s term.
So, what are you going to do about it? America used to be great because Americans used to actually get out there and be the change…or fight for it. Now y’all just whine on websites.
So, what would you do about it?
Vote, and get people to vote in the primaries, because that’s where your real voice is.
dO sOmEtHiNg says the European who is likely also having their government bought by far right corpos
First of all, America was never great. That’s a MAGA lie.
Second of all, anybody in the USA who posts about “fighting for it” is either being deliberately vague about decorating cardboard signs, or won’t be posting anywhere for much longer.
It’s easy to romanticize an armed rebellion when it’s not actually your own family at risk. Half of the people who realize what’s happening are leaving, like Einstein did.
And violent revolutions are kind of a roll of the dice. Sure, you could have a glorious outcome. But you are just as likely to have a bunch of scared people turn to whatever warlord promises them security.
There has been only one truly revolutionary movement and that was Haiti. We see how that turned out. The rest of the revolutions are just money fighting wealth.
If by rolling the dice you mean never in history getting the results you want in the end, then yes. Totally rolling those dice to crap out again.
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?
This theory is off base.
The law is for when the vacancy occurs, not when it is disclosed.
If he’s dead before the 2nd Tuesday in August, it doesn’t matter if they wait longer to announce that.
Basically they’ll need to prove he was able to do senator stuff the days leading up to their disclosure date in order to meet the no election deadline.
What’s the August 2nd date about? Do we check yearly whether a senator is dead or something?
I’m pretty sure it’s Aug 5, but it’s 90 days before the midterm election. Kentucky has a law where if a Senator vacates office before that, the Governor (currently a Democrat) appoints a replacement to finish out their term. The conspiracy theory is saying that they’re hiding the fact that he’s unfit to serve in order to keep their slim majority in the House until at least January.
Hypothetically if McConnel did die and they were able to keep it under wraps till, say August 15th - would a snap election occur at that point or would it be viewed that the deadline was missed?
I’m also curious if this has ever occurred before to serve as precedence for now. 302 senators have died in office in the past, so it’s a lot to try and look into I think.
“302 senators have died in office in the past” … really shows how the Senate has too many old bastards staying in office too long. They should be retired while they fade away into death, instead of making important decisions for the country that they will never have to worry about the consequences of.
If I understand it correctly, the law (passed just before Bashir was inaugurated) actually says there should be a special election called by the governor. However the state’s constitution says the governor picks the replacement
Tell them that. Pretty sure they’re not above lying and covering it up.
You can’t cover up a time of death, especially if you need to prove the office is not vacant.
But you can keep the guy on life support and refuse to let anyone see him saying while he is being apprised of what’s going on, he’s too weak to take on visitors right now, so just trust us bro.
Then he has vacated the office and there would be an election held.
I want to know specifically who decided to use the word ‘astonishing’ in this headline?
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.
Kentucky does gubernatorial appointment, but I agree with the sentiment wholeheartedly.
They switched to special election in 2024, so the Democratic governor would not be able to choose a senator.
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.
Laura Loomer has said that he’s brain dead
Decide for yourself how much credibility you give her
Takes one to know one.
Yes, but what about his current state?
She speaks from experience.
But he’s always been brain dead.
It’s is exceedingly difficult for a medical professional to differentiate between brain death and just being a republican representative.
points at Fetterman
Republicans cheating? No way.
Anyways, it sucks we have to wait for traitors to die of old age in this country.
