• shittydwarf@piefed.caOP
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    1 month ago

    “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.”

    https://www.rawstory.com/mitch-mcconnell-2677159427/

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      1 month ago

      Can someone explain how this blocks Massie from disrupting a seat?

      First of all, isn’t Massie a republican? (Though redeemingly anti-trump)

      Second, doesn’t this just push the election back a couple months? Are they just trying to delay the inevitable?

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        Massie is the other KY senator, not the governor. Andy Beshear is the governor, and he’s a Democrat.

        A few months gives them time to purity test a few viable candidates and astroturf them to the voters.

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          That’s good and all, but what does that have to do with a special election to replace McConnell? That’s what I don’t get

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            1 month ago

            @wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz massie being a KY senator instead of rep.

            im starting to feel like im talking to a wall, willful playing the fool, or you’re just so far out of your depth you should go away

            oh. i just looked at your profile

            my mistake for engaging with the troll, folks.

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      1 month ago

      The criminal pedophile & corpse party rides again. If this were a Democrat the Republican’s would bus millions into DC again and stage ANOTHER violent march.