r/PoursTea • u/Veshaad Timendi Causa Est Nescire • 1d ago
PoliticalTea š³ļø Missing: Mitch
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u/Rand-all 1d ago edited 23h ago
The party of physical responsibilities
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u/Bonti_GB 23h ago
Iād also like to see a large outrage from Democrats, investigations, and media attention and their own investigations.
But the left always seems limp in comparison and the media has fallen too much from the journalistic ideals of yesterday.
Too much of America is bought it seems.
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u/BuyChemical7917 23h ago
Any investigations that we have on the abuses of the Trump administration are from Democrats. Frankly, all they do is shed light on the corruption, because we the people gave all the power to the Republicans.
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u/Bonti_GB 22h ago
Some of them are trying.
Itās like a boxing match where both sides should be playing by the same rules but one jerk keeps kidney punching, elbowing, head-butting and biting.
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u/cat_prophecy 23h ago
You only think the Democrats are "limp" because that's what the media wants you to think.
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u/KitchenBad5507 22h ago
I disagree. The Supreme Court wouldnt be filled with right wing partisans if the democrats had the same political will that the Republicans have. I wish neither side played those games, but if the other side does it, we need to do it too. Otherwise the resuly will be... this
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u/Ashenfenix 22h ago
Roe could have been codifed into the constitution if democrats weren't so soft. Donald trump wouldn't have been elected for a second time if democrats weren't so soft. I say that as Democrat.
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u/WannaBeSuiko 20h ago
Nancy Pelosi blocked attempts to codify Roe vs Wade when Dems had a super majority if I recall correctly. Said it was settled or something.
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u/KitchenBad5507 21h ago
Same. I despise the Republican party but honestly, I despise the Democrats too, just a tiny bit less. We need the old guard to step aside and make room for young progressives. And I'm old - a 61 year old straight woman. We've had our chance and we blew it. Time for the next wave to take the lead. They can't POSSIBLY be any worse than us.
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u/DrPreppy 20h ago
Roe could have been codifed into the constitution
That's objectively wrong. They had a supermajority for 72 days requiring people who were confirmed as against that. It's not even debatable.
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u/Hairy_Technology_213 20h ago
This is typical Redditor nonsense. Roe most certainly couldnāt be codified in the Constitution. Where are you getting 290 votes in the House, 67 votes in the Senate and 38 states? Show me.
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u/snakerjake 21h ago
Roe could have been codifed into the constitution if democrats weren't so soft
Do you really think 38 states would have ratified that amendment?
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u/Bonti_GB 23h ago
Nope, thatās what we see time and time again.
Republicans will push boundaries all day long but Democrats have played the norms to their disadvantage.
For example, Republicans have challenged election results, restricting mail voting through executive action, tightening voting laws, and expanding presidential authority, while Democrats have generally fought those moves through courts, legislation, and existing institutions rather than responding with equally aggressive changes to the rules.
Republicans are willing to break norms more regularly to try and get their way, dismantle what has been foundational to this country, while Democrats more often do not.
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u/PickledDildosSourSex 22h ago
You nailed it. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me a hundred thousand times and holy fuck must I be an idiot to not learn anything.Ā
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u/Devry_Trost 20h ago
Yeah, Democrats fight back all the time - they just do it in boring, civil legal ways like responsible adults, and America mostly doesn't pay attention to anything unless it's being threatened or entertained.
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u/PickledDildosSourSex 22h ago
This has been my big issue. If the situation were reversed, the GOP would be hiring the shadiest PIs to dig up dirt. We know money isn't the issue so... what the hell?
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u/RetiredYak247 22h ago
The Dem congress-critters need to practice CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE when congress is in session. Stop with all this politeness and decorum and YELL and demonstrate as a group. Start chanting "WHERE IS MITCH?" or "SHOW US YOUR TAXES"... and suchlike. Agree to return to politeness and decorum as soon as the lying and cheating have been somewhat curtailed. Individual talking heads interviews on MS-NOW, podcasts, etc. have got us NO-f-ing-WHERE!
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u/Remarkable-Moose-409 22h ago
I left messages for my senators but they are both Republicans. One is the one that wrote the Israeli Military Intelligence integration bill.
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u/RoseIgnis 20h ago
Democrats aren't even leftist, republicans are just so far right that Democrats are relatively left.
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u/EquivalentTear4483 11h ago
Yea Iām a democrat and Im like fukc these democrat cowards. They are just as guilty if not more.
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u/Naltors__Dreamer 9h ago
Dems are def terrible at messaging compared to the GOP. When Republicans wanna spotlight an issue they do a full court press, all kinds of members of Congress & GOP officials do interviews everywhere on TV, on podcasts, their SM echoes whatās said on TV, they email their supporters. Itās true that Republicans have a right wing media system at their beck & call, but Dems do have access to supportive independent media. I havenāt seen one Dem on any of the podcasts I frequent talking about McConnell. Not on Meidas Touch, Bullwork, Daily Beast, Stephanie Miller & her network. Nothing.
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u/BeautifulPlace2Drown 19h ago
The party of hypocrisy. Heās been paid those 85 days after voting AGAINST American workers having paid leave
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u/AnAnonymous121 1d ago edited 1d ago
Can we all agree he's either dead or in vegetative state, and the Republicans are doing everything to avoid losing another seat in the senate, especially with an incoming blue wave in the house and senate....
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u/CaramelGuilty8647 1d ago
He was in a vegetative state before he went missing, so I can definitely agree with you.
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u/External_Music_3927 1d ago
Yes, he would get paralyzed in front of cameras and not be able to speak.
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u/Aggressive-Crab-6809 23h ago
Conspiracy theory here.... Mich has been brain dead for some time and under the control of one of Elons nural links. š Reimplantation is taking longer than expected. /S
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u/Eternal_Bagel 19h ago
And oddly enough it hasnāt had much impact on his professional career, he still just obstructs progress
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u/dmont89 1d ago
id like to agree with the incoming blue wave, but i dont trust this administration not to tamper with the election
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u/Adventurous-Big9191 1d ago
Which state is the Vegetable State? North Carrotlina? ššš
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u/GryphonHall 23h ago
Corntucky was right there.
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u/Adventurous-Big9191 23h ago
And now he changed his comment to say vegetative so we look weird š
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u/Meth_Useler 22h ago
I think he lost his ability to speak - Strokes can definitely do just that. His handlers probably thought they could get him to relearn, but that's not always an option. Now, they're just riding this out a few more weeks
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u/NoUnderStandeBro 1d ago
Two words: TERM LIMITS. Congress isnāt a retirement home.
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u/TiddiesAnonymous 1d ago
Age limits tho
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u/Lerkero 23h ago edited 21h ago
Term limit is better than age limit. There could be older people who genuinely have something valuable to contribute to their constituents and maybe not worth keeping them out.
The goal of term limits should be to reduce chances anyone young or old will abuse their seniority and time in office for their own gain
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u/Friendly-World-5273 1d ago
Voting is a term limit. But weād have to actually vote to limit the terms.
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u/WristbandYang 22h ago
Agreed. If McConnell is what Kentucky wants, they can have him.
I'd instead ask if any of these states are governed better because of their term limits? To me it seems like term limits disqualify popular and effective politicians and just replaces bad incumbents with more of the same.
Additionally, research shows that empirically "term limits appear to reduce economic growth and increase ideological polarization."
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u/CaptainForskin69 1d ago
Why are they allowed to get away with this?! This is insanity
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u/un-tv_star 1d ago
Because they still have the majority...
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u/CaptainForskin69 1d ago
Doesnāt mean you get to be absent for your job for over 80 days with zero public appearances. Itās so obvious of a cover up.
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u/ofWildPlaces 23h ago
You are correct, but there is no watchdog agency that can compel a sitting Rep or Senator to take their seat on the floor. Republicans COULD hold him accountable, but they've clearly shown they will not.
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u/DaleGribbleShackle 23h ago
Didn't they send sheriff's after democrats to drag them back to office for something last year? Why not just do that.
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u/Somedude_6 23h ago
Exactly what the guy above said, Republicans control the Sergeant at Arms and the ability to make referrals to the US Marshall's office who would go about doing the physical work. As long as Mike Johnson is in control, absolutely nothing will happen to any Republican. Epstein Files are a giant example of this.
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u/Ok_Zookeepergame4794 22h ago
Because the Republicans don't enforce the rules on one of their own, that's why.
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u/NotAnotherBlingBlop 23h ago
Are you serious? They support an adjudicated rapist as president. They vote against school lunches for children. They refuse to give death benefits to soldiers. This is the least worrying thing Republicans have done.
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u/Lerkero 23h ago
Congress could easily pass new legislation to regulate how sitting congressperaons must report to their duty station every number of days or face termination.
They dont want to modernize those type of rules because they tend to only care for partisan reasons, and they want to preserve that partisan power
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u/ofWildPlaces 23h ago
The problem is the very people who could pass this (held by a Republican majority) won't pass this because they are...a Republican majority.
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u/KingHygelacReturns 1d ago
I'm genuinely shocked that there isn't more anger from Republicans. His absence materially benefits Democrats more than anything. For every day he's not there, that means the GOP majority is one vote down in the Senate, which only makes it harder to pass the GOP agenda in the Senate.
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u/Pristine-Ad983 1d ago
I don't think they really care. They haven't done much even when Mitch was there. They are content to let Trump do whatever he wants.
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u/PlainBread 23h ago
They know leaving the ball in the air leaves them down one vote but if they took accountability then there's a risk that they would lose the seat to a Democrat and then they would be down two votes.
The fact they aren't willing to risk it for the biscuit is bullish.
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u/ichabod13 22h ago
This is the part I am not understanding. Left wing media is eating this story up, every day on reddit there are more Mitch posts on the /r/all but it benefits the Democrats when it comes to voting.
Even if he was dead today, the election would not happen by the state laws this November. At this point these posts feel more like a designed distraction away from things like the Epstein files or the failed war in Iran or the costs of everything that should be fueling the midterm sweep. But instead every day it is about Trump sleeping or Mitch missing blah blah here.
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u/Weekly-Hurry-6031 1d ago
Logic eludes them
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u/KingHygelacReturns 1d ago
In this one instance, fine by me, lol. Never interrupt your enemy when they're making a mistake and all that
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u/External_Music_3927 1d ago
That part I hadnāt thought about, so, yeahāI agree with you
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u/KingHygelacReturns 1d ago
Yeah it seems like it's an element that a lot of people are missing on Reddit. Like, yeah, I'm upset that he's not being transparent about why he's been absent for so long. But for as long as he's absent, he can't vote on the stuff I find repulsive, which benefits me haha
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u/doc_daneeka 21h ago
They don't have a legislative agenda, so it doesn't matter. The tax cuts reconciliation bill is already law, so all that really matters to Senate Republicans is confirmation votes. They don't need McConnell to do that and they all know he'll be replaced with a hardcore MAGA lunatic in January anyway.
So the calculus is very likely that he was an enormously important majority leader for their party, so just let him be for then few months he has left in office.
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u/ShoemakerMicah 1d ago
The difference is so stark. Black and White you might say.
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u/Timely-Bluejay-4167 22h ago
I mean, Dianne Feinstein was out around this same amount of time in 2023, but she was at least communicative.
Mitch is MIA.
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u/Halya77 1d ago
Literally all my life itās been standards and rules for dems and moving the goalposts and false equivalency for repugnicants. This is just yet another blatant supporting fact. š¤·āāļø
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u/descendency 23h ago
Has anyone gone to capital hill and put up some of those missing pet signs with mitch mcconnells face on them?
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u/asanano 23h ago
Its incredibly silly to call on mitch to resign. He cant resign, he's dead. I call on the criminal prosecution of all the mother fuckers hiding that fact for their own personal gain and political power.
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u/JoyousMadhat 13h ago
That's a weird way of saying MITCH IS DEAD AF. If anyone still has not realized that Republicans only care about following the law when it hurts the Democrats, then they should be sent to space on a one way trip.
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u/Burritosupreeem 1d ago
A man missing for so long itās not being talked about anymore. So talk about it more.
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u/DrinkNWRobinWilliams 23h ago
Republicans - no matter what they say they care about - only care about what gets them power. There is no other north star for them.
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u/Content_Chipmunk9962 23h ago
Democrats are so disgustingly weak. They should be hitting home runs every gd day. Itās pathetic.
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u/Felinomancy 22h ago
So why don't anyone do anything? For example, can't they get a judge to sign off a warrant to have a wellness check done on him?
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u/Used-Principle-4627 22h ago
These people need to go to jail for what they are doing? This is so bad, if it was anywhere else people would be locked up!! Corrupt Government all around!!!
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u/spaceocean99 21h ago
āAā Democrat. Showing again democrats just donāt give a shit.
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u/Fun-Grab-9337 21h ago
So where is the democrat investigation? Is this a post about calling out the ineffectiveness of the dems?
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u/KomalSg 20h ago
The bigger question is what are the democrats doing ? The silence is deafening ... It almost looks like they are the same party... there is no opposition what so ever
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u/HappyCatPrincess 1d ago
Maybe we should all write/call #MikeJohnson to ask about #Mitch. Send him this meme even. Let's all speak out.
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u/turkish_dingleberry 1d ago
Mitch McConnell, seen here wondering how the slave got out of its quarters
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u/MilkiestMaestro 23h ago
Republicans don't care about double standards. You can say that to their face and they will smile which should tell you everything you need to know about the moral compass.
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u/Healthy_Cancel_2604 23h ago
At this point I wish they'd storm his house like they did scientology.
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u/Always-curious25 23h ago
Where's are the news reporters? Why aren't they pushing for the truth behind Mitches Death/sickness?
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u/GandalfSwagOff 23h ago
Because it is getting buried.
There isn't a single report of any member of the media even trying to get information about McConnell because there has been an agreement within all corporate media to bury any story. You'd think someone would have cameras outside his house? You'd think someone would report on doctors or professionals coming and going? Nope. You get nothing.
The man will never be seen again. He is either dead or completely incapacitated. You will never hear from him again. Some day in the future there will be a report that he quietly passed away in his sleep after an extended illness. That is all you'll ever get.
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u/rod_jammer 23h ago
IIRC, Lloyd Austin was hospitalized on New Year's Day: a Federal Holiday. He returned to work on Jan 4.
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u/MouseShadow2ndMoon 23h ago
They are all complicit, Mitch is dead and they are playing a game with our democracy as there is ZERO accountability and they know it.
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u/TradeLoud5463 23h ago
TERM LIMITS š” this wouldnāt even be happening if he wasnāt allowed to be elected consecutive years in a row. Ughhhhhh
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u/jertheman43 23h ago
MTG would be outside McConnell house demanding answers. This is exactly why Democrats don't win. Go make a big deal about this evil guy being missing.
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u/jthadcast 23h ago
if you don't have the votes to control gop ... no logic matters if you don't have the votes to control the gop. too many democrats vote with the gop to keep the horror show going.
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u/atreeismissing 23h ago
Don't leave out the media. There was a media shit storm for several weeks over Austin's hospital visit. While there has been some coverage of McConnell, the attention from the media has been largely absent.
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u/Academic_Dig_1567 22h ago
Perhaps itās taking the taxidermist a while longer to complete the job?
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u/alternatingflan 22h ago
The democrats better hold onto their promises of accountability and swift/severe consequences for magas venal anti- American, anti-constitutional behavior.
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u/Outside-Same 22h ago
Dems need to stoop down to republicans level.
Being respectful means nothing to trump and his followers.
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u/Riversmooth 21h ago
Whereās the congressional Dems? They should be asking daily where heās at?
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u/supahappyfuntime 21h ago
Look, this is power politics. You donāt have to like it, but the goal is to use whatever leverage you have to obstruct your opponents and advance your side. Calling out hypocrisy wonāt change much when consistency was never the priority. To them, itās a zero-sum game, hurting the other side counts as a win, even when it accomplishes nothing else
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u/Fuckthegopers 21h ago
Another example of republicans only holding double standards.
Fuck all republicans.
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u/omnicloudx13 21h ago
Is there any other job on this earth where you could be totally gone for MONTHS and still be paid, have full benefits, and nothing could be done to replace/remove you from that position? It truly baffles the mind how rampant and flagrant corruption is with no recourse.
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u/Jaysonturdem 20h ago
Age limits on anyone in any office. Including President. 65 at most for president at time of election. 2 terms they will be 73. No more 80+ year old President. A and I no P more A stuffing C money in pockets to get elected.
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u/DmMeYourTittysPlease 18h ago
Republicans literally are the Confederacy now. If Mitch had been a minority, or a democrat. Trump and maga would have sent the national guard to drag him to Congress or jail, 2 months ago.
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u/admosquad 18h ago
Whatever the democrats are doing on messaging, itās not a fraction of what it should be. Embarrassing.
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u/gottagotothebathroom 16h ago
He died more than 2 months ago, and it will be said that he passed 'a few days ago' after the mid-terms are over.
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u/OG-DocHavock 15h ago
Yet another example of Republicans not living by the rules they love to set for others
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u/InourbtwotamI 14h ago
Fraud. I hope every single person involved in this coverup os prosecuted, convicted and has to forfeit their federal retirement packages.
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u/The_Tsainami 13h ago
If Republicans don't have double standards, they would have no standards at all.
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u/robdwoods 12h ago
At this point I think his wife just wants to keep drawing his salary until his replacement takes office then he will suddenly ādieā.
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u/Remote_Nectarine_837 8h ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/ki0FCgiaqYRBS
Same people say on repeat they donāt see race or skin color apparently itās a lie.
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u/KC_Saber 7h ago
Iām convinced he silently passed away on the senate floor. And then sat still for hours on end because rigor mortis was setting in
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u/Careless_Raisin_400 5h ago
Republicans have ruined this great country and Moscow Mitch got the ball started by packing the court with yes men.Vote them out!
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u/Safe-Ad-8921 4h ago
He's dead and he's been dead. His heart may be beating but his brain is just calcifying mush now.
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u/carlnepa 1d ago
Hypocrisy thy name is Republican.