I appreciate the Mitch McConnell jokes, I do, but it appears that they’re trying to stretch this out until after an August 3rd deadline that would mean there wouldn’t be an election to fill his seat until after the midterms, which would be a pretty egregious subversion of democracy. And maybe we should be saying that a little louder.
@ben Agreed, but mockery may have the most leverage here.
@ben Lessens the R majority in the Senate; okay by me, but Kentuckians should be having a fit.
@ben I have no doubts about it
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Silence as usual from the Centrist Democrats.
@ben I wondered about that but also there's almost zero chance it wouldn't be a republican replacement so it’s sortof a 1/2 pickup. Apparently Kentucky state Republicans removed the governor's ability to appoint a replacement in 2024.
@ben well? what hospital is he at? It's not like they're hard to sneak into.
@ben He died like he lived: subverting democracy
@ben it’s fraud. It’s treason.
This lawyer says it’s a criminal conspiracy.
https://mastodon.social/@JoBlakely/116903100136116616
@ben In their answer to T.J.C, EV had a pretty good answer today: https://www.electoral-vote.com/
@ben that's exactly the plan
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Everyone should be on the phone calling their senators and Representatives DEMANDING immediate proof of life.
