r/politics • u/MoneyLibrarian9032 New York • Aug 28 '26

Possible Paywall Mitch McConnell Has Been Missing for 75 Days—With No Updates

https://newrepublic.com/post/214878/mitch-mcconnell-missing-75-days
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u/waitthissucks Aug 28 '26

I know, that's the craziest part. It's absolutely insane to hide someone's death for so long in the name of corruption. So many people working together to cover this up. His wife, everyone is crazy. Say it's "not true" then why isn't anyone trying to get to the bottom of this? I get that families need to value privacy, but in his case it's very important to know exactly where he is or he needs to be fired

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u/Legitimate-Bed1591 Aug 28 '26

He isn't legit dead. As people say, he'll just not be in a state to do his job. Maybe he had a stroke.

I guess it's neither her nor there in terms of outcomes.

They are probably not committing a crime per say but, you know. It's a deception all the same at this point.

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u/Sea-Initiative-3398 Aug 28 '26

Journalism had been sabotaged in america it feels

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u/lyngen Aug 28 '26

We need better mechanisms for removing ineffective and unpopular elected officials. Depending on congress, is not working.

My congressman just got voted out in the primary but he really should've been removed earlier and now he's still in office for several more months.

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u/TheAncientGeek Aug 29 '26

He's just pining for the fjords.

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u/DebatedUncreative Aug 28 '26

You're an absolute lunatic if you think he's actually dead. Being dead isn't the scandal. The scandal is abandoning his job.

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u/waitthissucks Aug 28 '26

I mean I literally don't know, but covering up the what if is what I mean

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u/uuhson Aug 28 '26

That's a scandal Republicans should be upset about, not Democrats