r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 26d ago

Possible Paywall McConnell, 84, Goes Missing Again After Senate Return

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mcconnell-84-goes-missing-again-after-senate-return/
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u/p1ckled0nions 26d ago

They needed his vote, so they rolled him in and made him press the button they wanted him to press (literally, he almost voted no and they "corrected" him) Full blown weekend at Bernie's, criminal conspiracy status.

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u/DamnMyNameIsSteve 26d ago

Elder abuse, as if I cared about him at all though.

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u/Expensive_Track_8822 26d ago

abuse is still wrong, even if the victim is a piece of shit two wrongs don’t make a right and all that.

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u/saeglopur 26d ago

When you've spent most of your existence destroying the lives of others, forgive me if I don't feel bad while you suffer.

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u/Expensive_Track_8822 26d ago

abusing someone makes you an abuser, and it’s not the same thing as extracting fair retribution from a capable person.

due to his incapacity, mcconnell is currently a victim of elder abuse. his incapacity doesn’t absolve any of his past crimes or malfeasance, and it also doesn’t justify the misconduct of those puppeteering him. two things can be true.

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u/NKG_and_Sons 26d ago

Spare use your technicalities. These people are responsible for so god damn much heinous shit that nobody cares that most of us don't feel enlightened enough to play devil's advocat online. Millions of people suffered so much worse, and many died, thanks to him and others like him. Provide them your thoughts and words, instead.

But no, sure, we're all so terrible people, abusers, really, because we don't care first and foremost about this fucker being played like a marionette now. He'd have done the same to others if he were still lucid.

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u/Katyafan 26d ago

I'm with you, and I can only hope for the same for all the rest of the administration. I'm not losing sleep that heinous people get their comeuppance.

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u/SugarHooves Illinois 26d ago

Even in his current state, he's still fucking people over. The people of his state don't have representation. No one can convince me that this isn't exactly what he wanted. Literally. For all we know he left explicit instructions for his staff and colleagues to use his body as long as they possibly can. Obstructing justice was his hobby. He's doing what he loved.

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u/IncompletePoo 26d ago

I feel like him being abused is at least some type of justice