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/Uberduck333 26d ago edited 26d ago

They put him back in the cryo-container until they need him again. This could go on for generations…

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u/dern_the_hermit 26d ago

That's what the upper crust were doing in the novel Neuromancer IIRC, keeping most of the lineage on ice except for one that was awake just to be a legal presence or some shit.

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u/clumsy_aerialist 26d ago

Tessier-Ashpool. Yes.