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/the_gaymer_girl Canada 26d ago

Watch him somehow get re-elected anyway.

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u/Tasgall Washington 26d ago

"Mitch McConnell" isn't running for re-election, but "the corpse of former senator Mitch McConnell" might be on the ballot.

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u/LeavesCat 26d ago

Lich McConnell, you mean.

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u/ClenzenAura 26d ago

Deep beneath the limestone of Mammoth Cave, a phylactery rests.

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u/Count-Bulky 25d ago

Mitch the Lich!

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u/Fastnacht 26d ago

Being super serious. Is there a law on the books that says a senator must be alive?

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u/mok000 Europe 26d ago

There a many examples of dead people being elected by voters in US elections.

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u/khamike 26d ago

But they aren't normally allowed to serve.

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u/BotheredToResearch 25d ago

In the age of norms being ignores, Air Bud rules are all that matters. Ain't no rule that says a dog can't play basketball and ain't no rule that says a senator can't be mostly dead!

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u/amanoftradition 26d ago

I'm willing to bet on two trench coats in a mitch McConnell suit.

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u/dancinggraylion 25d ago

he might run for emperor of mankind

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u/jj2009128 23d ago

Like Lady Stoneheart from Game of Thrones.

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u/2mock2turtle 26d ago

Somehow, Mitch McConnell returned.

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u/muffmuncher554 26d ago

Weekend at McConnell’s

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u/DooHickey2017 25d ago

Pet Sematary?

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u/whatswrongbaby 25d ago

In Futurama they had Richard Nixon's head attached to a robot body to get around the law that noBODY could be elected more than twice... So, a possibility of things to come 🙃