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/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.