Kentucky should be furious!! Half represented!? Just go through the processes as if he was dead, then they’ll out themselves when they contest it.
He’s on sick leave. Which would be totally normal in Europe.
The irony here is that he gets to enjoy what he has worked rabidly his entire life to deny his fellow citizens.
Fuck this walking corpse.
Yeah, if what was happening to Mitch wasn’t so exceptional in America then this would be a non issue.
Americans, btw, what’s happening to Mitch is just what happens to ANY PERSON AT ALL in most countries when they are suffering from severe long-term illness and disability.
Except that most people in most countries are retired by age 84 and therefore wouldn’t be “off” on sick leave in the first place.
But yes, otherwise, the point stands.
Yeah, if what was happening to Mitch wasn’t so exceptional in America then this would be a non issue.
It would still be an issue because (a) Kentuckians are missing half of their Senate representation, and (b) because his death is obviously being hidden for bad faith political purposes, to illegally deprive Kentucky’s governor of his right to appoint a replacement.
i was told there would be something called “checks and balances”!?
Yes, fair
Nevermind that regardless of any other factor the absence alone for such a long time means that the ethical thing to do would be for him to resign.
Most countries that have figured out people have worth beyond the bottom line.
Except in most American jobs you would be fired by now for being on sick leave this long
Yes, that’s one of the things that happens in this violent and inhumane nation. I now live in Europe, and I had a lot more than 75 days of sick leave when I had my amputation. I still have my job and my employer isn’t mad at me in the slightest, because here it’s understood that shit happens and that’s life.
Now the orange felon has made it nearly impossible for americans to leave because the world hates our guts even more. I’d be embarrassed to even go to another country without a short that just says SORRYYYYYY on it.
The world isn’t reddit/lemmy, most people aren’t going to say or do anything unless you act like an asshole.
Yeah true. I’d still rather just pretend I’m Canadian
I certainly would be careful about saying you’re American if you go on vacation abroad. But I’m a long-time expat, and I can tell you if you behave well and you integrate in the society of your choice, people know the difference between ugly Americans and those who choose to be better.
Mitch would croak so fast if he heard that Congress passed a bill giving Americans job protection for sick leave equal to the length of his absence.
He’s already dead. He would rise from his coffin to vote nay on such a measure.
Fired, and at his age, since no one works at that age by choice, homeless.
Do European leaders keep their authority if they go MIA for months on end?
The irony of a parasite being sick. It’s like cancer having cancer. Problem solved real soon.
and still people vote for him, what’s the secret sauce that lowers IQ so much ? Mountain Dew ?
I’m not so sure he’s actually enjoying it. He seems pretty checked out mentally from what I gather.
Hypocrisy.
Fuck this walking corpse.
Lol he is wheelchair bound. He can’t walk.
Current US politics are ridiculous. How come there aren’t large protests with burnt tires, thrown concrete blocks, and biological waste being pumped into government buildings like France had in the recent years? And before anybody points that out, French police and military also have guns, so being armed is not unique to the US forces. Hasn’t prevented the unarmed Frenchies from taking action too.
Mere words don’t mean anything to these politicians.
How many deaths were attributed to French police last year?
French cops aren’t allowed to unionize so they’re fundamentally different than US cops
Yeah, it’s so weird. Cops get to unionize, but normal workers? F- them, I guess? The place is screwy, like Hell.
They’re using this to test how long Americans will tolerate having a clearly dead person hold elected office for when Trump finally farts himself to death
And if evidence is anything to show, they’ll forget in approx 4 weeks.
Why when there’s already Grassley. Hell they had Diane Feinstein still voting for what a year after showing she had no mental facilities or ability to do anything without massive assistance?
That’s not too bad. Remember when they uncovered a child pedophelia ring, locked up a women and then told us we’re moving on from it.
The only vegetable the FDA has yet to recall.
And yet he gives me the shits more than anything else.
He made a large enough campaign contribution that they never will recall that one.
he’s hanging out with the epstein files.
Hey what’s up with them Epstein files?
Serious answer? this is what’s happening
Sometimes it feels that Katie Phang is the only person who’s been able to keep her focus.
Oh I care.
I hope he’s alive and not dead. Alive but sick and in a lot of pain.
He’s on life support. Not officially dead. Only situation that makes sense.
He’s a zombie moose by now.
Hes dead
He absolutely has to be, or at least has such brain damage he cannot function properly. They wouldn’t go through so much to hide his state like this.
They’re hiding the entire state of Kentucky?
I guess I’m good with that.
But…muh Jack…
Accuttaally He’s on life support and being flipped twice a day to prevent the corpse from infection
Maybe he moved to Moscow
Still waiting for anything to actually come from it AND be able to finally officially celebrate
Just celebrate now. Worst case scenario is he’s not actually dead but will be soon, so you can celebrate twice!
YeahI know. Maybe if I find another bottle of bubbly to try out
Yep. Be interesting how they wiggle out of this.
When it comes out that he’s dead but they waited long enough that there is no time for a special election, they should just have the special election anyway, because he was away from his duties before the deadline.
It’s procedural fuckery to get what you want. he would’ve loved it.
When it comes out that he’s dead but they waited long enough that there is no time for a special election, they should just have the special election anyway, because he was away from his duties before the deadline.
No. Kentucky’s governor should just immediately appoint a replacement, because the law requiring a special election was already unconstitutional (according to KY’s state constitution) to begin with. Which is also, by the way, probably why they’re continuing to conceal his death even after the fake ‘deadline’ has passed.
At this point they will keep covering up his death until Jan 21st.
I dare they make him immortal, since legal death just turns out to be so hilariously circumventable.
AI Mitch will agree with everything the president says!
Part of the reason for the deadline is so the special election could be held properly with sufficient time to staff and run it how you’re supposed to.
Regardless of this fucking chicanery nobody should be pushing to give them excuses to water down election integrity or change established rules on the fly. He can be ousted in the midterms.
You got my hopes up. I read MMA instead of MIA for a second. Now you have to make it happen or I’m gonna cry.
No worries, jake paul will fight him soon.
Dude that’s not fair. Jake Paul fought an olive garden last week
It’s been 75 days already?? Fuck this guy.
Impossible. He’s dead.
Not with that attitude.
I found him in Limbo, I think? He’s probably a vegetable.
the undead lich is currently, trying to “Reanimate” using souls of the youth, her wife fled to china with his phylactery to do it.
This country is such a joke. And its not even funny.
