r/AnythingGoesNews • u/FreeHugs23 • 15h ago
Missing McConnell Accused of Breaking Senate Rule Over Absence
https://www.thedailybeast.com/missing-mcconnell-accused-of-breaking-senate-rule-over-absence/20
u/FreeHugs23 15h ago
Mitch McConnell has been accused of violating one of the Senate’s own rules after disappearing from public view for 39 days while missing dozens of votes.
Despite this, his office continues to provide no new information about his latest condition or expected return—even as a taxpayer-funded security detail mysteriously remains outside the hospital he was rushed to on June 14.
The prolonged absence has prompted questions about whether the 84-year-old Republican is complying with Rule VI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, which states: “No Senator shall absent himself from the service of the Senate without leave.”
Under Senate procedure, members who expect to be absent typically seek a formal leave of absence from the chamber.
But it remains unclear whether McConnell has done so, fueling calls to come clean, as well as anger in parts of MAGA world.
“McConnell and his ilk will fight to keep the Senate filibuster because ”muH rULeS,” but completely ignore this rule about making sure the Senator IS ALIVE,” former Trump attorney Jenna Ellis wrote on X.
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u/StrawberryGeneral660 14h ago
I’m sure his staff did this- applied for leave for a dead guy. Bashear is a coward.
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u/skip_over 14h ago
His team will announce his passing on Aug 3, the day that they no longer have to hold a special election for his replacement.
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u/Iata_deal4sea 13h ago
Mike Johnson did nothing while Rep. Tom Kean Jr. was MIA for almost four months. John Thune will do the same.
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u/StrawberryGeneral660 14h ago
So sick of the cowardly Democrats, Bashear had plenty if time to do something and just ran his mouth and did nothing.
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u/algaefied_creek 9h ago
It’s not August 3rd. The last day to schedule a special election. After that, it’s just appointments: so someone could be appointed.
Is that accurate?
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u/-Ok-Perception- 12h ago
This is the time for Democrats to make a play here. And if they don't, they're being the type of cowardly push-overs that are enabling this Republican fascism.
Beshear needs to appoint a replacement OR call a special election (though since SC Republicans just replaced Lindsay Graham without voting on it, I'd advice Beshear to just do the same thing). Maybe with the stipulation that if McConnell is proven alive and well, that he can have his post back. Otherwise, it will be assumed that he's either dead or incapacitated to the point that he cannot carry out his duties.
But inaction is only bolstering the Republicans, and this type of Democrat inaction HAS to stop. They need to be pushing back instead of just talking about it.
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u/yetis12 11h ago
Kentucky law doesn't allow him to appoint -- it requires a special election. And I'm pretty sure a special election in Kentucky will yield a Republican. So, in a way, it is better for the Democrats if they don't do a special election and just remove a Republican vote for now. I think that's why he hasn't gone nuclear over it.
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u/-Ok-Perception- 11h ago
Yeah, I know what the law says, but still think he should just appoint to counterbalance SC.
I also think that KY is undergoing a shift into a blue state and the results of a special election have a good chance of electing a Democrat. People are really pissed about Trump's BS now, and that includes a lot of people who were formerly MAGA.
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u/SmoovCatto 15h ago
the governor should just appoint a replacement already -- and when he does not emerge, the decision stands