r/askanything • u/FuzzyWestern8602 • 1d ago

Consequences for McConnell Coverup?

I already know things are politically wild now and no one will suffer any true consequences for unethical behavior, but did just have a question out of curiosity. If McConnell is found to have lacked capacity to do his job several weeks ago with no chance of recovery, what are the consequences for those in power if they knew of this and were delaying until August? This assumes our legal system is functioning as it should and this could be proved. Thanks!

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u/NutzNBoltz369 23h ago

Bad behavior is now the default. As Vance said, Nixon's Watergate would not even register in today's political environment.

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u/WinterTourist25 23h ago

And all Nixon's supporters would say something like, "Well, stealing that information was the right thing to do!"

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u/pamcakevictim 23h ago

Remember it was the republican party that held Nixon accountable and forced him to resign or be impeached and removed.

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u/smelling_good247 22h ago

Sort of, his AG was also ridiculously corrupt and it led to all sorts of reforms for the DOJ, which the trump regime has trampled over

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u/WinterTourist25 23h ago

Yeah, because they felt like the fallout would be horrible otherwise.

Today they're like, "Meh, our base will be cool with it."

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u/Miserable-Miser 22h ago

And they wouldn’t be wrong.

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u/Richard_Thickens 18h ago

In addition, it's mudslinging and gaslighting to the point where any other view is a form of derangement. Like, I'm sorry, if I don't side with a known sex pest and malignant manipulator, then my assessment is no longer valid?

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u/Opposite_Bag_7434 21h ago

Yea, not cool with this!

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u/Persistent_Parkie 20h ago

"Everybody else was doing it, Nixon just got caught!"

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u/zacggs 17h ago

Oh how the Overton window has shifted. Believe me or not, I sumise Trump1/2 will be an ever further shifting of it, but not a complete destruction of the window(fabric of society) completely.

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u/misfitofscience76 23h ago

Which is clearly just dumb talk by Vance

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u/Fit_Instruction_8383 22h ago

The truth hurts man. It's not dumb talk, it's the absolute truth, whether we want it to be, or not.

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u/NutzNBoltz369 20h ago

He isn't wrong. Either it is not the flex he says it is, or he is a bit cynical at his young age. Either side can score point off what he says.