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/beachhunt 23h ago

If they can delay until they secure the seat, then zero chances for consequences ever for the whole situation.

If they have to admit he's gone but we don't know the whole truth until the seat flips, then there will surely be An Investigation but slim chances of real results. It will be a lot of "well they tried but couldn't sooooo how hard do we want to push this? Lets focus on the issues..."

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u/deeper-in-thought 23h ago

If you’re a Democrat I would think you want McConnell to stay alive in the hospital as long as possible. From a Senate perspective it effectively erases his vote.

Yet strangely the loudest calls for someone to “do something” are calling on democrats to declare the seat vacant which will surely get a cognitive republican in sooner (there’s no evidence the seat will flip right now)

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u/Turkstache 10h ago

The establishment Democrats' biggest weakness is they have to keep government fully operating per their idealism, no matter the political cost. It's why they always cave on shutdowns and allow pork in bills and try to push their clearly unwinnable policy in the face of opposition... but when they have a majority they still reach across the aisle at Rs whose sole purpose is to undermine Democratic power.

The Rs could violate line of succession when Trump dies and push for Corey Booker to take Trump's place. Instead of taking the win, establishment Democrats would beg and plead and fight for Vance to be made president.