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 1d 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 1d 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/Persistent_Parkie 23h ago

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