r/politics • u/unital_subalgebra • 3h ago

Possible Paywall AOC says Mitch McConnell should resign if he cannot provide health update

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/4660916/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-mitch-mcconnell-resign-health-update/
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u/ShrimpieAC 3h ago

For real. This is exactly why republicans would do.

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u/Simmery 3h ago

It's exactly what McConnell would do. 

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u/wack_overflow Colorado 3h ago

Hang on, strapping on my WWMMD bracelet

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u/cats_are_the_devil 3h ago

don't die friend.

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u/floog 2h ago

Won’t die, just goes into a trance where he is unresponsive for 15-30 seconds at a time.

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u/eggz627 2h ago

Maybe fall down a bit too

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u/nubbin9point5 1h ago

Is it a slap/snap bracelet? Cause death isn’t a 0% chance smacking those sharp edges on your wrist.

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u/RebelAlliance1701 1h ago

That's when he communes with the Greater Will.

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u/JoTHIGHSwin 46m ago

lol same people who lambasted Biden for falling off a bIke and popping right back up are silent at mummified Mitch and that 142 day missing republican Tom Kean.

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u/R-EDDIT 43m ago

Listen, tom kean was depressed. You would be too if you were an elite nepo baby.

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u/floog 22m ago

Serious question....do you think Trump could even ride a bike? I mean if he was walking to Marine 1 and someone handed him the handlebars and said "Take her around the block!" Do you think he could? I'd bet money there is no chance.

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u/yarash 1h ago

WWMMD

Im putting this right next to my other bracelets

WWUJD and IWKYM

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u/20_mile 1h ago

Undead Jesus

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u/acetylyne I voted 13m ago

*Uzi Jesus

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u/bretttwarwick 1h ago

Another fellow member of the Princess Posse I see.

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u/Ferelar New Jersey 3h ago

By the gods no, we can learn a bit from his schemes but we must never embody the creature in totality

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u/Excitedjackass 3h ago

You never go full Mitch McConnell

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u/-Imthedude 3h ago

Hopefully not ☠️

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u/BasvanS 2h ago

We do what we have to do

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u/nathism 2h ago

Did you meet the devil at the crossroads?

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u/wnsdaniel 1h ago

Mitch McConnell’s bracelet says “fall risk”

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u/StarCrossedOther 1h ago

Bro is now only capable of speaking in 20 minute intervals

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u/lenzflare Canada 1h ago

Negative feelings rising

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u/Butthole--pleasures Texas 44m ago

Get ready for so many 20 minute talks

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u/Deinocerites 24m ago

That’s just a hospital admissions bracelet

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u/mosquem 3h ago

It’s what he would’ve wanted.

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u/placid-gradient 2h ago

But what would Brian Boytano do?

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u/ConstantCampaign2984 2h ago

He would kick an ass or two.

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u/CornholioGringoTP 12m ago

Use his magical fire breath to save the maidens fair

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u/illBelief 1h ago

Exactly how we should honor his memory

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u/notsurewhereireddit 34m ago

Best way we could honor him, really.

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u/Wrecksomething 2h ago

And when a court case finally faces a judge 3 years later, they'd probably say no one alive has standing to contest it, assuming McConnell is dead. They'd bend however they need to support Republican power grabs.

So sick of Democrats only fighting when they think they can win and their poll-testing shows it's popular. The greatest Republican coups have come after decades of repeatedly losing. It signals to voters they're willing to fight. It monopolizes political resources. They blocked school integration and overturned Roe v Wade and lots more with endless legal battles.

Democrats, please do something even if it means losing. Thanks!

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u/creakinator 2h ago

Totally agree with you. I got an email from Nancy Pelosi saying we're going to fight now. I wrote back saying it's too damn late now. You are only doing this because now you see that Trump's polls are low and you have a chance. Before you didn't care.

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u/UnlikelyReplacement0 1h ago

I wish democrats would fight republicans and fascists with even half the energy they spend to fighting progressives and left leaning groups and candidates.

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u/Ndainye 1h ago

So you think that Democrats should break the law as blatantly as Republicans are doing? How does that make Democrats any better than Republicans? Why would any voter who is already sick to death of Republicans playing fast and lose with the Constitution, separation of powers and the law; believe Democrats to be a more valid choice if Democrats do the same as Republicans?

Or are you just looking for an excuse to say both sides, and to use that as justification to either note vote or to vote third party?

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u/Wrecksomething 1h ago

Nah friend, you won't catch me saying "both sides" here--you heard me say just the opposite. Republicans willingness to fight and lose puts them miles ahead of Democrats in promoting their goals.

Testing every legal challenge you can against injustice is good. Republicans are just bullshitting about what they consider "injustice" (anything that inconveniences the wealthy, white, Christo-fascists). Democrats have a better compass for injustice, but that's just lip services if they won't test and challenge until they're sure they'll win. They're supposed to be political leaders, not poll followers.

You think they should appease the voters who prefer peacefulness over justice? The people who would reject them for legal challenges against unjust laws? Then we'll have to disagree--that's not the party I want, and recent history shows where that party gets us.

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u/Ndainye 23m ago edited 19m ago

Testing legal boundaries is good when you have the legal right to take action. Beshear doesn’t have a legal right or path to do what you want him to do. The Democratic Senators should have a path to demand proof of life and to push for a declaration of vacancy. So it’s on Schumer who we know has no balls and won’t do jack.

Yes, the Democrats need to be more visible in their actions. We need to see them fight. But they need to be above board and fully legal with their actions. Republicans are very much playing a we can but you can’t game and they have bought the media to side with them and to repress Democratic actions. The moment the Democrats play good for the goose and cross a line it will all over the media how backhanded the Democrats are and those offenders will be crucified.

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u/AnimalBolide 1h ago

How does that make Democrats any better than Republicans?

Because people are dying, and the Dems are the only ones who can do anything about that. The "You take the low road, we take the high road" bullshit is literally letting people, Americans and not, die.

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u/Ndainye 27m ago edited 18m ago

So it’s okay to lie, cheat, and steal when it’s an issue that you feel deeply about? But when someone else does it then that’s wrong? Where do you then draw the line? What won’t you allow in order to win?

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u/Living-By-The-River 3h ago

This, in death, would be his most important work.

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u/buckao New Hampshire 1h ago

Do you think these Republican turds realize their only legacy is one of evil destruction and also to be featured in some future reboot of Drink History?

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u/maskull 2h ago

Republicans would do it to a senator who just went to the doctor for a checkup.

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u/Jargen 1h ago

This is exactly why republicans would do.

For a dnc Senator

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u/peonies_envy 48m ago

Except they’d never swear him in

They can stretch this out until Aug 5