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Welcome to America, where you’re never quite sure if your senator is dead or not
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 29 Jul 2026
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Is he dead yet?
They can't admit he's dead until the 3rd. Before then and they'd have to have a special election to replace him.
If he dies within 90 days of the election his seat remains empty until January, preventing another potential Senate vote for them Dems if the GOP tries to fuck with the election results in November and December.
A cold, unthinking corpse might actually do a good job representing the will of those who would vote for a person like McConnell.
only if his condition improves.
Who had zombie Mitch McConnell on their Project 2025 bingo card?
Mitch 'the lich' has been a phrase long before this administration.
Thr most trusted source of news in history, Wikipedia, says no.