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[–] cattywampas@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

There isn't an upside. They're just as stuck as the Democrats are. Mitch isn't dead, he's likely severely incapacitated. They'd love to have him on the Senate floor voting R but he isn't healthy enough to do so, and the only way to remove a Senator is expulsion by a two-thirds vote in the Senate. That certainly wouldn't get enough votes and, at this point, is pretty irrelevant anyway since the seat would simply remain vacant.

But you are correct that as long as he's ill he isn't voting, which is a good thing, which is why there was really no need for people to be all over Andy Beshear's nuts this past month.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If they dragged Strom Thurmond’s barely animated husk in to vote, they can wheel Mitch in to pretend like he knows what he’s doing.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 4 points 2 months ago

"And yet, they haven't done so." Captain Obvious.

[–] AgentSeven@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

In order to get the war powers resolution to fail, Fetterman had to vote with them. If Mitch were declared dead, a special election would have had to have been held and anyone could have run in it. ~~Tommy Tuberville~~ Thomas Massie would have run, split the Republican vote and a Democrat could/would have taken the seat and that resolution would not have failed. Let's not pretend the Republicans aren't engaging in fraud on purpose. They are. They know precisely what they are doing and they need to be held accountable. But they're on a very long list in that regard.

[–] cattywampas@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

I think that anybody but a Republican winning that special election was always a pipe dream.