I’m sure that McConnell was a great listener that day.
Hold on, I gotta speak to this brick on this wall…one sec…yeah he’s still a brick.
Spoken to?
Spoken with?
More like spoken at.
And the evidentiary value of those assertions is diddly-squat.
to, not with.
Herman Cain.
Even if they did, I think no public contact or evidence of life is a fair reason to replace him
Leave it to the GOP to tarnish a good thing.
“Senate republican leaders say that they’ve spoken to Mitch McConnell remains” FIFY
The “Joe Biden is an empty suit” people sure don’t seem to mind empty suits when they’re members of the GOP. Curious.
Did he, you know, say anything back?
Assholes.
“spoken to” not “spoken with”.
In fairness, I say “to” and not “with” if I say something similar. I know it’s incorrect, but I’m American and we’re lazy in how we talk.
In fairness, Mitch has been seizing up in front of cameras for years and is being carted around on a wheelchair looking like you can’t process what’s going on around him.
‘speak to’ is the norm in Standard Southern British English, at least. ‘speak with’ is definitely marked at best, and at worst sounds American/foreign.
My guess is that his aides used AI to replicate his voice.
Bullshit
ok but did he speak back?
Oh sure, the candles flickered and the ouija board spelled out “I hate poor people” so we’re pretty sure it was him.
But that could be any rich old white politician…
Nope. He has been declared brain dead.
Since like 1985, yeah. Any recent news?!?
We don’t believe you.
Doin everything they can to avoid that special election.
The special election isnt what worries them, it’s the opposite. Unless McConnell “stays alive” until the first week of August, the Kentucky Governor (D) can appoint a replacement. If he dies “after” that date, a special election can be triggered, which the Republicans are a lot more confident they can rig.
Actually, Kentucky is a special case, as the heavily Republican legislature passed a law (over the Democratic Governor’s veto) specifically removing the right of the Governor to pick a replacement. Now, in the case of any vacancy, the Governor’s only role is to schedule the special election.
But, if it’s too close to the General Election, then the governor is obligated to fold the special election in with the General. The current theory on the Internet is that Republicans are stringing this out so that happens, because they are afraid if there is a special election then Thomas Massie would win it.
After some thought, that seems unlikely to me. Even if a special election is held, it would only be for the remainder of McConnell’s term, which is up at the end of the year. So, that would mean that Republicans are more comfortable leaving the seat vacant (and reducing their majority) for a few more months rather than risk Massie getting the job for a few months. (And although Massie is an anti-Trumper, he is still a Republican, and will likely be a reliable vote on all sorts of evil shit for them)
It’s even more complicated than that. You’re right that the legislature passed that law but the original one (that the governor named a replacement) is still in the state constitution. They’re two literally irreconcilable laws and either scenario would have to be litigated
I think it’s law first until it’s challenged. So they’ll do the state election and then the challenge can play out, likely for next time because removing an elected official is a minefield.
I say shelack the corpse, wheel it into his normal chair at congress and let it keep working. Its not any crazier than any of the other things congress is doing.
