He’s on sick leave. Which would be totally normal in Europe.
The irony here is that he gets to enjoy what he has worked rabidly his entire life to deny his fellow citizens.
Fuck this walking corpse.
Just checking in to see if anyone cares that the mumbling turtle is still on full salary while being MIA for two-and-a-half months
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ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 1 day ago
arsCynic@piefed.social 2 hours ago
The irony of a parasite being sick. It’s like cancer having cancer. Problem solved real soon.
TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca 1 day ago
Yeah, if what was happening to Mitch wasn’t so exceptional in America then this would be a non issue.
Americans, btw, what’s happening to Mitch is just what happens to ANY PERSON AT ALL in most countries when they are suffering from severe long-term illness and disability.
Zombie@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Except that most people in most countries are retired by age 75 and therefore wouldn’t be “off” on sick leave in the first place.
But yes, otherwise, the point stands.
grue@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Yeah, if what was happening to Mitch wasn’t so exceptional in America then this would be a non issue.
It would still be an issue because (a) Kentuckians are missing half of their Senate representation, and (b) because his death is obviously being hidden for bad faith political purposes, to illegally deprive Kentucky’s governor of his right to appoint a replacement.
BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 hours ago
Most countries that have figured out people have worth beyond the bottom line.
hanrahan@slrpnk.net 3 hours ago
and still people vote for him, what’s the secret sauce that lowers IQ so much ? Mountain Dew ?
mangobanana@discuss.online 1 day ago
Except in most American jobs you would be fired by now for being on sick leave this long
ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 1 day ago
Yes, that’s one of the things that happens in this violent and inhumane nation. I now live in Europe, and I had a lot more than 75 days of sick leave when I had my amputation. I still have my job and my employer isn’t mad at me in the slightest, because here it’s understood that shit happens and that’s life.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Fired, and at his age, since no one works at that age by choice, homeless.
Rentlar@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Mitch would croak so fast if he heard that Congress passed a bill giving Americans job protection for sick leave equal to the length of his absence.
NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
I’m not so sure he’s actually enjoying it. He seems pretty checked out mentally from what I gather.
SabinStargem@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Do European leaders keep their authority if they go MIA for months on end?
Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Hypocrisy.
lemmygarden@lemmy.today 17 hours ago
Fuck this walking corpse.
Lol he is wheelchair bound. He can’t walk.
undecidedyellow@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
They’re using this to test how long Americans will tolerate having a clearly dead person hold elected office for when Trump finally farts himself to death
PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
And if evidence is anything to show, they’ll forget in approx 4 weeks.
goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 17 hours ago
Why when there’s already Grassley. Hell they had Diane Feinstein still voting for what a year after showing she had no mental facilities or ability to do anything without massive assistance?
weps@lemmy.world 1 day ago
That’s not too bad. Remember when they uncovered a child pedophelia ring, locked up a women and then told us we’re moving on from it.
CoolSouthpaw@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Oh I care.
I hope he’s alive and not dead. Alive but sick and in a lot of pain.
GladiusB@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
He’s on life support. Not officially dead. Only situation that makes sense.
Napster153@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
He’s a zombie moose by now.
brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 7 hours ago
And have you forgotten that twitter/x is owned by a nazi? write this shit yourself and don’t repost from there
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
godsammitdam@lemmy.zip 19 hours ago
The only vegetable the FDA has yet to recall.
dellish@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
And yet he gives me the shits more than anything else.
diablomnky@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
He made a large enough campaign contribution that they never will recall that one.
darthsundhaft@piefed.social 23 hours ago
Hey what’s up with them Epstein files?
perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 14 hours ago
Sometimes it feels that Katie Phang is the only person who’s been able to keep her focus.
4am@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
When it comes out that he’s dead but they waited long enough that there is no time for a special election, they should just have the special election anyway, because he was away from his duties before the deadline.
It’s procedural fuckery to get what you want. he would’ve loved it.
runner_g@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
At this point they will keep covering up his death until Jan 21st.
raman_klogius@ani.social 1 day ago
I dare they make him immortal, since legal death just turns out to be so hilariously circumventable.
Sidhean@piefed.social 23 hours ago
AI Mitch will agree with everything the president says!
grue@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
When it comes out that he’s dead but they waited long enough that there is no time for a special election, they should just have the special election anyway, because he was away from his duties before the deadline.
No. Kentucky’s governor should just immediately appoint a replacement, because the law requiring a special election was already unconstitutional (according to KY’s state constitution) to begin with.
TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca 1 day ago
Part of the reason for the deadline is so the special election could be held properly with sufficient time to staff and run it how you’re supposed to.
Regardless of this fucking chicanery nobody should be pushing to give them excuses to water down election integrity or change established rules on the fly. He can be ousted in the midterms.
Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 19 hours ago
Hes dead
BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 hours ago
He absolutely has to be, or at least has such brain damage he cannot function properly. They wouldn’t go through so much to hide his state like this.
smeenz@lemmy.nz 13 hours ago
They’re hiding the entire state of Kentucky?
I guess I’m good with that.
lemmygarden@lemmy.today 17 hours ago
Accuttaally He’s on life support and being flipped twice a day to prevent the corpse from infection
rethnor@lemmy.zip 17 hours ago
Maybe he moved to Moscow
goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 17 hours ago
Still waiting for anything to actually come from it AND be able to finally officially celebrate
PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Just celebrate now. Worst case scenario is he’s not actually dead but will be soon, so you can celebrate twice!
anon_8675309@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Yep. Be interesting how they wiggle out of this.
jama211@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Everyone cares, but no one has the power do to anything about it because americans keep abstaining or voting republicans in, because they’re idiots.
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 4 hours ago
Nah, it’s totally cool. I can just not show up at my job for two to three months and it’s fine. /s
Frenchgeek@lemmy.ml 3 hours ago
Isn’t that socialist?
k0e3@lemmy.ca 3 hours ago
It’s been 75 days already?? Fuck this guy.
korazail@lemmy.myserv.one 3 hours ago
Impossible. He’s dead.
k0e3@lemmy.ca 3 hours ago
Not with that attitude.
balderdash9@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
This country is such a joke. And its not even funny.
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 hours ago
Just wait until this shit starts happening to supreme Court justices :(
MithranArkanere@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Turning what’s left of him into a realistic skin suit and finding a suitable actor who can imitate the way he speaks isn’t done in a few days.
GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 12 hours ago
You’d be surprised what can be done with ai voices now!
glimse@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Kentucky Girl is pro-Trump influencer with a Truth Social account.
uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 hours ago
Part of yhe problem is Mitch McConnell’s absence advantages the Democratic party since it leaves the vote vacant as absent.
If a special election were had, a Republican would surely replace McConnell, and they would vote on the Senate floor.
This lends evidence McConnell is still alive, and the GOP is unwilling to pressure his administration to step down. It’s a situation similar to Diane Feinstein.
No one gives up power until its pried from their cold, dead hands.
It might be proper to pass forcing officials to step down id they are absent for a set length of time, and to mandate periodic proof-of-life correspondence in order to keep elected office. Confirmations of life and condition by a professional under penalty of perjury during absence might also be in order. But this is all conversation for the post-revolution constitutional committee.
Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 12 hours ago
Except the vote isn’t absent they are casting votes for McConnell via proxy.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
No one gives up power until its pried from their cold, dead hands.
Another argument for term limits for Congress.
sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 14 hours ago
I’m for age limits more than term limits.
Etterra@discuss.online 19 hours ago
I was just talking about this for my fiance last night. I can guarantee you that it won’t be long after the election that he will have suddenly died in the hospital. My opinion is that he’s probably just being kept on life support, brain dead.
TomasEkeli@programming.dev 17 hours ago
As a non-USian I properly don’t care. You guys over there have far greater problems than this.
smeenz@lemmy.nz 13 hours ago
Exactly. This is just an amusing symptom.
SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
He’s just resting
SparroHawc@lemmy.zip 14 hours ago
He’s pining for the fjords!
kreskin@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Resting in a freezer.
smeenz@lemmy.nz 13 hours ago
Hibernating
kreskin@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
We all know exactly where he is. He’s in a freezer someplace.
NathanRanch@lemmy.zip 12 hours ago
We’ve moved on from demanding answers. Now people just say, he’s dead, and carry on.
juice702@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I think the turtle is dead
Bluedragon012@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Evil continues to win.
chunes@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
I don’t actually care anymore
Eternal192@anarchist.nexus 1 day ago
How about we all do the same and receive the same benefits… oh right none of us are a corrupt asshole that has received gifts and funding from every shitty company that has been poisoning us and the planet!
lemmygarden@lemmy.today 17 hours ago
Isn’t it the good thing that a Republican is refusing to give up his seat, so that another one can’t vote?
For the anti MAGA team, isn’t this a good thing?
Ashrakal@lemmy.ml 2 hours ago
Current US politics are ridiculous. How come there aren’t large protests with burnt tires, thrown concrete blocks, and biological waste being pumped into government buildings like France had in the recent years? And before anybody points that out, French police and military also have guns, so being armed is not unique to the US forces. Hasn’t prevented the unarmed Frenchies from taking action too.
Mere words don’t mean anything to these politicians.