Is it normal for a sitting senator to have to routinely submit proofs of life to a public who suspect he might be braindead? Just asking for 340 million friends
Honestly I’m not even sure what the point is. McConnell isn’t running for reelection. Even without this incident, he wouldn’t have been the Senator from Kentucky come next year. It seems an awful lot of trouble to go to in order to hold a seat for a few months, especially when it wouldn’t affect the balance of power in the chamber.
The threshold to not call a special election, or something of the kind.
They dont want to lose that seat to voters before they can slide their own handpicked replacement.
Honestly I’m not even sure what the point is. McConnell isn’t running for reelection. Even without this incident, he wouldn’t have been the Senator from Kentucky come next year. It seems an awful lot of trouble to go to in order to hold a seat for a few months, especially when it wouldn’t affect the balance of power in the chamber.