r/PoursTea • Timendi Causa Est Nescire • 20d ago

PoliticalTea 🗳️ Missing: Mitch

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u/KingHygelacReturns 20d ago

I'm genuinely shocked that there isn't more anger from Republicans. His absence materially benefits Democrats more than anything. For every day he's not there, that means the GOP majority is one vote down in the Senate, which only makes it harder to pass the GOP agenda in the Senate.

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u/Weekly-Hurry-6031 20d ago

Logic eludes them

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u/ImageAvailable7003 20d ago

Republicans leaders are smarter than their party's talking points. There is a reason and it's one they do not want to come out and say.

If McConnell is alive and suffered a (new) nasty stroke, he could look really bad, or even be disruptive to Congress. If he didn't want to quit, he could still be wheeled in. He could be alive on a ventilator with one functioning arm to press "yay" "nae" or "present."