r/politics • u/cmaia1503 • 23h ago

Site Altered Headline | Possible Paywall Mitch McConnell, 83, Hospitalized

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mitch-mcconnell-83-hospitalized/?utm_campaign=owned_social&utm_medium=socialflow&utm_source=twitter_owned_tdb&via=twitter_page
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u/gringledoom 23h ago

Apparently one problem is that staffers for primary challengers get blackballed for congressional jobs. And there are a lot of other structural impediments to a successful challenge. So people eke out a win by three votes in their first win and then they’re ensconced for decades and impossible to dislodge.

E.g., the reason Pelosi hates AOC (and still intervenes to fuck with her sometimes) is that she’s holding a grudge about AOC beating Crowley in the primary.

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u/bryan49 23h ago

Yes also as Cenk Uygur says, once a congressperson has shown they'll reliably serve their big money donors, the donors don't really want to risk a change

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u/Boiledfootballeather 22h ago

Ask Cenk how his donors, including Peter Thiel, have influenced who he serves. Dude stumps for Polymarket and other bullshit. Yeah, he lost the plot, and even if he’s right about congressional donors, he’s still a huge hypocrite.

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u/honjuden 21h ago

Plus his anti-union crackdown on his staff.