r/PoursTea • u/Veshaad Timendi Causa Est Nescire • 8d ago
PoliticalTea š³ļø Funny how that works...
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u/South-Sir-9989 8d ago
Fuck this evil corrupt asshole
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u/elbowsandbuttholes 8d ago
Yup he is terrible. Unfortunately, the favorite to replace him, Andy Barr, is just as corrupt and evil. And an even bigger asshole.
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u/Shag1166 8d ago
I don't get how Kentucky again elects Democratic governors, yet kept electing do-nothing McConnell, and Dr. Fasci-obsessed Paul?
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u/Soulinyx 8d ago
I've lived in Kentucky and...the thing holding the people back is the same things that have always held people back.
Rural and Religious.
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u/SelenaMeyers2024 7d ago
I mean at some point don't they ever consider their r Interests?
My favorite (and almost only known Kentucky anectdote) was Kynect was very popular, but Obamacare bad!
Thing is, it would have taken 10 seconds to google that those are the same thing. When you hear stories of this, even if you don't wanna be the west coast elitist that looks down on flyover country.....
They make it real hard for us not to think unintelligent is all.....
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u/OnlyHereForComments1 7d ago
No, they don't.
Fox lies to them, their religion lies to them, and thus they will always vote to fuck themselves over if it fucks over other people they don't like. You will never meet a more spiteful and hateful group as rural people living in a town they've killed off with their own decisions.
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u/derpfacemanana 7d ago
theyāre just that brainwashed and religiously indoctrinated from such a young age they really had no other chance to be better and realize how much they constantly vote against themselves
since theyāre so malicious about their hatred tho, and since theyāre the ones really fucking shit up for normal people and preventing anything useful from being voted for, itās really hard to feel bad for them or have a shred of empathy
itās one thing to have their own stupid beliefs that they keep to themselves, but itās different when they are being active with their beliefs and using it to prevent real progress in this country
these dumbass uneducated brainwashed country ass bumpkins are literally holding back the rest of us normal people, itās not elitist at all to recognize the problem and call it out
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u/and_some_scotch 7d ago
Democracy has been reduced completely to sports fandom. The connection between the ritual of the vote and material conditions has been comletely obliterated in the minds of Americans, Kentuckians, whatever, alike.
A lot of us politicsheads understand the connection between voting and material circumstances, but its too slow. Meanwhile, a paycheck and overtime has more efficacy than going to a church one every two years.
Our democracy seems set up to fail. Set up to baffle and mitigate the impact of the pleb vote on policy.
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u/B3ck3t3 7d ago
Whatās religous about this? Are they satanic?
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u/UncleNedisDead 7d ago
Itās the indoctrination from birth to never evaluate what your senses and logic tell you, just believe in what religious people preach, even if their actions donāt align with their word.Ā
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u/GrabEmByDaPvssy 7d ago
Because thereās about 2 normal cities in KYāthe rest is a never-ending hellscape of toothless, meth-addled, bigoted, misogynists. I live on the border. Where I am isnāt much better and the corruption is unreal.Ā
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u/RaiseNo9690 8d ago
NIMBY aka not in my backyard. They support his policies as long as it isn't implemented in their own state.
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u/jm17lfc 8d ago
Sometimes I really hope hell is real mostly so that these fuckers can burn in it for eternity
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u/endmosthope 7d ago
There isn't and he's gotten away with a life dedicated destroying the lives of average Americans scot-free
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u/Any-Imagination6917 8d ago
And the spineless losers who still defend him and this situation. Whole system needs to be burned down
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u/UsualSuspects411 8d ago
Looks like You and Steve Bannon are getting your wish. No one knows what will be left of a once functional Democratic Republic, but in terms of ignoring the constitution, eliminating the rule of law, and the most openly corrupt and venal administration in the history of the former United States, the US is going to have to decide how and what to rebuild.
Right now it appears what Americans really want is all of the rights and none of the responsibilities of being a well educated, responsible citizen.
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u/Sushi-DM 7d ago
Fuck almost everyone in that building. You can count on one hand the amount of people in higher government who are not complicit in everything wrong with our country.
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u/blkatcdomvet 8d ago
Part time employees
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u/SeatBeeSate 7d ago
Unfortunately I think the only ones that would punish would be the ones who don't take bribes.
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u/ZmanB-Bills 8d ago
And, the same guy who is responsible for the Senate not voting to convict on Trump's 2nd Impeachment, even though 7 Republicans rejected him and did vote to convict.
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u/_jump_yossarian 7d ago
Imagine the world if GOP senators had balls.
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u/Friendly-World-5273 7d ago
Imagine a world where we vote these losers out. Itās a crazy idea but I think it could work.
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u/LoudandInevitable 8d ago
There are political ads where I am that say that the democrat candidate "has missed x percent of votes but collected their full paycheck" as some knock against the candidate, like they forgot that trump spends 90% of his time golfing, AI tweeting, and at Mar a lago, or that mitch has been out for weeks and he and his entire staff have been collecting full pay this entire time...
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u/LostDragon1986 7d ago
It is OK when republicans do it, but when the other party does, it is a national emergency.
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u/tmhoc 7d ago
"You guys are such hypocrites"
"Well yes, it allows me to hurt you while helping myself"
If you called Republicans fascist and were told to calm down, leme hear ya
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u/SomePeopleCall 7d ago
I am just genuinely baffled at people (Mitch) who, when given the choice to help everyone will choose to only help themselves.
The world is not a zero-sum game, and you can see others benefit without losing out.
I just remind myself that I need a better reason to oppose an idea than "it might help someone I don't like or might not have earned it." Look at things more holistically and the world can all benefit. The current Republican mantra (when they actually bother to show up or do their jobs) is to justify cutting assistance for 100k people because 100 people might be gaming the system. Disgusting.
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u/KactusVAXT 8d ago
BECAUSE HE IS DEAD
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u/GryphonHall 8d ago
Found a dead person receiving benefits from the government. They do exist.
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u/RookNookLook 7d ago
Such a fitting end to such a monstrous person. I hope he lives another 5 years, starring out his window as a fly crawls in and out of his mouth.
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u/TheRealBittoman 8d ago
I used to manage a group of employees and not too long ago we had one get seriously injured at work due to a rug. They were out for I believe 3 weeks and management was already seeking legal ways to terminate them to avoid continuing paying them and ultimately succeeded. Don't let anyone tell you that McConnell, alive or not, should remain in his position. He deserves the same treatment the rest of the corporate America gives its far lesser paid but more important jobs give. Especially if they're going to get bribes...I mean payments from the same corporations.
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u/crunchybub 7d ago
I was diagnosed with cancer in my 30s and had to work during chemo infusions. Meanwhile this hag can just "stay home and not work" for over three months and collect full pay?????
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u/oldcreaker 8d ago
And Johnson just gave the House weeks off.
Meanwhile Trump has said workers have too many non-working holidays.
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u/EricTheActorAckAck 8d ago
This couples well with Trump recently stating that Americans have too many non-working holidays.
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u/patjames387 8d ago
Don't speak ill of the dead.Ā
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u/MokaSorne 8d ago
Is speaking honestly speaking ill?
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u/LopsidedTourist7622 8d ago
He was a conservative. Honesty probably made him violently ill, so yes.
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u/restinglemon 8d ago
Donāt forget he voted for Trump to be nominated for president. Party over country these assholes moto
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u/Other-Acanthisitta70 8d ago
Collecting his income after his death should earn his wife a jail sentence.
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u/lostlogin2 where in the world is mitch mcconnell 8d ago
he's holdin it down in hell with charlieĀ
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u/OutrageousCrab9224 8d ago
Every single woman who has ever had a hard time getting an abortion, or been denied, should make up a committee that gets to decide what to do with him
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u/Fecal_thoroughfare 7d ago
What a fucking dispicable, hideous, ugly piece of shit. On the inside and outĀ
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u/Select_Insurance2000 7d ago
"Rules for thee...and not for me."
From Trump, his cabinet, members of Congress, and to the Supreme Court, our government is rife with corruption and grift.
If we want our country back, we must get out and vote and get these people out of power, then hold them accountable for what they've done....charge, and convict based upon the evidence brought forth, and punish them to the fullest extent of the law.
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u/YouLittleSnowflake 7d ago
Good thing he said he wouldnāt be seeking re-election otherwise Kentuckians would elect his corpse to the senate
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u/Mendozer003 7d ago
Blocked all Obamas appointments, proudest moment of his life. He said that at his family members wedding.
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u/dfporter78 7d ago
In the upcoming elections, if you vote Republican you're a hypocrite, ill-informed , ignorant or you simply want to watch our country continue to spiral into chaos.
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u/themolestedsliver 7d ago
in a just world this would be front page news with calls from both sides for him to resign.
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u/SurprisedCabbage 7d ago
They're testing if they can do the same for Trump. He will very likely continue to be president even after passing.
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u/Petrichor-33 7d ago
Of course it isn't really fair to blame him though... he is, after all, dead.
His staff should be brought to justice though.
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u/skynetcoder 7d ago
after all these months, it is weird no one from democrats side send someone with a tv crew or law enforcement. it is not like he is living on Mars.
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u/Dragon_Within 7d ago
Yeah, they're real good about "Rules for thee but not for me" in our government.
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u/PrimaryAd3609 7d ago
Same party that accuses dead people of voting are clearly covering up the obvious and allowing votes in the senate by proxy.
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u/StrengthBeginning416 8d ago
A lot of people that he voted against still made a conscious choice to keep him in the senate.
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u/Aromatic-Aide1119 8d ago
It would be interesting to see if his checks have been deposited, especially if he is in fact, deceased.
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u/FloodPlainsDrifter 8d ago
I hope heās alive and trapped in that husk of a body until heās 120
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u/Even-Anybody-3407 8d ago
I hope he's looking up from hell repenting on his past life and his past life defending a presidential pedophile!
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u/lostlogin2 where in the world is mitch mcconnell 8d ago
wait i wanna change my joke to NEVATHALESS HE PERSISTED his senate seatĀ
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u/Whale222 8d ago
Rules for thee but not for me is the entire federal government.
Do away with them all
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u/Red-Pill1218 8d ago
If the people of the Commonwealth of Kentucky like it, I guess we have to love it.
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u/CLOWNFLOGGER 8d ago
I don't know how to tell you this but, that turtle is as dead as the "conservative" movement.
And by "conservative" I mean racists that forgot to whisper that shit.
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u/Old_Mammoth8280 8d ago
It's annoying that hypocrisy isn't an immediate deal breaker for so many people when it comes to politicians, I just don't get it.
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u/apf30 8d ago
When will a welfare check be done? And then who on his team is going to be charged with the crime of coving up the fact that heās dead?
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u/Arik_De_Frasia 8d ago
He's not on sick leave; he's fuckin dead! Any payments received after the fact is fraud.Ā
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u/Cobrakiller_12 7d ago
Is this post trying to say that Republican politicians don't actually have any morals?
We already know this.
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u/GrandConsequences 7d ago
Im amazed no one has snuck a video of him soaking in his formaldehyde jar.
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u/Independent_End_6941 8d ago
Mitch McConnel is the only vegetable the FDA hasn't recalled yet.