Could KY dems or the DNC sue McConnel family for proof of life?

[31j20b3]

Assume the GOP is stone-walling, how can that be fought?

I do realize that wouldn't be a friendly thing to do But we are talking not letting the GOP keep a seat occupied by a dead person.

I suppose it could istart with pubic requests of the McConnel;s family, but considering that family is knee deep in keeping Dem president from appointing a new supreme court justice, I don't seem them as people to trust

[bucolic_frolic]

1. I wonder if they're trying to time something around July 4

They would stop at nothing.

[31j20b3]

2. I think Stephan Miller would do anything

Including showing us an AI generated image

Afterall, they've now got Teddy Roosevelt chatting with the dope

[sop]

3. Mitch can't vote while he's "incapacitated," so why rush things?

Kentucky's governor would have to call for a special election, and voters would elect someone to serve out the remainder of McConnell's term if he passes, or whatever.

[31j20b3]

4. Well, you think later is a better time to expose hiding a senator's death?

You might be right but I think the sooner such a thing is exposed the better for citizens across the country to shift their trust in the GOP

And maybe the better to get conspiracy charges 'to defraud' started

But I'm not a lying politician so I don't know how their game is really played

[NoRethugFriends]

28. @Well, that really makes no sense. One fewer Rertthug Senator for as long as possible is the goal

And the country doesn't trust GOP. This would change nothing.

[mercuryblues]

27. The Governor has to replace him.

As of now the rule is that the Governor has to replace with a member of the same party.

Right now, we have a non-voting GOP senator. I'm ok with that.

[HAB911]

5. should have done that 10 years ago

[allegorical oracle]

13. Yeah...but later is better than never.

[HAB911]

18. they would have just claimed he was alive

[Torchlight]

6. Not sure how that changes the taste of mustard

By the time a civil suit is prepared, launched, engaged and ruled on, it'll be next year.

[31j20b3]

7. Just in time for the run-up to the presidential election would be OK

[Torchlight]

14. Wouldn't it be known one way or the other by that point?

Regardless of whether suits are filed or not?

[31j20b3]

17. Sort of depends on how well the deception works I suppose

We might find out in weeks that McConnels been dead

I would likely take much longer to gather evidence of a successful attempt to have hidden the death

[Torchlight]

19. Sure. Sounds serious

Good luck

[31j20b3]

20. Well, there it is then

[onenote]

8. Could CA repubs or the RNC have sued the Feinstein family?

No. Which also is the answer to the OP’s question

[Sympthsical]

24. As a Californian

Who watched that situation for years, all these "Can you imagine congresspeople not coming to work?!" threads got me like:



Sounds like he's on life support, tho.

[Stacey Grove]

9. On what legal basis

within the framework of a failed state?

[31j20b3]

10. You've conditioned that to a place I don't understand

Is Kentucky the failed state or is The Federal Gov't?

I think a legal claim could be built around the notion that proof of death would be pretty good evidence that conspiracy to defraud had taken place

[NoRethugFriends]

29. Yeh, right.

[NCDem47]

11. What a farce.

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[Fiendish Thingy]

12. Death certificates are a matter of public record

Any other speculation is kooky CT nonsense.

[31j20b3]

15. Yes, to be sure, conspiracy would be underneath hiding a death

here in WI it's a crime to hide a death as it is in much of the western world.

[Vinca]

16. What hospital is he in? Someone could always show up during visiting hours and ask for his room number.

No room number, no Mitch.

[maxsolomon]

21. His absence from the Senate means nothing.

Nothing important is moving through the Senate this year.

[usedtobedemgurl]

22. Let's say they did, and we found out he was dead,

Then the GOP supplies a list of folks who the governor can choose to take Moscow mitch's place. So, then we end up with a live person on the magat's side. They will have horrible folks on the list. Not sure it's worth the effort.

[orthoclad]

23. But that wouldn't be High Road,

which is more important than freedom.

[Mordred]

25. Like it or not

Andy Barr will be the next Senator from Kentucky, whether he begins next Jan or sooner via a special election if Mitch dies before August.

[31j20b3]

26. IMO catching them hiding a death wouldn't be good for them

Kentucky law on a person concealing a body:

Kentucky Revised Statutes Title IX. Counties, Cities, and Other Local Units § 72.020.Duty of person, hospital, or institution finding or possessing dead body; duties of coroner, law enforcement officer, embalmer, funeral director, or ambulance service

https://codes.findlaw.com/ky/title-ix-counties-cities-and-other-local-units/ky-rev-st-sect-72-020/v

[NoRethugFriends]

30. Why are you pushing this so hard?

[31j20b3]

31. I'm not pushing it, I think it's an interesting topic

and when you poke around there is a bunch of stuff to learn

[NoRethugFriends]

32. At best it could be a distraction. At worst it could be a new voting Rethug senator earlier than necessary

If Alito did resign, one fewer Rethug senator could mean an appointee slightly less intolerable, as more need for "moderate" (and I use the term loosely) votes.

[BlueTsunami2018]

33. They can keep him on life support indefinitely.

He’s probably brain dead but technically alive. They’ll wait for an opportune moment to reveal.

[31j20b3]

35. I think knowledge they kept brain dead person on life support indefinitly

would be pretty terrible messaging

[BlueTsunami2018]

36. Does it really matter?

What is worse messaging than refusing to release a list of pedophiles? Than electing one?

They don’t give a rat’s ass about how it would look because no one is really going to care. They’re all about power. It’s the one thing I admire about them, they play to win.

[flvegan]

34. "Bring out your dead!"

Just need to roll an appropriately sized cart past the McConnell house, see if they toss him on top.

It's as reasonable a solution as the OP.