The comments after this AP article

[mwmisses4289]

https://apnews.com/article/mcconnell-health-hospital-senate-21a76f059653c6c713e660abb7722c5e

seem to indicate that the majority of people commenting on that thread don't believe Thune and the other guy talked with mitch for 20 minutes.

Wonder why?

[Wiz Imp]

1. Because people are stupid?

There is ZERO advantage to Republicans to lie about this.

[mwmisses4289]

3. There have been several good responses on other threads indicating why there are several advantages to

republicans to lie about this, mostly having to do with kentucky law regarding special and general elections.

[Wiz Imp]

4. Wrong. There is ZERO advaantage to Republicans.

The current situation is VERY BAD for Republicans and a GREAT SITUATION for Democrats. Democrats are the ones who should not want a special election. An incapacitated McConnell means Republicans have only 52 votes in the Senate instead of 53. With only 52 votes, now only 3 Republicans need to vote with Democrats to kill any legislation or nominees. For example, Democrats now need only 3 Republicans to vote against Blanche as AG to kill his nomination. With McConnell present or another Republican elected in a special election taking his place, Democrats would need 4 Republican votes to kill Blanche's nomination.

Massie voted with Trump 98% of the time. Even if Massie became 100% anti-Trump, him or a Democraat winning a special election would at most be minimally worse for Republicans than a vacant seat or an incapacitated McConnell. Having a Democrat in that seat only really helps Democrats during votes where one or more Republicans are absent. Whether it's 52-47 or 52-48, Democrats still need 3 Republican votes in the senate to kill Republican legislation or nominees. A special election which ould lmost certainly be won by a Republican, would give Republicans back tht 53rd vote for several months.

Besides, Massie couldn't even win his own district. Why would Republicans be afraid of him winning a statewide election? It's an insane conspiracy theory that makes zero sense.

Why are so many people here convinced there is a conspiracy to hide McConnells death, when if it were true, it's a huge favor to Democrats and doesn't help Republicans one bit.

[Torchlight]

2. At the point I presume anything a republican says is a lie

and I haven't lost a dime on that yet.