r/politics • u/MoneyLibrarian9032 New York • Aug 28 '26

Possible Paywall Mitch McConnell Has Been Missing for 75 Days—With No Updates

https://newrepublic.com/post/214878/mitch-mcconnell-missing-75-days
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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '26

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u/Cosmic_Seth Aug 28 '26

People double down and voted them back in.

We're cooked. 

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '26

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u/Odd-Promotion2743 Aug 28 '26

I mean, are you prepared to go to war against the people on your street? Because that's what it entails.

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u/Lurking_nerd California Aug 28 '26

This is the uncomfortable, ugly truth that some have realized, many don’t want to admit, and even more are too busy with their tik toks and podcasts to even know what’s going on.

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u/laplongejr Europe Aug 29 '26

Well, people went to war on Jan 6 2021, and apparently won already.  

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u/__thrillho Aug 28 '26

What do you propose to do to fight back?

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u/highrouleur Aug 28 '26

as an outsider, isn't this exactly why you have the 2nd amendment ?

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u/__thrillho Aug 29 '26

So what are you suggesting? Someone should shoot the president? Let me know how that goes for ya lol.

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u/laplongejr Europe Aug 29 '26

If the US were a functional democracy, its people would go on strike. Instead, its citizen decided tyranny should be dealt by the right to bear firearms.  

Now they tell us they can't afford to strike but that firearms won't be enough. The world told them so for half a century if not more.  

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u/DynTraitObj Aug 28 '26

The people can't stand up until they agree they're being screwed. Some 1/3 of America is happy about all of this and 1/3 more doesn't give a shit other than gas prices

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u/TM761152 Aug 28 '26

No, they believe themselves to be nobility. Why should they give up their cushy role that has all the benefits and no draw backs??

Nevermind the billionaire machine that keeps them in power...

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u/Jerome_Eugene_Morrow Aug 28 '26

The billionaires are just the top layer of the aristocracy. All the politicians work for them, and the rest of us work for the politicians. Or at least that’s how they see it.

The attempts at voter manipulation are coming from billionaires like Musk and Trump. They want a world where the real election is just who is most subservient to the people with the most money. And the politicians seem to believe we’re already in that world.

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u/flibber_deez_gibbets Aug 28 '26

the people will never stand up