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Kentucky governor says he has no info on Mitch McConnell’s health as he rips Congress
(www.the-independent.com)
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Which mean he would if they found out he was dead or incapable.
If you don't understand, ask questions.
But even genuine ignorance is dangerous right before a big midterm
Are you really that placated by “oh he’s alive, trust us?” with all of the subterfuge that the Republicans do? It would have been easy to call for it and then say “I look forward to be proven wrong when I talk to him in person”
Obviously not, and at this point I don't understand how you're not understanding this...
You're saying if someone thinks step 1 should be done, they think he's fine.
I have no fucking idea why anyone would think that, it's completely irrational
Yet here we are...
It's like if someone told you they were getting a prostate exam, and you called them an idiot for not thinking they can get cancer.
Just what the actual fuck are you even talking about?
It's an election season, and an important one at that. The irrational actors are coming out of the woodwork to tell everyone how worthless and incapable they believe the dems are.
Here we go again...