• TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca
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      22 days ago

      At this point the deadline has passed for it to matter for bye-elections. If he was dead why wouldn’t they just say so. The whole thing stinks, it hasn’t made a lick of sense from the start.

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        22 days ago

        At this point the deadline has passed for it to matter for bye-elections.

        Well fuck. I hope there’s still time for the hello-elections!

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        22 days ago

        They can’t announce it too quickly or else it’ll look suspicious… well, more suspicious than this shit already looks. They think they’re pulling a sneaky

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          22 days ago

          This exactly it. Plus the Kentucky Governor said they’re are loop holes they can use if he is dead, so they are delaying for as long as they can. Which likely means until the next GOP person can campaign and run for senator.

      • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
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        22 days ago

        Could be brain dead and they are working on a technicality. Definitely have enough money and resources to keep a pseudo-corpse around for quite awhile.