Kentucky legislature paves way for Mitch McConnell’s retirement, which cannot come soon enough

NOQ Report ^ | 03/08/2021 | CQ Livingston

[SkyDancer]

Send that no-chin turtle neck RINO back to the hills.

[PGalt]

Bitch McTurtle is slowing down. The fencepost is no place like the home.

[montag813]

Wouldn’t they need 2/3rds to do this?

[central_va]

F the Turtle. I wish he would retire then jump off a bridge...

[E. Pluribus Unum]

He and Elaine are heading for Beijing where they can be among their own CCP kind.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

He won reelection in November, but it may be unrealistic to 79-year-old can stay in the Senate another six years.

So why did the old jackass run?

[Vermont Lt]

He will need to focus his limited energy keeping his wife out of Federal prison.

[monkeyshine]

he and future governors would be required to choose the new lawmaker from a list of three from the executive committee of the party of the outgoing senator

I'm not sure I like this idea. Seems quite undemocratic. Why not just put the replacement to a vote in the legislature, like the way it was before the 17th Amendment? At least that way it would still be somewhat representative of the people, and the people will know whom to blame for the choice.

[monkeyshine]

Wouldn’t they need 2/3rds to do this?

No. Not anymore. Just need the county clerk to sign off on election laws these days.

[tennmountainman]

Good riddance to the Grand Wizard of RINO’s.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Mitch’s bitches all need to be gone, Thune, Blunt, Murkowski, Hoeven, Grassley, Lankford, Lee, Scott (SC), and Micro Rubio.

[Pocketdoor]

Wouldn’t the governor have to sign it?

[Nateman]

...McConnell has been uncharacteristically fearless in his handling of the post-election narrative surrounding President Trump...

So give the Turtle his medal!

[The Antiyuppie]

I think that he realizes that any part of this state south or east of Lexington/Louisville has basically become a no-go zone for him.

[qaz123]

Kentucky, like Louisiana, is dominated by Republican politicians. Yet the state elects a Dem Governor. Sure.

[Mr. N. Wolfe]

So the worm has a role in picking his successor, who will then have the power of incumbency. How nice.

Typical establishment Republican.

[CtBigPat]

[j.havenfarm]

Well the incumbent turned out to be a d**k, so there’s that

[j.havenfarm]

I see the GOP controls the Senate 29/9 and the House 75/25. Far more than veto proof