Republican-passed bill removes role of Democratic governor if Senate vacancy occurs in Kentucky
Republican-passed bill removes role of Democratic governor if Senate vacancy occurs in Kentucky
Kentucky lawmakers have given final passage to a bill stripping the Democratic governor of any role in picking someone to occupy a U.S. Senate seat if a vacancy occurs.
Kentucky lawmakers gave final approval Thursday to a bill stripping the state’s Democratic governor of any role in picking someone to occupy a U.S. Senate seat if a vacancy occurred in the home state of 82-year-old Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell.
The legislation calls for a special election to fill any Senate vacancy from the Bluegrass State. The special election winner would hold the seat for the remainder of the unexpired term.
I'm shocked... that it took them this long. They've been threatening this for like half a year I think.
Once the latest generation steps up and votes, I plan on listening to the crying and gnashing of teeth by the GQP when the Dems do everything the GQP has been setting precedent for.
I have zero faith neoliberal Democrats would be anywhere near that ruthless (unless they needed to stop some leftists, maybe).
It certainly doesn't help that the left-leaning ones are told online that voting is pointless and that it doesn't matter.
Self-fulfilling prophecy.
I always remember that Bernie suspended his campaign in April and RFK was shot in June, and I wonder if Bernie had survived Super Tuesday, if he would have survived June.
That's what every generation says. Problem is that by the time a generation actually does step up to vote, they've become more conservative than when they were younger. Maybe it'll be different this time.
I'm looking forward to reading Fareed Zakaria's new book. He argues that we are at the beginning of a new age of revolutions.
Uh, good? Governors shouldn't be appointing US Senators, even temporary ones. That's how Kelly Loeffler grifted her way into office.
Yeah. While it would be funny for Mitch McConnel's operating to finally crash and be replaced by a Democrat, this is entirely reasonable. We were talking about how the legislatures in MA and VT could do this if Warren or Sanders were selected and the Republican governors at the time tried to pull a fast one.
Any lemmys here from KY? Registered to vote?
Got to register prior to April 22 by 4pm to vote in this May's primary
Shoot these people with paintball guns until they never return to office.
I mean, at least Trump emboldened them to be criminals out in the open. Once America decides that politicians aren’t above the law- we’ll be in a good place to lock them up.
The governor can veto this, right?
Republicans have a super majority in KY senate and house
It's apt that the abbreviation for Kentucky is KY, cuz they've been fucking the country for years.
The governor has denounced the measure as driven by partisanship, but the GOP supermajority legislature could override a veto when lawmakers reconvene for the final two days of this year’s session in mid-April.
Pretty sure they have a supermajority?
This is the best summary I could come up with:
“So it would be a direct voice of the people determining how the vacancy is filled,” Republican Senate President Robert Stivers said while presenting the bill to his colleagues.
The governor has denounced the measure as driven by partisanship, but the GOP supermajority legislature could override a veto when lawmakers reconvene for the final two days of this year’s session in mid-April.
Rudy refers to McConnell as a “great friend and a political mentor,” and credits the state’s senior senator for playing an important role in the GOP’s rise to dominance in the Kentucky legislature.
Rudy introduced the bill in February and it cleared a House committee a day after McConnell’s announcement that he will step down from his longtime Senate leadership position in November.
In his speech from the Senate floor, McConnell left open the possibility that he might seek another term in 2026, declaring at one point: “I’m not going anywhere anytime soon.”
Beshear — who won a convincing reelection victory last November over a McConnell protege — had already seen his influence over selecting a senator greatly diminished by GOP lawmakers.
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