No they took away his power to appoint a replacement, which is still dubious because that’s in the KY constitution. The method he can use is calling a special election.
Exactly. Here’s where democrats really need to take a page out of the GOP playbook. Do the thing anyway, let the Kentucky GOP file a lawsuit, and make the courts determine if it’s within their power to do it without amending the state constitution.
YES, this is what needs to happen. I'm not saying we should stoop down and play dirty like the GOP but Democrats need to at LEAST start playing the same fucking game!
If this was a state with a GOP Governor and a Dem Senator I can promise you the Gov would've already done EVERYTHING he could to appoint a new Senator.
WHYYYY are Democrats so weak and ineffectual? The GOP has gotten where it is because Democrats REFUSE to do anything except try to keep the status quo, we are WAY beyond status quo at this point and they still do nothing. This is why I'm voting straight DSA from now on.
Incorrect. Vote for candidates that do not take corporate dollars. Mamdanis and AOCs.
And then stop worrying about the ad money. What candidates need is travel money and the ability to connect supporters. We can be the infrastructure to help that. The only reason the rich win the money game is because they make you think it takes money to win.
We have way more people power than they have money.
This is the most defeatist and frankly bot sounding post ever. Vote against big money in politics. We need to dismantle citizens united. Money isn't speech and corporations aren't people.
I think the whole "why doesn't Bashear appoint someone" line is being pushed by people who want to make the Dems look bad.
Bashear won't appoint someone because it's bad for the Democrats plain and simple. The new appointee is required by law to also be approved by the republican party of Kentucky so you're functionally giving republicans an extra vote in the United States senate while also breaking the law.
But because people want to portray the democrats as Weak reddit comments that act confused as to why he isn't doing this get upvoted.
Like seriously, what do you gain if Bashear appoints a republican senator to congress?
"Make the dems look bad" hahaha christ this country is cooked.
The GOP is run by a fcking pedo cult destroying and grifting this country into the ground and you idiots are worried about the Dems "looking bad" by actually doing what needs to be done.
They are playing the same game. The dissonance you expect them to play the game in certain way. They don't. They represent the same capitalist class interest as the Republicans, and it's not yours.
Ask for forgiveness, not permission. That should be on the GOP's 'coat of arms' in Latin - Veniam pete, non permissionem - (used a translator for this so it may need tweaking).
Appointing a new senator would actually end up hurting Democrats more than Republicans.
The way the appointment process would work is that the Republican party would give the governor a short list of 3 candidates and the governor picks from those 3.
So the governor would have to appoint a republican to the senate, which functionally gives the republicans an extra vote (since McConnell hasn't been voting).
And in the long term, the next governor of Kentucky is probably going to be a Republican, having a special election makes it much easier to get a democratic senator in in the rare even that the next senator from Kentucky passes.
He should appoint someone anyway, make a whole media story about it, get Republicans on the record saying he cant do that so he can call on them to call a special election. He's losing the momentum and the Republicans are going to get away with this because of more Democratic fear of confrontation
which is still dubious because that’s in the KY constitution.
Not exactly. What's in the KY constitution is the ability to fill statewide KY offices. It doesn't specifically mention federal office, like US Senate.
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u/Slight_Beach_641 4h ago
I love all the updates from the governor. "Well, I've tried nothing, and I'm all out of ideas on getting to the bottom of this"