r/SipsTea 4h ago

Chugging tea Not wrong!

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u/MrFC1000 3h ago

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.

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u/Left-Mechanic6697 3h ago

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.

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u/cutach133 3h ago

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.

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u/Any_Counter_303 2h ago

You haven't caught on yet? Really? They're aren't weak and ineffectual. They're controlled opposition. They all work for the same billionaires.

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u/Shot_Fan_9258 2h ago

I'm pretty sure most of the current elected officials are complicit of everything that's happening, independently of their party.

For the dems, it's even easier; do as less as possible.

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u/_V3rt1g0_ 2h ago

It's nice to see some people are finally figuring this out.

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u/catatonic_welder 2h ago

Why voting doesn't matter, whoever gets in office will inevitably be bought out, regular people will never have the funds to match the ultra rich.

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u/MadeByTango 2h ago

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.

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u/FrankPapageorgio 46m ago

Incorrect. Vote for candidates that do not take corporate dollars. Mamdanis and AOCs.

You say that like there are more of them.

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u/noNoParts 36m ago

There are!

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u/radicldreamer 2h ago edited 1h ago

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.