Andy Beshear Needs To Grow A Pair And Force Mitch McConnell's Hand

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If I were Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear I would have already visited the hospital Mitch McConnell is staying at, demanded an in-person visit, demanded he publish a proof-of-life video, and subsequently demanded his immediate resignation for vacating his Senatorial duties for well over a month—despite still getting paid—without explanation.

I then would appoint someone to fill McConnell’s vacant seat and force Republicans to challenge it in court, force McConnell to come out of the hospital where he’s been hiding—or get his office to admit that he’s been dead the whole time.

It’s really that simple.

Right now, there is effectively a corpse of a Senator siphoning tax dollars from the American people, squatting in a Senate seat. And the Democratic Governor isn’t doing much about it, other than sending out tweets and written statements.

You can’t just demand transparency from Republicans on Twitter or in a sternly-worded press conference. You have to force their hand.

(Though, if I’m being real, a dead Mitch McConnell in the Senate is better than an alive Mitch McConnell).

Nevertheless

Beshear needs to grow a pair of balls and do what needs to be done with McConnell. The longer he stalls, the weaker he looks.

If I’m Beshear, I’m showing up to that damned hospital in Kentucky tonight, and making McConnell show his face. Dead or alive.