The professionally Republican have been pretending to have 20-minute discussions with Senator Mitch McConnell in an effort to keep the Democrat governor of Kentucky, Andy Beshear, from appointing a replacement.
Beshear has now openly began to challenge the assertions of the professionally Republican team and demand proof of life and capability or he will replace McConnell.
WASHINGTON DC – Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said he is willing to launch a legal challenge to allow him to choose Mitch McConnell’s replacement if the senator cannot return to office.
Beshear, a Democrat, told MS NOW’s Politics Nation host Rev. Al Sharpton on Sunday that he “might make some news right here” while revealing the potential options he has as governor to replace the 84-year-old, whose health has been the subject of intense speculation for weeks.
[…] there is a Kentucky constitutional provision that says that I appoint all state officers when there’s a vacancy,” he added. “The question is, does that apply to federal offices? Well, before there was ever a law in Kentucky on how this would work, multiple appointments were made by governors, assumably under that provision.” (read more)
Here’s a wild idea. If Beshear chooses to appoint someone, Thune could declare a recess until the courts settle all issues except to gather to pass the Save Act.
>> Beshear has now openly began to challenge the assertions of the professionally Republican team and demand proof of life and capability or he will replace McConnell.
Hmm… Would that be like what the Democrats did wrt Biden for four years?
Does anyone remember the congresswoman who missed quite a bit of time but her staff was keeping things running so it wasn’t noticed right away? It turned out that she was in a memory care facility.
oh, that was in the state I just escaped!
It was Kay Granger (R- TX). The one who was absent from Congress that I couldn’t remember her name.
A state’s constitution saying a Governor can “appoint all state officers when there’s a vacancy” does not mean he can replace a national office vacancy, no matter how much the dems want to play with words.
Just did a quick search for the Kentucky statute that speaks to appointments, and although I do not use AI it automatically popped up an answer at the top of my screen that read, “Kentucky law no longer allows the governor to appoint an interim U.S. senator if a vacancy occurs; a 2024 law requires Senate vacancies to be filled through a special election instead.”
Hhhhhmmm, if there is a law specifically stating the gubner can’t appoint an interim senator, then someone needs to give little Andy a heads-up on his state’s laws.
Kentucky House Bill 622.
Lil’ Andy cannot fill the appointment of a Senator.
https://reason.com/volokh/2024/04/25/the-kentucky-legislature-removed-the-governors-power-to-temporarily-appoint-a-senator/
Tell Gov Beshear, “Mitch is as sharp as he’s ever been.”
If that was good enough for the Dems for the whole duration of the Biden administration, it’ll be good enough to November.
Wasn’t representative Kean missing for several months due to cancer treatments from Kentucky? Gov Beshear wasn’t so keen then, was he? (Was that McKean?)