Kentucky GOP Overrides Veto of Senate Vacancy Plan

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Kentucky GOP Overrides Veto of Senate Vacancy Plan

March 29, 2021 at 10:18 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 8 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/03/29/kentucky-gop-overrides-vote-of-senate-vacancy-plan/

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“The Republican-run Kentucky legislature on Monday easily overrode Gov. Andy Beshear’s (D) veto of a notable bill that restricts his ability to fill any vacancies that arise if one of the state’s U.S. senators dies or leaves office early,” the Louisville Courier Journal reports.

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[Sanity Claws]

1. shit

[bdamomma]

2. Just vile

and criminal. These bastards are steamrolling over everything.

[Freethinker65]

4. If it encourages McConnell to retire early? Perhaps it is a wash.

How soon until a special election can be held to let voters decide? I assume the unelected partisan hack placeholder for the Senate seat is not allowed to just finish the term if over a certain period of months/years.

The intolerant asshole the Senate picks might be the best chance the Democrats have to win a KY Senate seat with a sane Democrat.

[Claire Oh Nette]

5. Mitch nhasn't got six years left.

look at him. He's blue!

The swelling in his hands, the extreme bruising, what appears to be a port. He's not long for this world, and he can't be assured Beshear won't outlast him.

I can't believe it's constitutional, per their state constitution.

[Freethinker65]

6. Exactly. Get Mitch out now. Have the GOP put some asshole in defying the State constitution.

Ridicule the hell out of the unelected intolerant partisan hack and run a sane Democrat against the entire corrupt GOP system that placed the asshole there in the first place.

[Nexus2]

7. They are really going for broke all over

It increasingly feels like running around and shouting time. :-/

[roamer65]

8. It's because they have a lot to hide.

Like treason.

[Jerry2144]

9. Hopefully

Hopefully a good Kentucky lawyer can challenge this law in KY court of it does violate their constitution. Or at least delay implementation of it until Moscow Mitch shuttles of this mortal coil.

[BComplex]

12. I'm wondering what the Kentucky Supreme Court would do with this. Isn't it in the

State Constitution. Can the legislature change the constitution by a simple majority, or do they have a super majority in both houses?

[SoCalDavidS]

10. It Still Amazes Me That KY Elected A Democratic Governor

Seriously, a state that Overwhelming elects Turtle & Rand Paul, and voted for Drumpf by a wide margin.

They figure, and rightly so, that the only way a Democratic Senator could take office, would be if appointed by the Governor.

Think they can't do even worse than Turtle or Paul? Guess again.

[scarletwoman]

11. So, the GOP keeps changing laws so it can stay in power.

This has to be fought against - it's the final stage of the fascist takeover of our government and the end of democracy.

[LastDemocratInSC]

13. It's simple. If you're not winning just change the rules.

And bribe the refs under the table. Voila! All problems are solved!

[Nexus2]

14. Every day it feels more and more like I should start making plans to sneak across the Ky [nt]

[dsc]

15. Given our behavior in MA in this regard it is hard to be entirely outraged here

This is something they have the legit right to do, just like we did in MA. MD, if you haven't done this yet do so now.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

16. The Radical Republican Reich, formerly the Republican Party, is determined to hold power.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

17. Who ever replace McConnell the dumber the better as far as the GOP is concerned.

[kentuck]

18. So, who picks the replacement ??

The Republican Legislature?

What if it is someone the entire Party does not agree with? It sounds like they are opening a can of worms to me?

I would doubt that the Legislature would pick someone that would be accepted unanimously, especially if someone else has ideas of running in the next election?