▲ 929 ▼ Fun Fact! (thelemmy.club) submitted 1 month ago by shittydwarf@piefed.ca to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 161 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago (1 child) And Kentucky voted for this for what, 40 years? Hes held his seat since 1985. I wasn't even born yet and I'm 40. America is a fucking cesspool. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 month ago (1 child) Kentucky is part of the long-corrupt South. Even when Jim Crow laws and black voter suppression became illegal, the corruption was too deep to route out. McConnell's seat was secured by election tampering the whole time. So Kentuckians didn't vote for him, but they "voted" for him. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago Add in a lot of that generational mentality of we've always voted this way and will continue to do so. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 month ago (1 child) Kentucky is part of the long-corrupt South. Even when Jim Crow laws and black voter suppression became illegal, the corruption was too deep to route out. McConnell's seat was secured by election tampering the whole time. So Kentuckians didn't vote for him, but they "voted" for him. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago Add in a lot of that generational mentality of we've always voted this way and will continue to do so. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago Add in a lot of that generational mentality of we've always voted this way and will continue to do so. permalink fedilink source parent
