Is that normal? Seems kinda weird
According to congress . gov, 45 states say that the interim senator may be appointed by the state governor. Darline will serve as a South Carolina Senator until January 3 2027.
For Darline to serve longer, she would have to win election. There will be an election held now to replace Lindsey Graham in 2027.
The weird thing is that she was not a public figure and has no experience. Her wikipedia page was created yesterday. She was appointed by Trump’s recommendation to the South Carolina governor.
https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/IF/PDF/IF11907/IF11907.4.pdf
Your hereditary dictatorships
Our democratic senate
Funny enough had some person yell at with deranged arguments why North Korea is a “super villain dictatorship” and one of which was the dynastic qualities of the “fascist regime”.
Haha I love democracy, I love being ruled by people who got their position by being related to a different ruler who died, it’s so freedom bald eagle yeehaw
“In America, we don’t have political dynasties like those silly Europeans.”
So glad the US has freedom and meritocracy, could you imagine if the country was ruled by a bunch of corrupt nepo-babies?
I can’t help but still think about the taint ladybug thing. My brain needs less internet.
IN COMMUNIST NORTH KOREA
I love democracy
James Clyburn, the longtime congressman who is the sole Democrat left in the South Carolina delegation, congratulated her on the job, adding that “it is my hope that we will continue to diligently work together as we have in the past.”
This is the guy that torpedoes anyone left of Reagan.
“There’s two of them?” “We should have never made this bargain”
c/nottheonion, c/notamonarchy
She’s an optician
Okay, sure, whatever
Hey, he was an optometrist
An optician just makes glasses, doesn’t examine the eyes
They’re essentially shop owners that can protect their business behind professional licensing(in some states, at least). It’s a racket that artificially restricts the number of licensees to protect their lucrative market of selling shitty plastic frames for 4x the cost of the lenses.
The proof that it’s a bullshit license is that the optician doesn’t actually need to do the work. They can pay people minimum wage to do the job, and then pop in for 10 seconds to “verify the fit”.
Perfect profession for the US Senate.
