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Related: About this forumBeam me up, Kentucky? George Takei tweets he's 'tempted' to take on Mitch McConnell
Could George Takei boldly go where no man has gone before?
No, not into the far reaches of space, but someplace even harder to reach: Defeating longtime Sen. Mitch McConnell for his seat in Washington.
Oh my!
The actor famous among Star Trek fans for his role as USS Enterprise pilot Hikaru Sulu and, more recently, well-known as a left-leaning political advocate, tweeted Thursday that he's "tempted" to move to Kentucky just to run against the Kentucky senator and Senate majority leader.
Link to tweet
Resistance, however, may be futile. McConnell hasn't lost an election since defeating Walter "Dee" Huddleston for the Senate spot in 1984.
Read more: https://www.baxterbulletin.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/05/23/george-takei-tweets-hes-tempted-run-against-mitch-mcconnell/1214234001/
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Beam me up, Kentucky? George Takei tweets he's 'tempted' to take on Mitch McConnell (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
May 2019
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Chin music
(23,002 posts)1. Senator Sulu....let's go!
Warp 5. take him (erm.. US) out.
MasonDreams
(756 posts)2. McTurtle did NOT win big 5yrs back and his approval is 30% now
A worthwhile venture I do believe!
End Of The Road
(1,397 posts)3. Jim Beam me up, Kentucky
Ill drink to that. Go George.