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TexasTowelie

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Thu May 23, 2019, 09:04 PM May 2019

Beam 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.




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 OP
Senator Sulu....let's go! Chin music May 2019 #1
McTurtle did NOT win big 5yrs back and his approval is 30% now MasonDreams Jun 2019 #2
Jim Beam me up, Kentucky End Of The Road Jun 2019 #3
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