President Trump got in the face of ABC’s Rachel Scott after she asked him a question about the rationale behind his national midterm voter bribe.
“Mr. President, on the checks: The U.S. is still $40 trillion in debt. If your economic policies are working, why do you need an incentive for people to turn out to vote?” she asked Thursday night.
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The Senate does NOT permit that for floor votes, and never has. Committees are a very different thing, but even then it’s proxy voting and not remote voting: iow, you have to actually be a senator on that committee and physically present to do it on behalf of your absent fellow senator.
Be very careful with “they say” statements; I am hearing so many now that are just blatantly false, and usually to the end of making people feel more powerless and helpless, like this one.
The rumor of McConnell participating in some kind of absentee voting in the Senate actually came up about a month ago in discussion if you’d like to read about it here – it was refreshing because both parties brought the receipts.