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'Almost elder abuse': GOP insider stunned by humiliating McConnell video
U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) waves at reporters outside the Senate Chamber after he returned to Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 14, 2026. REUTERS/Evan Vucci
A Senate Seat Is Not a Party-Owned Hospital Bed
The Spectacle Is Not the Scandal
Mitch McConnell returned to the Senate after a hospitalization, having missed more than 60 roll-call votes, and appeared in public using a wheelchair while speaking little. That is enough to raise legitimate questions about his capacity to serve. But the degrading footage is not the central political fact. The central fact is that…
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