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'Everything will unravel': Family friend zeroes in on oddity in new McConnell photo
McConnell’s Photo Op Is a Power Problem, Not a Fashion ProblemThe SetupMitch McConnell’s office released a smiling photo of the 84-year-old senator with Elaine Chao, 73, to calm rising concern about his health and mental acuity. Instead, the image triggered more scrutiny, including a public debate over Chao’s clothing and whether the picture looked staged. That is the surface drama. The real story is the machinery behind it: a powerful Senate office trying to manage a legitimacy problem with a carefully arranged image.Who Controls the FrameThe institution with actual power here is McConnell’s…
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