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Elaine Chao inadvertently throws a wrench in Mitch McConnell's proof-of-life claim: report
Mitch McConnell’s Absence Is the Story, Not the ShirtThe Real Story Is the VacuumA recent report says the latest McConnell “proof-of-life” photo is drawing scrutiny because Elaine Chao appears to be wearing the same outfit she wore when she left the Washington rehabilitation center earlier this month. That is the detail the press can see. The more important fact is the one the public cannot: a powerful U.S. senator has been extendedly absent, and the information coming out around him is so thin that people are left doing forensic work on a white shirt.That is not transparency. It is…
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