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McConnell’s Republican neighbor doesn’t 'know anything' about absence
The Senate Is Not a Private ClubA vacancy without honestyMitch McConnell fell on June 14, was hospitalized, and has remained out of view while his team dribbles out “proof-of-life” photos that raise more questions than they answer. That is the factual center of the story. Everything else is the institution’s effort to turn a public question into a managed image problem.Power hides behind procedureThe relevant power here is not gossip. It is Senate power: votes, leadership, access, and the ability to keep an aging officeholder in place while refusing the public a straight account. When an…
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