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'Smug' McConnell aide enrages internet as mysterious absence lingers
A Smirk Is Not the Story. Secrecy Is.The Source, BrieflyThe reporting centers on renewed questions about Mitch McConnell’s health after his June hospitalization, the slow disclosure from his office, and a Monday encounter in which communications director Stephanie Penn declined to answer questions about his condition, walking past a journalist in silence. The scene drew mockery online, alongside broader concern that McConnell’s staff may still be drawing salaries while Kentucky is left without clear representation.The Real Power Is the OfficeThe frame here is too small if it stops at Penn’s…
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