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The latest Mitch McConnell rumor is just too wacko to be believed
McConnell’s Vanishing Act Is Not the Story. His Power Was.The rumor is a sideshowFor weeks, social media has been obsessed with a grotesque question: is Mitch McConnell dead, hidden, or merely too frail to appear in public? The source frames that mystery as the main event. It isn’t. The real story is that one of the most consequential political operators in modern American history vanished from view after being rushed to the hospital on June 14, and the only official response has been vague reassurance about him “continuing to improve” while working remotely on unspecified matters.That…
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