Mitch McConnell's Hometown Newspaper Publishes Pre-Obituary Weeks After Senator, 84, Was Rushed to the Hospital
Joseph Gerth says McConnell’s legacy includes damaged trust in government and a politicized Supreme Court, as the senator remains hospitalized after a fall.
- On Wednesday, Louisville Courier-Journal columnist Joseph Gerth published a critical pre-mortem of Sen. Mitch McConnell while the 84-year-old remains hospitalized, recovering from pneumonia following a fall.
- Speculation regarding McConnell's condition intensified among lawmakers, amplified by the recent death of Sen. Lindsey Graham, as the senator has not made public appearances since his June 14 hospitalization.
- Gerth draws parallels between McConnell and former President Richard Nixon, arguing the senator destroyed the Supreme Court's credibility through a "cynical and hypocritical manipulation" of the confirmation process and his embrace of President Donald Trump.
- After Sen. Tommy Tuberville pressed for transparency this week, McConnell's office released a photo of the senator with Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, though the image did little to quiet ongoing chatter regarding his health.
- Gerth acknowledges McConnell's success in rebuilding the Republican Party in Kentucky, highlighting legislative achievements including local infrastructure improvements and the 2004 federal tobacco buyout.
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If Mitch McConnell has even a single functioning brain cell left to his name, sequestered away in a D.C. hospital surrounded by Capitol police, he spent this week reading his own obituary -- and it was far from flattering. As McConnell remains hospitalized for 39 days and counting, following a medical emergency at his D.C. home -- the details of which are murky and only get murkier -- an opinion columnist for the Kentucky senator's own hometown…
Mitch McConnell Humiliated as Scathing Pre-Obituary Destroys His Legacy
Mitch McConnell is getting obliterated by his own people — the very voters who loyally sent him to Washington for four decades. In a blistering rebuke that sent shockwaves through political circles, his hometown newspaper, the Louisville Courier-Journal, took the unprecedented step of publishing a brutal pre-obituary while the longtime senator is still in office. After a mid-June fall left him hospitalized for nearly a month, Senator Mitch McCon…
AOC says Mitch McConnell should resign if he cannot provide health update
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said Wednesday that if Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who was hospitalized last month, is unable to provide the public with an update on his health, he should resign. “If he can’t give us an update, he should resign,” Ocasio-Cortez told reporters. “Absolutely.” McConnell, 84, has not been seen in public after...
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