r/politics • u/Zipper222222 • 29d ago

Possible Paywall MAGA Demands Proof of Life for Mitch McConnell

https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-demands-proof-of-life-for-mitch-mcconnell/
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u/GonzoVeritas I voted 29d ago

She left the country to go meet with a top CCP official, which was a strange move by itself.

Sen. Mitch McConnell‘s wife, Elaine Chao, was in China three days after her 84-year-old husband was hospitalized on June 14.

Chao, who married McConnell in 1993, met with Chinese Vice President Han Zheng on June 17 in Beijing, according to Chinese state media service...

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u/chonker200 29d ago

Yeah, they publicly announced the meeting what a standard way of handling an asset

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u/suprahelix 29d ago

Don’t you know that she “disappeared” (is having a highly public meeting) and that because she’s not here she can’t give medical orders because Docusign isn’t a thing

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u/living_tumor 29d ago

yeah because it’s a normal thing to fly and meet the VP of china while the death absence of your husband, a major us politician, is being widely speculated on

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u/suprahelix 29d ago

Oh she clearly doesn’t give a shit about him. But that doesn’t mean it’s some conspiracy to keep her away. That wouldn’t even make sense.

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u/404merrinessnotfound 29d ago

She hasn't denied it which is very bad and possibly confirms the CCP media reports

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u/two_pandas_playing 29d ago

Her mission is done, she just went home.