What do senior Republican Senator Mitch McConnell and Iran’s new Supreme Leader have in common?
Not a lot, except that both men are currently being hidden from public view – and nobody seems to know for sure if either Mitch or Mojtaba Khamenei is alive or dead.
Iran is a brutal theocratic regime where the truth tends to be suppressed. America is meant to be a free and democratic society. Yet the 84-year-old Senator for Kentucky has been in hospital since June 14 and rumors are spreading that he is brain-dead, on life-support, or possibly worse, and the party leadership appears to be covering up the facts about his health.
We can expect this to continue at least until August 3 – because, under Kentucky law, if McConnell can make it to that date without being declared unfit for office, his senatorial seat will not be contested in a special election. Grand Old Party bigwigs would rather McConnell is not replaced by a more MAGA Republican candidate. And so the party leadership keeps insisting that all is well.
Leader Thune spoke with Senator McConnell yesterday by phone. They had a lengthy and substantive conversation that covered a variety of topics, including national security,’ said a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader John Thune on Monday.
