McConnell's hospitalization, Trump's health opacity, and now a senator's sudden death are forcing a GOP reckoning.

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Republican senator served in the Senate since 2003 and was a sharp critic of Trump before becoming one of his most loyal backers

The Republican senator reportedly died of a “brief and sudden illness.”