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Republican Senator Lashes Out at People for Asking ‘Where’s Mitch’
The Daily Beast • • nation
Key Points:
- Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins defended Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell amid calls for transparency regarding his health following a hospital stay after a June 14 fall.
- Collins criticized Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, a Democrat, for demanding McConnell prove his fitness to serve, accusing Beshear of politicizing the senator's health for personal gain.
- Governor Beshear has sent letters to McConnell and Senate leadership demanding proof of McConnell's capacity to serve or resignation, prompting backlash from Republican senators including Rand Paul and Bernie Moreno.
- Collins, who has publicly disclosed her own benign essential tremor condition, emphasized that McConnell deserves respect and that speculation about his health is unkind and politically motivated.
