McConnell created an information vacuum, badly filled
Commentary author Al Cross writes, Sen. Mitch McConnell's taciturn approach caused turmoil for him and the country when he went four weeks without explaining why he was hospitalized. And it gave Gov. Andy Beshear an… Read the full report at Kentucky Lantern
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