Politics● LowSep 16 · Sep 16, 2026, 7:49 PM
Mitch McConnell ‘got 92 days of paid’ leave but ‘a mother gets none’: Internet trashes senator’s absence
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McConnell cited the lingering effects of childhood polio as a factor in his slow recovery
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