Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) Sunday statement updating the public on his health raised red flags for at least one political analyst.
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Camila DeChalus, a CNN political reporter based in Washington, D.C., said on Sunday’s broadcast of “CNN Newsroom” that McConnell’s statement was a “defining moment” in the saga because of what the senator revealed about himself.
“You all know how folks of my generation often hesitate to share the vulnerability that comes with growing older. Even in the public eye, I feel that same instinct – I can’t help it. But at the same time, I’ve had more than my share of experience with physical vulnerabilities,” McConnell’s statement reads in part.
DeChalus said the amount of vulnerability that McConnell showed in his statement was “telling.”
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“That’s what made his recent hospitalization this time around that he remained a little bit silent on what transpired,” she said.
DeChalus also described McConnell’s statement as a “defining moment” in American politics.
“This is a really key defining moment because you have this past week where the democratic governor of Kentucky put out a public letter requesting a health update from the senator and really lamenting about how his constituents have the right to know about his current health condition and … most importantly, whether he is still fit to continue to serve in office,” DeChalus noted. “And really, in this statement, he really does detail laying out what he’s been through and his path, how open and public his other hospitalizations were, and why he kind of remained silent on this.”
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