Elaine Chao’s Bizarre Trench Coat In 106-Degree Heat Sparks Wild Mitch McConnell Theories

Elaine Chao’s trench coat in Washington’s punishing mid-July heat has fueled fresh Mitch McConnell theories online, after she was photographed leaving the senator’s rehabilitation center in the capital on Tuesday, 14 July, while he continued recovering from a fall and pneumonia.

The image, and the reaction to it, arrived just days after McConnell publicly confirmed he had been briefly unconscious and said he was still not ready to return to the Senate floor. . .

Chao, the former transportation secretary, was seen wearing dark sunglasses, a face mask and a long trench coat as she left the rehab facility where McConnell is recovering, according to reporting on the photograph.

The outfit stood out all the more because Washington was under extreme heat conditions, with local forecasts warning that the heat index could climb above 105 degrees around the same period. . .

Her earlier absence during the first stretch of McConnell’s hospitalisation drew criticism, and a spokesperson later said her China trip had been planned in advance and that McConnell’s condition ‘did not warrant’ an immediate return to the United States. That explanation has not satisfied everyone online, but it remains the only attributed account in the record. (Read more from “Elaine Chao’s Bizarre Trench Coat In 106-Degree Heat Sparks Wild Mitch McConnell Theories” HERE)

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