DAILYCALLER (Jack McGeever) - ‘That’s RACIST!’ Elaine Chao’s Defenders Turn To Leftist Tactics After Bombshell Report On CCP Ties
Former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and her defenders are responding to questions.
THEFEDERALIST (Jordan Boyd) - Report: Elaine Chao Held Roles At CCP Agency While In Bush, Trump Cabinets
The scope of China’s influence on the former U.S. cabinet official and her family is clear and has been for a long time.
DAILYCALLER (Dylan Kresak) - ‘Suspected Chinese Spy’: Internet Demands Probe After Mitch McConnell’s Wife Reportedly Revealed To Have CCP Ties
‘Suspected Chinese Spy’: Internet Demands Probe After Mitch McConnell’s Wife Reportedly Revealed To Have CCP Ties
REDSTATE (RedState) - Former CIA China Hand Cries 'Racist' Over Elaine Chao — Then His Own China Record Comes Up
AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Elaine Chao held Chinese Communist Party-linked appointments while serving in two U.S. Cabinet posts, investigation finds
Former Labor and Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao received at least four positions from Chinese Communist Party-affiliated organizations, some overlapping with her years in the U.S. Cabinet, raising serious questions about undisclosed foreign ties. Chinese government officials appointed Chao to multiple advisory and honorary roles within arms of the CCP's United Front Work Department starting in […] The post Elaine Chao held Chinese Communist Party-linked appointments while serving in two U.S. Cabinet posts, investigation finds appeared first on American Almanac .
Former Labor and Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao received at least four positions from Chinese Communist Party-affiliated organizations, some overlapping with her years in the U.S. Cabinet, raising serious questions about undisclosed foreign ties. Chinese government officials appointed Chao to multiple advisory and honorary roles within arms of the CCP's United Front Work Department starting in 2008, the Daily Caller News Foundation reported after translating Chinese government and state media records. The positions span both her tenure as Secretary of Labor under George W. Bush and her service as Secretary of Transportation during Donald Trump's first term. Chao's spokesman denied she ever held a foreign government position or…Open
DAILYCALLER (Philip Lenczycki) - EXCLUSIVE: Mitch McConnell’s Wife Elaine Chao Held Appointments From Chinese Communist Party Organizations While Serving In Cabinet
‘Disqualifying for dogcatcher’
AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - McConnell's staff targets Sept. 14 Senate return after three-month health absence
Sen. Mitch McConnell's staff is aiming for the 84-year-old former Republican majority leader to return to the Senate when it reconvenes on Sept. 14, ending a nearly three-month absence that has cost the GOP a critical vote and drawn bipartisan calls for answers. Rep. James Comer, a fellow Kentucky Republican, told reporters on Sept. 3 […] The post McConnell's staff targets Sept. 14 Senate return after three-month health absence appeared first on American Almanac .
Sen. Mitch McConnell's staff is aiming for the 84-year-old former Republican majority leader to return to the Senate when it reconvenes on Sept. 14, ending a nearly three-month absence that has cost the GOP a critical vote and drawn bipartisan calls for answers. Rep. James Comer, a fellow Kentucky Republican, told reporters on Sept. 3 that McConnell's team has set the return date as a goal, though Comer acknowledged he has not spoken directly with the senator. The update, USA TODAY reported , came without any public confirmation from McConnell himself, and without a clear medical assessment of his fitness to serve. McConnell has not appeared in the Senate since June. He was hospitalized on June 14 after falling at his Capitol Hill…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Jonah Adams) - McConnell still not cleared to leave rehab facility weeks after fall at home
Sen. Mitch McConnell's office released a new photo of the 84-year-old Kentucky Republican sitting up in a care facility with his wife, but the congressional physician says he still cannot return to work. The photo, dated July 26 and sent via email by McConnell's staff, shows the senator alongside his wife, former Transportation Secretary Elaine […] The post McConnell still not cleared to leave rehab facility weeks after fall at home appeared first on American Almanac .
Sen. Mitch McConnell's office released a new photo of the 84-year-old Kentucky Republican sitting up in a care facility with his wife, but the congressional physician says he still cannot return to work. The photo, dated July 26 and sent via email by McConnell's staff, shows the senator alongside his wife, former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, at the rehabilitation facility where he has been recovering since mid-June. A doctor's statement accompanying the image said McConnell was continuing his recovery from a fall at home in June, Mediaite reported . The Office of the Attending Physician of the United States Congress was more direct. In a statement obtained by MSNBC NOW producer Kyle Griffin, the office said McConnell is "not yet…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Mitch McConnell still not cleared to leave rehab facility as second photo surfaces
Senator Mitch McConnell remains confined to a rehabilitation facility weeks after a fall left him unconscious at home, with Congress's attending physician confirming he is not yet cleared to return to work. McConnell's office released a new photo on Monday showing the 84-year-old Kentucky Republican sitting up at a care facility with his wife, Elaine […] The post Mitch McConnell still not cleared to leave rehab facility as second photo surfaces appeared first on American Almanac .
Senator Mitch McConnell remains confined to a rehabilitation facility weeks after a fall left him unconscious at home, with Congress's attending physician confirming he is not yet cleared to return to work. McConnell's office released a new photo on Monday showing the 84-year-old Kentucky Republican sitting up at a care facility with his wife, Elaine Chao, at his side. The image, dated July 26, arrived by email, the second such photo his office has made public since McConnell was hospitalized in mid-June. A statement from the Office of the Attending Physician of the United States Congress, obtained by MSNBC NOW producer Kyle Griffin, confirmed that McConnell is "not yet medically cleared to leave the rehab facility and return to the…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Louisville Courier Journal columnist publishes harsh 'pre-obituary' of McConnell while senator recovers from fall
A Louisville Courier Journal columnist used Sen. Mitch McConnell's hospitalization, and the recent death of Sen. Lindsey Graham, as the occasion to publish a blistering career retrospective he openly calls a "pre-obituary." Joseph Gerth, a columnist at McConnell's hometown paper, published the opinion piece on July 22 while the 84-year-old Kentucky Republican was reportedly recovering […] The post Louisville Courier Journal columnist publishes harsh 'pre-obituary' of McConnell while senator recovers from fall appeared first on American Almanac .
A Louisville Courier Journal columnist used Sen. Mitch McConnell's hospitalization, and the recent death of Sen. Lindsey Graham, as the occasion to publish a blistering career retrospective he openly calls a "pre-obituary." Joseph Gerth, a columnist at McConnell's hometown paper, published the opinion piece on July 22 while the 84-year-old Kentucky Republican was reportedly recovering from a fall at his home that sent him to the hospital on June 14. Gerth made no pretense of neutrality: he called McConnell a "detestable figure" and framed the column as a deliberate attempt to criticize the senator while he is still alive, so that no one could accuse him of speaking ill of the dead. The timing is pointed. McConnell's Senate office went…Open