McConnell’s $226K Gatekeeper Hightails It From Health Questions

Mitch McConnell’s chief of staff fled from a reporter questioning him about the Kentucky senator’s whereabouts.

Independent journalist Nicholas Ballasy shared a video of himself confronting a fast-walking Terry Carmack, the former Senate majority leader’s longtime staffer, who has spearheaded the silence from McConnell’s team amid his prolonged absence.

McConnell’s staffers have dodged press inquiries in the nearly seven weeks since their boss was admitted to George Washington University Hospital, after details of a June 14 911 call suggested he had suffered a heart attack, was unconscious, and had received CPR.

Read the full story, [here](https://www.thedailybeast.com/mitch-mcconnells-226k-gatekeeper-terry-hightails-it-from-health-questions/).

Isn’t this the same type of waste and fraud the Republican entity was bitching and moaning about? How can this not be considered fraud at this point? This guys been out of work almost 2 months and his people keep collecting paychecks. Whats good for the politicians is good for the commoners. Why aren’t more people pissed that we don’t receive the same type of benefits as these fools???

The scandal isn’t that McConnell’s staff is still being paid. The Senate office still has work to do. The scandal is that an elected senator has been absent for seven weeks and his constituents can’t get a straight answer about whether he’s capable of doing the job. Meanwhile, most Americans couldn’t take seven weeks of paid medical leave without risking their income, insurance, or home.