Beshear to McConnell: Provide ‘proof of your capacity to serve’ or leave office

By: McKenna Horsley

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: July 28, 2026

Words: 479

Last Updated: 6 days, 1 hour ago

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Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear wrote in a Monday letter to Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell and his staff that the senator should “provide proof of your capacity to serve, or resign.”

The letter from the governor came after McConnell’s office shared a Monday statement from the senator and another photo of him with his wife, former Secretary of Labor and Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao. McConnell, 84, was hospitalized in June, …

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