It has now been 40 days since Senator Mitch McConnell was hospitalized, and the only “evidence” given that he’s on the mend has been one image of him smiling with his wife. Other Kentucky Republicans did not respond to questions this week about whether they had spoken to McConnell or his team. “If Andy Barr believed that Joe Biden should step down because of his health, why is he not demanding the same thing from Senator Mitch McConnell?” Democratic Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear’s demands for answers on McConnell have also been met with silence. Senator Mitch McConnell in a wheelchair at the U.S. Capitol, in March last year.