I Went Back to McConnell's House as Judgment Day Approaches!

0:00Where is Mitch McConnell? That's the question I get asked on almost every single video I make. And as one of the only journalists who has repeatedly followed up on this story, I have some answers for you today. Yeah, I don't know how much I believe them, but they are answers. I have gone to Mitch McConnell's home repeatedly after going to Mitch McConnell's hospital and then his rehabilitation facility repeatedly in an effort to get answers. And every single time you go there and in around his home, you're instantly near armed capital police who are essentially stations out front of his home, his black escalays, black suburban that were outside of the hospital, that were outside of the rehab facility and are now stationed outside his home. You have his home draped, completely shut, completely closed off. No one can see in or out of his home. In the early days of Mitch McConnell's recovery at home, we had home health aids coming in and out. Now that doesn't really happen much anymore. We don't really know what's happening inside

1:00that home, but what we do know is that there is pressure building from Republicans on Capitol Hill today for Mitch McConnell to get back. Get back by a key date, the date of September 14, in 11 days. That's when the United States Senate will come back into session allegedly. And I have some updates based on I was at Mitch McConnell's home this week. I'm going to go back again this weekend and try to see if I can get you any answers about the Senator's status. I have some. I want more. If you can, please consider subscribing, support this work. We're on the road to a million subscribers for some reason. Republicans get upset when we talk about Mitch McConnell and where he's at, but I think it's an important story to keep an eye on because for several reasons. Number one, Mitch McConnell is still collecting a paycheck. 100,000 plus dollars per year, several thousand dollars a week. He is taking from you, the taxpayer. You're still paying his paycheck every week. He gets more paid family leave right now, paid leave than women do in the federal government after they have a child. Right. I mean, what Mitch McConnell is getting is preferential treatment.

2:03And at the same time, Kentucky residents are furious. I spoke with Charles Booker today. You're going to hear that interview shortly. Charles is running for Senate in Kentucky to replace Mitch McConnell. He's run for Senate before he's going to run again now. He's a Democratic nominee for Senate in Kentucky. He has a solid message from the hood to the hauler running in counties across the state from rural to urban. And Democrats have one in Kentucky. I mean, Andy Bashir is a Democrat, beating the state of Kentucky, the governor of Kentucky. And so Booker has a chance. But I spoke with Booker about where Mitch McConnell is. He for his efforts does not know. And I'm not surprised. He doesn't know. But what he did tell me is that folks on the ground in Kentucky are furious. They have an absent senator. And it's not just Democrats who are upset. It's also Republicans who are upset. It's independence who are upset. Everyone is upset. And it's not only because they have an absent senator right now. They don't have someone representing them really in Washington, DC. But it's also because he's light to them. And these voters who voted Mitch McConnell

3:06in on several occasions, remember Mitch McConnell has been in the Senate for I feel like longer than I've been alive. They vote him into office. And now he's not telling them where he is. But we do have an update right now based on folks that I've spoken to and also public. So September 14th is the key deadline. Kentucky Republicans in Congress are now expecting McConnell to return to Capitol Hill sometime in September, probably on September 14th, assuming he can return for a vote on a Farm Bill. The Farm Bill is a critical vote right now. It is stalled in front of the United States Senate to 1111 in the Senate Agricultural Committee. And Mitch McConnell's vote is needed to break that tie to move the Farm Bill to the full floor of the United States Senate. Now time is running out because Mitch McConnell who ushered in a Farm Bill before, actually his Farm Bill expires in just 27 days. And James Comer, who is a representative from Kentucky, the oversight chairman right now, said that he talks with McConnell staffers at the

4:08annual Kentucky Country, Ham, Breakfast, and Auction in Louisville and said that the Farm Bill is something that he's always been involved in and he wants to cast a vote on the Farm Bill. And so we're going to see that September 14th deadline. Now there have been no public indications that McConnell is ready to come back on the 14th. His staffers haven't told me he's ready to come back on the 14th. The staffers haven't told anyone he's ready to come back on the 14th. But it does seem as though the 14th is that next day that we're waiting for. Right now it's been I believe 80 or 81 days since Mitch McConnell has been last seen publicly. If we stretch that to September 14th, we're going to be nearing three months. That's about 99 years so days. That's three months since the last time Mitch McConnell would have been seen publicly. And we'll see what state he is if he actually makes to the Senate floor. Now some of Mitch McConnell's closest friends and allies like Scott Jennings continue to get peppered over questions about McConnell take a listen. They can't have the ability to possess or build a nuclear weapon. Which is great because at the beginning of the swore and now the US intelligence community has assessed that they did not want one.

5:10They weren't building one. They didn't have one. Well, that's not what they're negotiating. That's not what they're negotiators told Mr. Wicoff and Mr. Kushner when they would be the intelligence agent. All right. You're not believe they were not believe the president's son in the line is a whole. No, I don't believe you at a phone call. No, I don't tell you that. I don't believe you at a 20-minute phone call Mitch McConnell. Okay, we're not like a darn variety conspiracy. We are not going to change the subject of the system. How is he? Have you talked to him lately? Yeah. Next for us. Ice arrests are soaring across How is he? Have you talked to him lately? So that's the latest right now. I did speak with Charles Booker who's running for Senate and Kentucky to replace Mitch McConnell in the United States Senate. He tells us a little bit more about what Kentuckyians are feeling and experiencing right now. I promise you and I promise you from the beginning that I will always stay on the speed. I think it's important that we continue to have reporters going on the ground and many mainstream media won't. I will to McConnell's home and elsewhere to keep asking the tough questions. Even when I get the attacks, I will still continue to do this. So if you can't subscribe, support this work. Like, comment, share, get the word out. This video is sponsored by a company I've worked with numerous times. Lisa mattress. We have one of

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7:16Lisa L-E-E-S-A.com promo code Parnis for 30% off select mattresses plus $50 off with the code Parnis. Show your support and let them know that we sent you in the survey after checkout. So appreciate you guys now back to the program. Highly recommend now my interview with Charles Booker. Super excited today to have Charles Booker on the podcast. Charles, you are running to replace Mitch McConnell and Kentucky Kentucky is a deep red sea. Why can Kentucky flip this year? First of all, man, I'm proud of you. I'm honored to be with you. I gotta say that first, man. You carry on this all on your shoulders. I'm telling the story. But, man, this is the story that needs to be told because Kentucky is, I've said this for years, it's not a real state. Now, I know the numbers reflect voting outcomes. But Kentucky has been a disenfranchised state, a marginalized state, an exploited state. And in a lot of ways, people who have been hardworking, who know we need a future where we're supporting and lifting up our families and not just

8:20giving tax breaks to Elon Musk. Those people have been drowned out and ignored by politicians like Mitch McConnell. And so running a racist rooted in community, this lifting up the voices of people in Kentucky, actually doing that work. And winning a race that shows the power of coalitions, it's something that we need to see, not only here in Kentucky, but we need to see it as a country. I think the world needs to see us fight for democracy in this way. And to be true for because of the years of organizing that I've been doing and the infrastructure we've built, we have folks that are literally organizing from the hood to the holler. We are in a unique position to win this race and we will. Gotta ask you, everyone in Kentucky or really everyone outside of Kentucky wants to know this, where is Mitch McConnell? Do you know? Man, Mitch McConnell has been gone for years. So, we really don't know. And this is beyond anything you can see in a movie or on TV. I mean, it speaks to the status quo that it's really told working people that we don't matter. I mean,

9:20they're insulting us at this point. People like Scott Jennings saying that he's had this enthralled 20-minute conversation with Mitch McConnell. Mitch McConnell was not having 20-minute conversations a year ago. That is absolutely ridiculous. And the photo is just added to more confusion. And so, we take and I take health emergency serious. I'm going to type one diabetic. And I know the fear of being rushed to the hospital, wondering what the future holds. So, that's not a political gain to me. But what Mitch McConnell and his team are doing, they're deceiving the people of Kentucky. They're deceiving people on the national stage. And they're hiding the fact that he is not able to represent Kentucky in the Senate. He needs to step down. I've been questioned whether he's still alive. I really don't know him. Have you heard from folks on the ground, constituents of his saying, where is my senator? Like, we want a senator and we just don't have one. Is that what people are saying right now in Kentucky? You know, all across Kentucky, Democrat, Republican, Independent, everybody's really pissed off about this. And you're hearing

10:25two things. One, there's a bit of relief that he's not around because he's not screwing us over, but at the same time, everyone's pissed off because he's being paid to represent us. He's getting paid sick leave. He's getting high quality health care. And he was the same person working without rest to block the people of Kentucky from getting those same benefits. And everybody knows it. And so, it does speak to the corruption and the dysfunction in Washington, which we are all really, really tired of. And the fact that they won't just be honest and just say what's really going on with him after 80 plus days. It's deeply offensive. And the fact of my opponent, Andy Bar will not say anything. It just speaks to the fact that he's ready to sell us out. He does not care. And that's why we're going to make sure we replace Mitch McConnell by retiring Andy Bar. Now, you mentioned a phrase that you've used in past campaigns from the hood to the hauler. What does that mean for folks who don't know? Man, from the hood to the hauler is a rallying cry. I'm a preacher's kid. And so,

11:29we grew up on calling response and just finding ways to deliver the message. And working across Kentucky for years, I have not only in the organizing space, I was a director of Fish and Wildlife. Of course, I served in the state legislature. Worked with small family farmers out in the state, trying to help them compete in commercial markets. One of the things that has been very clear to me is that we have so much more in common than anything that would ever divide us. We have the numbers. And people all across Kentucky, regardless of party, they want their families to be safe. They want to make sure that they can have money in their pocket. They don't have to choose between paying the rent and keeping the lights on. And when I speak about standing together from the hood to the hauler, it's the power of the rainbow coalition. It is saying that regular people from all backgrounds, if we come together, we can win together. And because we've been organizing on issues, not on party, but on the issues that matter to people, you know, for years I've gone around Kentucky asking, what's pissing you off? And then mobilizing to show up for it, whether it's clean

12:30water, whether it's issues around housing. Now it's data centers. You know, go down the line, just showing up for people. We've built a lot of trust. And this is how we have one of the most incredible political coalitions in modern history in a place that a lot of people are looking over. So I'm excited to tell that story, man. I got to ask you one of the biggest issues for Kentucky and Zaryson Lee has been flooding, especially in rural Kentucky. And I think it's a story that really hasn't gotten too much national attraction because I feel like it happened so often. We see floods, devastate rural Kentucky regularly. What can be done to help those communities because right now I feel like they're forgotten communities in a way. Absolutely. And like you said, it now, these historic floods are their common. I mean, by the time we're really in just trying to recover from one, we're seeing another one come. And this is gears of degradation of our land, especially out in Appalachia, fossil fuel industry, mountaintop removal.

13:33A lot of the investment that has left communities vulnerable when storms come, infrastructure that has been in need of repair, which is why the investment in infrastructure was such a big deal, and which is why we need to continue it. And I've worked the last few years in the Bichier administration. And one of the things that we've been really focused on is helping communities rebuild, even helping to elevate them, moving communities to higher elevation so they're not susceptible, but then also repairing bridges, putting in roadway, putting in that infrastructure that connects people, but also helps to protect them. And that's why federal leadership is so important because we've seen in the White House essentially treating disaster relief as a political football. Depending on how emotional the Trump administration is any day of the week, they'll slash those funds. And picking shoes who would receive the investments that we're already putting in with our tax dollars in Andy Bar who has been a rubber stamp for that mess the whole time,

14:37only wants to do more of the same. And so making sure that we are treating this crisis for what it is, climate chaos and the impact of, like I said, the fossil fuel industry for us here, just more of those mega developments that have not taken precaution for the community, putting those guard rails in place to keep people safe, to prioritize them, and to do a lot of the mitigation work. There's a lot of cleanup effort that needs to happen, reclaiming minds, and doing the work of restoring our home to create good jobs in the process. Climate core is an example of how we can do that type of offensive work to repair and rebuild. And people are ready for that. I've said in rooms with co-minors who have talked about how they know those jobs aren't coming back and how they are looking for opportunities to build insustainable energy to create infrastructure so that water is clean, that they're not dealing with the runoff. And so that their families can have utilities that don't break their backs. All this stuff is common sense,

15:39man. And I'm just fighting for the people and standing up for them. Charles, if people want to support your campaign, what can they do? They can go to Charles Bookerky.org, sign up to volunteer, make a donation, join this coalition. We are standing up against hate and bigotry at a time when it is needed the most with a campaign rooted in love. And we need all the help we can get because we have a very rare path to win this thing. Charles, thanks so much for the time. Hey, folks, thanks so much for watching. Feel free to add this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or anywhere you watch, or the latest breaking news and daily hits. Throughout the day, make sure to follow, subscribe, see you soon for more.