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Andy Beshear: “When you've been in a hospital for a month and you've missed…”

Featuring: Andy Beshear, Democratic | Governor of Kentucky

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Gov. Andy Beshear - Team Kentucky Update 7.16.26

Published | Video Starts at 41:44

But when you take on these jobs, when you represent the people of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, you give up some of that. That's just what it is. That's what comes with the territory. And When you've been in a hospital for a month and you've missed all the votes, which is your job, I mean, basically you're not able to show up for work. You owe your boss, like anybody else out there who works, an explanation of what's been going on and when you'll get back. And that's all we're asking for from the senator. (41:44–41:51)

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Asserts that Mitch McConnell has been in the hospital for a month and missed all Senate votes.

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