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The Daily Cartoon: wishful thinking

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Editorial cartoon: Senator Mitch McConnell, in a red-and-white checked shirt, sits in a wheelchair being pushed out of a hospital entrance by a young aide in a shirt, tie and staff lanyard. Smirking and glancing back over his shoulder, McConnell asks, 'Everybody thought I was dead?' The aide, looking straight ahead with a weary expression, replies, 'It was probably just wishful thinking.'
Editorial cartoon: Senator Mitch McConnell, in a red-and-white checked shirt, sits in a wheelchair being pushed out of a hospital entrance by a young aide in a shirt, tie and staff lanyard. Smirking and glancing back over his shoulder, McConnell asks, 'Everybody thought I was dead?' The aide, looking straight ahead with a weary expression, replies, 'It was probably just wishful thinking.' Drawn to the desk editor’s direction · rendered with AI image tools
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