Listen "Sen. Mitch McConnell on more federal aid, masks and renaming military bases"
Episode Synopsis
This week's show features WDRB political reporter Lawrence Smith's full interview with U.S. Sen. Maj. Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, conducted July 6, 2020. Smith asks the country's most powerful senator about the prospect of federal aid for states and cities, extending what McConnell calls the unemployment insurance 'bonus' of $600 per week, removing the names of Confederates from military bases, McConnell's embrace of masks in public settings and his re-election campaign against Democrat Amy McGrath. After the interview, Smith discusses the challenges of interviewing McConnell and his impressions of the conversation.
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