There's a simple reason Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) wasn't affected by the White House's coronavirus outbreak: He wasn't there.
In fact, McConnell hasn't made it to see President Trump for the past two months over concerns of how the White House is handling COVID-19. "I actually haven't been to the White House since August the 6th because my impression was their approach to how to handle this was different than mine and what I insisted that we do in the Senate, which is to wear a mask and practice social distancing," McConnell said Thursday.
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