A Shanghai kindergarten named for the grandfather of Sen. Mitch McConnell’s wife Elaine Chao has been used by a United Front Work Department arm to cultivate ties with Chao and her family. Chao has returned to the school for decades and met with Chinese Communist Party and United Front officials there, according to translations of Chinese government and state-media reports.
The kindergarten has held military-themed events for young children that included toy rifles and games supervised in some cases by People’s Liberation Army personnel. Chao’s father donated to the school in 1995.
Chao has been rumored to have ties to Chinese communist for years, and this report seems to indicate that where there is smoke, there is indeed fire. McConnell is leaving the Senate after decades in leadership, a shell of his former self. He looked the other way as China gained influence as he and his wife no doubt took advantage of special favors for their complicity.
The record is not a single meeting; it is a multi-decade relationship centered on a school that stages military activities for toddlers to worship China’s godless communist system. This will be McConnell’s legacy. He will be remembered among those who sold out his country to a foreign power. He will be fortunate to bow out gracefully before he can truly be held accountable for his actions.
