Kentucky's Republican state senators and representatives will honor retiring Senator Mitch McConnell, the longest serving Senate party leader in U.S. history, with a statue in Frankfort's Capitol Rotunda.
WHAS Radio's Terry Meiners discusses McConnell's impact on Kentucky prominence and abundant federal funding - "punching above our weight" in the senator's words - leading to this honor.
Democrats, most notably, Governor Andy Beshear, are not thrilled with the idea of honoring McConnell alongside statues of Abraham Lincoln, Henry Clay, and Ephraim McDowell.
Meiners unpacks the drama of a supermajority of Republicans laughing while floundering Democrats (who've "lost the plot" according to Rahm Emmanuel) kick and scream at the inevitable addition honoring McConnell's legacy.
Will they ultimately pass a law requiring Beshear to salute the McConnell statue every time he walks out of his office?