Andy Borowitz
McConnell Campaign Rocked by Leaked Photo Showing Him With Science Book
WASHINGTON – The campaign of Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) was thrown into disarray today with the emergence of a leaked photo showing the senator reading a science book.
The photo, which appeared on the gossip site TMZ, shows a visibly absorbed Sen. McConnell reading a scholarly text entitled, “The Man-made Causes of Climate Change.” The scandalous photo came on the heels of an allegation from a woman who claims that she took three meteorology classes with Sen. McConnell at the University of Louisville in the early 1960’s.
According to a Kentucky political insider, the latest allegations lay waste to Mr. McConnell’s repeated claims that he is not a scientist: “In Kentucky, the only thing worse than being a scientist is being a scientist and lying about it.”