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Elaine Chao\u2019s outfit in Mitch McConnell\u2019s latest \u201cproof-of-life\u201d photo has raised fresh questions over the timeline offered by the senator\u2019s office. <\/p>\n

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Since McConnell, 84, vanished from the public eye more than six weeks ago, the Kentucky senator\u2019s office has released two photos of him with Chao, 78. <\/p>\n

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The first photo was released by his office on July 12. The second appeared in a July 27 press release, though the office dated the photo July 26. Both appear to have been taken in the same room.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

On July 15, between the release of the two proof-of-life photos, Chao was photographed leaving the Washington, D.C., rehabilitation center where McConnell is recovering. <\/p>\n

But a newly spotted detail calls into question the claimed date of McConnell\u2019s second \u201cproof-of-life\u201d photo.<\/p>\n

Chao appears to be wearing an identical outfit in the photo McConnell\u2019s office claims was taken on July 26, and in the July 15 photo of her leaving the rehab facility.<\/p>\n

In both photos, Chao appears to be wearing the same white button-down dotted with peach-colored seashells and the same eggshell-white pants. A reverse image search of the shirt identified it as an offering of the mid-tier American retail brand Chico\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Her hair also appears to be the same shade and style in each image, which were supposedly taken eleven days apart. <\/p>\n

Chao, who led the Department of Transportation during President Trump\u2019s first term, had gotten a fresh new hairstyle when she was photographed Wednesday as she accepted a bizarre award at a lunch hosted by the Aero Club of D.C. <\/p>\n

She appeared with fuller-looking hair that was noticeably lighter and had a more reddish tint than in the photo of her and McConnell supposedly taken just days earlier. <\/p>\n

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McConnell\u2019s office did not immediately respond to questions about the photos\u2019 timeline and Chao\u2019s outfit. The Daily Beast has also reached out to Chao through an email on her website. <\/p>\n

A family friend of Chao was bewildered by her outfit of choice in the second proof-of-life photo\u2014which appears identical to the one she wore outside the rehab facility\u2014saying she was wearing a brand she would never typically wear. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve known members of the Chao family\u2014specifically, Elaine\u2019s apolitical sisters (Grace and the late Angela)\u2014since our college years,\u201d Jeff Yang, an author and podcaster, wrote on Bluesky on Wednesday. <\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t imagine Elaine, one of the most put-together people in existence, releasing a pic wearing a thin shirt over a visible black bra, UNTUCKED. Just implausible.\u201d<\/p>\n

He later added, \u201cELAINE IS DEPICTED WEARING A $12 CHICO\u2019S SHIRT. HOLY CRAP SHE WOULD RATHER DIE.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chao made an eyebrow-raising trip to China just three days after McConnell was rushed to the hospital on June 14. She met with Chinese Vice President Han Zheng in Beijing on June 17. Amid questions over the timing of the trip, her spokesperson said McConnell\u2019s health \u201cdid not warrant an immediate return to the U.S.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aside from the pair of proof-of-life photos released this month, McConnell has not addressed his constituents or released a video to prove he is able to serve in the Senate.<\/p>\n

The senator\u2019s staff has also fallen all but mute. His team, led by Terry Carmack, who is on track to earn more than $226,000 this year, has repeatedly issued the same statement, saying only that the senator \u201cappreciates the outpouring of support\u201d while he continues treatment.<\/p>\n

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