Just how deep does the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have its fangs sunk into the United States government? New indications seem to surface every day, and some of them go much deeper than an inept and dimwitted former California congressman’s choices of sleeping partners.
The latest revelation, in a story broken at the Daily Caller, involves the outgoing Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and his wife, Elaine Chao. The Daily Caller story claims that Elaine Chao, whose original name is Zhao Xiaolan, allegedly held positions with Chinese government entities and organizations tied to the Chinese Communist Party’s United Front apparatus while also serving in senior U.S. government posts.
That’s a shocker by any standard.
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials appointed Sen. Mitch McConnell’s wife to multiple government positions, many of which partially overlapped with her two U.S. Cabinet posts, according to Chinese government and state media reports unearthed by the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Elaine Chao, who married the Kentucky Republican in 1993, has held numerous U.S. government positions since the 1980s, including serving as Department of Labor (DOL) secretary throughout President George W. Bush’s tenure and as Department of Transportation (DOT) secretary during President Donald Trump’s first term. After resigning from the Trump administration in January 2021, Chao then served on the board of EV charging company ChargePoint between 2021 and 2026, and is now listed as a distinguished fellow at the Hudson Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit.