WSJ: The attack on Mrs. McConnell, who in public goes by her maiden name of
Elaine Chao, took place on Twitter. The station quotes a Progress
Kentucky tweet dated Feb. 14: “This woman has the ear of (Sen.
McConnell)—she’s his wife. May explain why your job moved to China!”
That was followed by a link
to what WFPL describes as “a website run by conspiracy theorist and
radio host Jeff Rense, alleging Chao, who was born in Taiwan,
discriminated against American workers during her tenure.” Chao served
as labor secretary from 2001 through 2009.

…Shawn Reilly, Progress Kentucky’s executive director, acknowledged the problem, telling Bailey in a follow-up report
that the tweet “included an inappropriate comment on [Chao’s]
ethnicity.” He added: “We apologize to the secretary for that
unnecessary comment and have deleted the tweets in question. In
addition, we have put a review process in place to ensure tweets and
other social media communications from Progress Kentucky are reviewed
and approved prior to posting.” Maybe they should seek preclearance from
the Justice Department.