{"id":420891,"date":"2026-08-01T15:13:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T15:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/420891\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T15:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T15:13:11","slug":"california-psychics-cringe-mitch-mcconnell-ad-sparks-outrage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/420891\/","title":{"rendered":"California psychic\u2019s cringe Mitch McConnell ad sparks outrage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Venice Beach psychic shop is sparking outrage with a vile offer to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/27\/us-news\/mitch-mcconnell-grins-beside-wife-elaine-chao-in-new-photo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">connect with US Senator Mitch McConnell<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Original Venice Beach Psychic, located at 1101 Ocean Front Walk, is advertising spirit readings that, according to flyers posted around the area, include the chance to speak with Sen. McConnell.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnjoy a 20 minute chat with Mitch McConnell,\u201d a flyer reads.<\/p>\n<p>The unusual promotion quickly triggered reactions. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnjoy a 20 minute chat with Mitch McConnell,\u201d the flyer says Reddit<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY.) Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you too have questions for Senator Mitch McConnell? Hop on down to @the_originalvenicebeachpsychic\u00a0and ask for a spirit reading today,\u201d an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/creative_dissent_lab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram post <\/a>also captioned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs much as I disagree with practically everything he has done, I don\u2019t wish that upon him,\u201d one person commented online. <\/p>\n<p>The business operates two storefronts along the Venice Beach Boardwalk and a third location on Lincoln Boulevard, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DHpNwTYRXy6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">according to its Instagram page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Among its psychics is Bianca Marino, who says she specializes in \u201clove marriage happiness success\u201d and describes herself as clairvoyant. In addition to private readings, Marino advertises tarot card, crystal and palm readings at parties starting at $200.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHi I am a gifted Psychic we have a family shop on the boardwalk of Venice beach sense 35 years now I specialize in Palm Torot card readings love marriage finance career all matters of life I do party and events I have done over 250 party\u2019s with thin the last 2 years,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The former Senate Majority Leader will retire once his term ends on January 2027 Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The renewed attention on the Venice Beach business comes as McConnell has yet to make a public appearance since being hospitalized after a fall on June 14.<\/p>\n<p>Although the Kentucky Republican posted a photo with his wife on July 12, questions about his health and ability to continue serving have continued to swirl.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Venice Beach psychic shop is sparking outrage with a vile offer to connect with US Senator Mitch&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420892,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1785,7,9,8,53671,4182,146972,168121,3586,6646,168122,168123],"class_list":["post-420891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-beaches","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-crystals","tag-metro","tag-mitch-mcconnell","tag-psychics","tag-us-news","tag-venice","tag-witchcraft","tag-witches"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}