Posted on 07/06/2026 5:27:14 PM PDT by Red Badger
The 84-year-old senator’s staff has not revealed details about his health condition since he was hospitalized nearly a month ago.
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Neighbors of Mitch McConnell’s Capitol Hill home in Washington, D.C. have said the house hasn’t seen anyone come or go since his latest health scare.
The former Senate majority leader had not been seen in public for weeks before he was found unconscious after an apparent heart attack at his home on June 14, according to EMS dispatch audio.
One of his neighbors explained to independent journalist Desirée Townsend that she saw him being taken to the hospital by paramedics, but has seen no activity at McConnell’s nearly $2 million Washington house since.
“I haven’t seen anyone,” she explained.
The neighbor said no family members, including his wife, Elaine Chao, 73, have come by the home since the health scare, and no one else has come or gone from the townhouse.
Chao, who formerly served as transportation secretary in the first Trump administration and labor secretary in the Bush administration, traveled to Beijing and met with Chinese Vice President Han Zheng just three days after McConnell’s hospitalization.
The Daily Beast has contacted other neighbors of McConnell’s for more information about potential activity, or inactivity, at the house.
Townsend has reported that his Capitol Police security detail, which normally sits outside of his home, is still at the hospital as of July 6.
The details about McConnell’s health remain unclear, which has only sparked further speculation about the potential severity of his condition.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democrat who is said to be considering a run for president, has said the senator’s office has not been in communication with him about his condition.
State Republicans changed the rules for filling a Senate vacancy before the end of a term two years ago. Kentucky law now requires that a special election be held immediately if a sitting senator dies, changing the previous law that gave the governor the power to appoint someone to the seat until the next election.
McConnell’s staff waited until June 22, over a week after his hospitalization, to provide an update on his condition and said only that he would not be voting that week.
His Senate office has for days refused to answer basic questions about his health, and has only repeated that he is “working closely” with staff on Senate business while Congress is out of session. They have not answered questions about the senator’s treatment, prognosis, or timeline for his full recovery.
Far-right influencer and Trump confidante Laura Loomer alleged on Monday that the Kentucky senator was “brain dead” and would not be returning to Congress, citing a “high-level source close to the White House.”
The assertion made by the president’s “loyalty enforcer” could not be verified immediately, despite multiple requests for comment from McConnell’s team.
McConnell’s final months in office have been plagued by a series of health scares and injuries. He has also appeared to suffer several medical episodes in which he has frozen and stopped talking mid-sentence when the cameras were rolling.
He’s also had several falls in the halls of Congress, including two in rapid succession, which prompted his need for a wheelchair. He sprained his wrist and cut his face after tripping and falling during a Republican Senate lunch in 2024.
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LOL!! Short drop. Should be used for public executions.
If the rumors of massive organ failure are true, it won’t be a weekend.................
HaHa! I agree. The limit should be around 75.
There’s a story on Facebook.
How about a 2-term max instead of age, or addition to? No matter, it will never happen. The Founders must be rolling in their graves, they detested political parties and never thought that the Senate one day would become the Uniparty as we know it and the enemy of the people.
His staff want to keep him plugged in as long as they can to stay in power.
If organ failure has set in, then even a machine can’t keep the body going.............
The Chinese government knows the EXACT medical condition of Mitch McConnell but the American public does not. This is a national security matter and the President should insist on his receiving a full medical report and its release to the American people.
The people of Kentucky have a right to both of its two U.S. Senators being able to be present and vote in the U.S. Senate.
Elaine Chao has no lawful authority under U.S. law to meet directly with top officials of the Chinese government. She is obviously a spy for that government.
It sure appears to be the situation. What is this above top secret?
If Laura Loomer says McConnell will “not be returning to Congress” that sounds like not at all to me. Decisions had better be made pretty soon, I’d think.
Brain dead and organ failure mean he’s been gone since day one..............
Bunch of “Karens” in the video comments.
Thats a hilarious theory you just pulled out of your gumper.
...just hope his successor isn’t a meathead.
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