Mitch McConnell set to return to Senate after Labor Day, James Comer says

Washington Examiner ^ | September 3, 2026 | Emily Hallas

[henbane]

“I expect that. I sure hope so,” Comer said. “…I’ve talked to staff, many of whom are from my district originally, and they have all said it’s their goal for Senator McConnell to be here when the Senate comes in next week. I have not talked to him personally, but I’ve talked to the staff regularly.”

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: chicommitch; comer; mcconnell; return

[henbane]

Comer's statement seems to contain more than a dash of hopium.

[vivenne]

Oh, goody.

[Zathras]

And if the GOP really wanted to change the senate, they would demand he resign immediately.

[combat_boots]

In cardboard?

[maddog55]

Should be interesting...

[Tymesup]

Labor Day of which year?

[TTFX]

Is McConnell going to be paid for the days he didn’t attend the Senate?

[shelterguy]

Weekend At Bernies is going through my head right now.

[ssapro]

Will he be lying in state in the capital rotunda?

[ClearCase_guy]

Nah, he’ll be lying in the senate chamber, and in press conferences, and on Sunday talk shows, and ...

[Republican Wildcat]

The headline does not match what Comer said. He was not making a statement he was asked a question and said he expects that and he hopes so - not definitively this was going to happen as the headline states.

[Merrick]

Damnable lies!!!!!

I was b-slapped for not bowing to the FR balckpillers in accepting that Mitch has been dead for three months. I know he’s dead, because 30 people who DON’T KNOW SQUAT schooled me.

Damnable lies!!!!

[Merrick]

You think that’s an hourly job? You people are clueless.

[frank ballenger]

Will he be a fearful apparition as in the Conjuring movies?
Or invisible with the lights on but showing as a creepy creature in the dark as in Lights Out? And don’t get stuck in a high rise elevator with him as in Devil.

Wanting McConnell back? Be careful what you wish for.

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[frank ballenger]

Photo caption.

McConnell: “And you do the hokey pokey. That’s what it’s all about.”

[Merrick]

You do realize that the job as originally constituted assumed they’d only work a few months a year, right?

[monkeyshine]

Interesting photograph. At first glance I thought they were trying to help him do a backflip off the wall.

[monkeyshine]

You do realize that the job as originally constituted assumed they’d only work a few months a year, right?

And by the Grace of God they have whittled that down to just a few days...

[Arkady]

Obviously he will. Hell closes down every year between Labor Day and Christmas.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

I thought he was dead weeks ago.