Posted on 09/14/2026 3:17:44 PM PDT by CFW
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., returned to the Capitol on Monday after a three-month absence following a fall that left him hospitalized and out of public view for 92 days.
McConnell said he has assured Senate Majority Leader John Thune that he will “do my best to be present for tough votes when our Conference needs me.”
“Today, I’ll cast my first Senate vote since I took a bad fall back in June,” McConnell said in a statement. “I’m really looking forward to being back on the Senate floor and seeing my colleagues.”
The appearance is the first time the 84-year-old former Senate Republican leader had been seen publicly since he was hospitalized June 14, ending months of questions about his condition and whether he would be able to return before his final term expires in January.
McConnell had not cast a Senate vote since June 11 and missed dozens of votes during his absence. His return comes as senators reconvene Monday following a five-week summer recess.
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Today, I’ll cast my first Senate vote since I took a bad fall back in June. I’m really looking forward to being back on the Senate floor and seeing my colleagues.
My recovery has been a long and often frustrating process, and the lingering effects of childhood polio haven’t made it any easier. I’m still not quite back to 100%, but I’ve assured Leader Thune that, as I continue with physical therapy on the advice of my doctors, I will do my best to be present for tough votes when our Conference needs me.
Elaine and I are very grateful for all the continued well wishes from our fellow Kentuckians, and I’m glad to get back to more of business as usual on their behalf this month.
So now we can pass the SAVE act… 🙄
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U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell has made a public appearance after three months following a fall and subsequent hospitalization in June 2026
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🚨 BREAKING: Mitch McConnell has just been seen for the first time in over THREE MONTHS, leaving his DC home with a massive police escort
The Senate has already started voting, so unsurprisingly, he’s late
This dude is in NO shape to be a US Senator pic.twitter.com/RAIgSFixr7— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) September 14, 2026
He wasn’t missed.
Has Andrew McCarthy been seen close by?
Fortunately for us the backstabbing fool decided not to run for reelection and will be gone from the Senate in 2027.
LOL! That’s about what I expected.
BTW, Attorney General Todd Blanche will hold a White House press briefing tomorrow, in the Rose Garden, according to a senior WH official.
I wonder what’s up?
If we let dead people vote, we can’t make his recent demise prevent him from holding office ...
ChiComs happiest...
If these old dinosaurs could figure out a way to vote from the crypt, they would.
he’s tanned, rested and ready. Fit as a fiddle to play the “long game” for another 40K years.
Did he cast it against conservatives or Trump?
We don’t know that’s really McConnell.
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