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MAGA demands Mitch McConnell 'proof of life' as wild rumor sweeps DC amid three-week hospitalization

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McConnell, 84, was admitted to a hospital on the morning of June 14 following a medical emergency at his Washington, DC home.

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Doctor accuses Republicans of engaging in 'elder abuse' to prove McConnell isn't dead

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Doctor accuses Republicans of engaging in 'elder abuse' to prove McConnell isn't dead

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) remains in the hospital after a serious episode that reportedly included cardiac arrest and advanced life support, but his staffers refuse to communicate the exact status of his condition, beyond some of his political allies claiming they spoke with him over the phone and he is recovering.But his exact physical state is just the beginning of the issue, vascular surgeon and Healthcare for Action founder Dr. Anahita Dua told The Daily Beast. Also at issue is the possibility that his allies are committing "elder abuse" in the course of downplaying his condition.For one thing, noted the report, "the offices of senators John Thune and John Barrasso said they had spoken to him this week. GOP commentator Scott Jennings claimed he spoke to McConnell for 20 minutes. All three indicated they discussed policy, including Iran, Ukraine, and defense spending," but none of them offered details on his health and simply indicated he was "eager" to return to work. That is a red flag, Dua argued.“Is it right for somebody who has just had a major cardiac event to be expected to go back to the floor and make major decisions with the level of stress?” she said. “I don’t think so. I think that’s elder abuse.”“They call him for 20 minutes, and they talk about public policy? Like, how about ‘how you doing, man?’” she continued. “That’s terrible and stressful and not a very nice thing, and if I were his doctor, I would take away his phone.”If McConnell's hospitalization is due to a heart attack, said Dua, he would need surgery to catheterize his heart and remove the blockage. “But if his heart did stop, and he did have decreased blood flow to a portion of his heart for a period of time, then recovery from that can take a while because now your heart muscle is literally damaged and doesn’t pump the way that it’s supposed to be pumping, and that can cause further problems moving forward,” she said. Even the mere act of CPR could have given him rib fractures.None of this indicates a person who should be "eager" to get back to a high-stakes, high-stress job, she said — and even if he is on the road to recovery, it could take "months."McConnell's hospitalization comes not long after Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-NJ) mysteriously vanished for months with an unspecified medical issue, only revealing upon his return that he was hospitalized for depression.

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Kentucky governor makes unusual request as mystery deepens over Mitch McConnell's health

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Kentucky governor makes unusual request as mystery deepens over Mitch McConnell's health

Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has taken a dramatic step after Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell (Ky.) was hospitalized last month.On Wednesday, Beshear issued a letter requesting that McConnell answer questions about his health after weeks of silence.'Allowing speculation to continue in the media is not fair to the Senator or to Kentuckians.' McConnell has been dealing with health issues and was admitted to a hospital on June 14. His office has released almost no substantive updates, leading to some speculation that his condition may be very grave.After several of McConnell's colleagues and acquaintances reported talking to him since Monday, Beshear made a formal request of the Republican leader."Over the last several weeks, Kentuckians have grown increasingly concerned about the health and well-being of Sen. McConnell. As Governor — and a fellow public official who understands the commitment we've made to the people we serve — I am requesting the Senator provide an update on his current health status," the governor said in the letter."Allowing speculation to continue in the media is not fair to the Senator or to Kentuckians," he added, "and my hope is that this provides him the opportunity to share the information in a transparent manner, direct from the source. I wish him a safe and speedy recovery."Among those who said they had spoken with McConnell were CNN contributor Scott Jennings, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), and Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.).The reports led to some seemingly mocking posts."I spoke to McConnell for about 20 minutes this morning. He said we should end the war with Iran, quit giving aid to Israel, stop spying on Americans without a warrant, and he's really sorry about how my primary turned out," Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky wrote."I spoke to Mitch McConnell for 20 minutes yesterday. He said America needs an assault weapons ban, ICE should take their masks off, and that Gavin Newsom is very presidential. Then he said he was 20 minutes late for pickleball and hung up," wrote Saddam Azlan Salim, a Democratic Virginia state senator.RELATED: Concerning new details emerge about Mitch McConnell's latest health scare Other voices are calling for McConnell's office to be more transparent. "We need the truth about Mitch McConnell NOW. It is unacceptable that the party who spent four years criticizing Joe Biden's health is now silent on McConnell's," Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck said on social media."What's the difference between that and what Iran's leaders are doing with the new Ayatollah?" he added. "Is McConnell braindead? Or is he chatting about Graham Platner and Iran? It is OUR RIGHT to know. That seat isn't McConnell's. It belongs to the people of Kentucky."McConnell announced in Feb. 2025 that he would retire at the end of his current term in office. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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'Are you kidding?' Hometown paper in disbelief over bizarre decision by McConnell's wife

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'Are you kidding?' Hometown paper in disbelief over bizarre decision by McConnell's wife

Sen. Mitch McConnell's hometown newspaper has a bone to pick with his wife, but not about the swirling rumors around his health.In a Louisville Courier Journal column, opinion writer Joseph Gerth said he doesn't much care about the specifics of McConnell's condition, arguing the public doesn't need detailed health updates on one of 100 senators the way it would for a president. What he does want to know, however, is why Elaine Chao didn't come home."Are you kidding me?" Gerth wrote, after recounting that paramedics performed CPR on an unconscious person at McConnell's Washington home the morning he was hospitalized on June 14. Chao, he noted, was in China, where she met Chinese Vice President Han Zheng on June 17.McConnell, 84, has not been seen publicly in more than three weeks, and his office has never confirmed why he was admitted, though dispatch audio referenced a cardiac arrest. Chao's travel has drawn pointed criticism across the spectrum, and in a Tuesday statement — her first since the hospitalization — a spokesperson said she was on "a long-planned trip" supporting "her family's philanthropic endeavors" and that "the Senator's health did not warrant an immediate return to the U.S."Chao departed June 12, two days before he was hospitalized, and was in Shanghai when the emergency happened. Fact-checkers have knocked down a viral claim that she flew over after his cardiac arrest, while former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene floated a baseless claim that she is a Chinese spy.Chao returned to the U.S. on July 7. McConnell's prognosis remains undisclosed.

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Trump explains why he's flying old Air Force One back to DC

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Trump says the new Air Force One is heading to Mildenhall Air Force Base in the United Kingdom so troops can tour the aircraft after NATO summit.

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MAGA risks losing its edge on the Supreme Court with relentless attacks on Trump judge

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MAGA risks losing its edge on the Supreme Court with relentless attacks on Trump judge

Conservatives have been on the attack against Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett after she ruled against President Donald Trump's executive order in the birthright citizenship case. A new Economist/YouGov poll shows that Barrett has the lowest polling of any other justice at a time the High Court itself enjoys only 36 percent approval. It's largely because she never had any support from Democrats and has lost support from Republicans. But when it comes to issues like immigration and citizenship, Republicans knew what they were getting with Barrett. "Yet, whatever can be said about the GOP’s views in 2020, when Barrett was appointed, Barrett’s views on election law and citizenship are now wildly out of step with an ascendant faction within the Republican Party," wrote Vox justice reporter Ian Millhiser.Unlike Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, Barrett has been less of a reliable conservative for the right. Millhiser suggested she was more in line with the likes of Chief Justice John Roberts than Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Millhiser compared Barrett to Roberts' vote specifically on saving Obamacare, saying "the [George W.] Bush White House could not have known that, more than a year after Bush left office, Bush’s successor would sign healthcare legislation that the Republican Party hated with supernova-like intensity. And so, Roberts cast the key vote to save most of Obamacare in 2012, even though all four of his Republican colleagues at the time dissented."But despite the opposition from the GOP, Barrett agreed that birthright citizenship was enshrined in the U.S. Constitution. MAGA fans lost it. Millhiser noted that Vice President JD Vance called birthright citizenship the “dumbest immigration policy in the world.”“A shockingly wrong opinion,” wrote Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt (Mo). “Justice Barrett joins with the liberal justices to hold that federal election law does not preempt states who allow late mail-in ballots to be counted. This is terrible for election integrity. Another reason we must pass the full SAVE American [sic] Act.”“Remember Election Day?” said GOP Rep. Abe Hamadeh (Az). “This disastrous SCOTUS decision, authored by Justice Barrett, guarantees we’ll keep drifting away from it — as our sacred elections get bogged down by endless mail-in ballots and never-ending counts.”Millhiser suggested folks keep an eye on the conservatives out for Barrett, particularly when it comes to allegations that she lacks sufficient fidelity to Trump. "Future Republican White Houses are more likely to vet any judicial nominee very closely to make sure that they will vote to abolish birthright citizenship, regardless of what the Constitution says," wrote Millhiser.

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McConnell faces fresh calls to come clean about health issues

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McConnell faces fresh calls to come clean about health issues

Andy Beshear sent a letter demanding Mitch McConnell disclose his health status as leaked audio revealed the senator was unconscious in June.

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Mitch McConnell 'brain dead' rumor sparks panic as Democrats seize on crisis in major threat to Trump agenda

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Mitch McConnell 'brain dead' rumor sparks panic as Democrats seize on crisis in major threat to Trump agenda

A major battle over America's defense budget is unfolding in the Senate-and one of its most influential players - Senator Mitch McConnell remains absent.

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Mike Johnson eyes controversial bill to appease MAGA 'in revolt': report

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Mike Johnson eyes controversial bill to appease MAGA 'in revolt': report

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) will reportedly try to get his fractious caucus to agree on a controversial bill that would ban what he calls “birth tourism” when they return from a long legislative break.According to a report from Politico, Johnson is now exploring legislation that would rebuff pregnant women accused of entering the United States to legally gain citizenship for their children, thereby bypassing a recent Supreme Court ruling that reaffirmed birthright citizenship.The timing reveals desperation by the House leadership after Johnson reportedly betrayed the far right wing of his caucus and now wants to make amends, according to the report. According to Politico, "The speaker promised hard-liners last month that he would hold a vote before July 4 on legislation that would codify President Donald Trump’s border security priorities — in exchange for their support on a more narrow bill funding federal immigration enforcement activities."That never happened and, as Politico is reporting, "Those members now say Johnson has gone back on his word and, in revolt, they ground legislative business to a halt, forcing GOP leaders to send the House home early for the holiday recess.""House passage of a measure to crack down the practice would be largely symbolic, as it stands no chance of overcoming the Senate filibuster," according to Politico's reporting.The report notes that several GOP centrists are open to the "birth tourism" bill, according to people with knowledge of the talks. But the caucus remains deeply divided over immigration broadly, forcing Johnson to navigate competing factions with no clear path forward.

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MAGA demands Mitch McConnell 'proof of life' as wild rumor sweeps DC amid three-week hospitalization

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