Mitch McConnell said to be 'unconscious' when rushed to the hospital: report

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Raw Story

July 1, 2026 9:01AM ET


Sen. Mitch McConnell was "unconscious" at his Washington home when he was rushed to the hospital more than two weeks ago, according to EMS radio traffic circulating online, Punchbowl News reported.

Just before 9 a.m. on June 14, a dispatcher sent an Advanced Life Support ambulance to the home of the former Senate GOP leader, according to the audio, which was posted by journalist Desiree Townsend. The account has not been independently confirmed, and McConnell's office has not addressed it.

Later that day, McConnell's spokesperson said the 84-year-old Kentucky Republican was hospitalized and "receiving excellent care." A June 22 statement said he was "working closely with staff on Senate business and Kentucky matters as he continues his recovery," and a member of his team said June 30 that he was still recovering and working with staff.

His office has released no details on his condition or prognosis, and it is unclear whether he remains hospitalized. Senate Majority Leader John Thune has said he spoke with his predecessor, calling him still "dialed in" on Senate business. The chamber reconvenes July 13, by which point it will have been nearly a month since he was hospitalized.

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[hookaleft]

1. I think he is dead. And they are not telling us.

[Maru Kitteh]

2. meh. not dead yet.

but most assuredly working on it.

[llmart]

3. How can they tell?

He's looked like a corpse for years.

[Gaytano70]

8. Remember when they showed him with black lips?

They are using the same drugs, whatever they may be (formaldehyde?) to keep shitstain upright.

[Efilroft Sul]

40. The Turtle dies slowly.

[Gaytano70]

5. Never speak ill of the dead. Only speak good.

Moscow Mitch is probably dead. Good.

[karynnj]

34. There:s no advantage to that

Ky changed its laws to require the Governor to pick one of a few possibilities recommended by the departing Senators party.

Obviously, dead Senators don't vote. The appointed one would

[Jack from Charlotte]

4. He's not dead.......

He's only mostly dead.

[Skittles]

25. he'll be weekend-Bernied if they have to

decrepit old fuck

[Botany]

6. I hope he lives on and is aware of the damage he has caused.

Link to tweet

/photo/1

Btw when the offer came through for money for election integrity he blocked it.

[wnylib]

21. He is fully aware of all the harm he has done and

has always been aware of it. He doesn't give a damn.

[AZLD4Candidate]

7. How could they telll? McTurtle has been sleepwalking for decades.

[Torchlight]

9. I wonder if catatonic drooling is considered

"...still dialed in on Senate business."

[Bayard]

42. I bet trump could answer that question....

[groundloop]

10. Thoughts and prayers....... (I won't say whay I'm thinking or praying for though).

[Ritabert]

11. Good that he has excellent healthcare unlike his constituents.

[usonian]

12. BEST MEDICAL CARE EVER.

Just waiting on a thunderstorm.

[popsdenver]

38. Hell that guy

looks more alive than McConnell has in four decades..........

[usonian]

39. Transylvanian Lullaby. Works every time.

Shocking, isn't it?

[purr-rat beauty]

13. Mitch is in a Ditch

It's too bad these asses will not face justice and just continue to rot off the bone while they fuck us all over til their last breath...

[Miguelito Loveless]

14. They are just keeping the body alive until

they can come up with a plan.

[chowder66]

19. A concept of a plan.

[WestMichRad]

20. Yup.

In Kentucky, I think the legislature, not the governor or the people, choose a succeeding Senator… a change the vile legislature made when Bashear (D) was elected governor. So the legislators are perhaps scrambling to find a consensus on McTurtle’s would-be successor.

[FakeNoose]

28. I think McConnell was trying to change it, but he decided hang in until the end of his term

The Almighty may have other plans though ... we'll see.

McConnell tried to bully Gov. Beshear into agreeing that the "replacement" Senator would be guaranteed to be GOP. I don't think the Governor went along with that.

[popsdenver]

37. They just don't want to announce it

until after Trump has his 250 extravaganza and piss off Trump

Of course if his celebration starts looking like a failure, they may announce it to give a reason for it being a giant flop.

I was thinking, Forty minutes of fireworks at that professional level, would have to cost a fortune......just so he can say he had the biggest fireworks display ever in the U.S. ???????? and it was all of his doing??????

[madinmaryland]

15. Yertle has a heart? Who knew. Thoughts and prayers, of course.

[H2O Man]

16. How could they tell?

[Karasu]

17. Unconscious? I didn't know zombies were even capable of consciousness.

[DrFunkenstein]

23. Mitch Has No Conscience

But he's always been quite conscious of his malignance.

[QueerDuck]

18. What a waste of money and medical supplies.

[twodogsbarking]

22. Is there a waiting list for hell?

Shame on me.

[twodogsbarking]

24. Can't they make him sign a DNR?

Shame on me again.

[question everything]

26. Too late. The damage was done 10 years ago

when he would not fill empty offices in the judiciary during Obama and then, of course, usher the appointments of Gorsuch and Barrett.

[Chasstev365]

27. Weekend at Mitchy's

[FadedMullet]

29. Soon we'll see Chevy Chase commenting Mitch's ongoing deathbed drama.

[bucolic_frolic]

30. Oh go away! How could they tell? /nt

[wcmagumba]

31. I hope he has gone into his shell forever...

[eringer]

32. Don't let him die yet

I want to see him suffer like he made us suffer with this Supreme Court and this president.
☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[keep_left]

33. The whole McConnell media circus...

…reminds me of the bad old days of the Cold War and the USSR, particularly the way their heavy-handed propaganda system attempted to hide the deaths of their leaders (sometimes for weeks). By the ‘80s, this had become so commonplace that it was used as a plot point in the Cold War drama The Americans.

I guess my memory of those times might be one of the purported benefits of now being “of a certain age”. I worry that our own political system is now taking on some of the characteristics of the old Soviet gerontocracy.

[BigmanPigman]

35. He won't die and go to hell since even Satan has standards.

This muther destroyed the country single-handedly. From the SCOTUS to the Senate to the presidency of tRump and he will not die since hatred keeps him alive. He is an evil entity and that evil energy never dies, it just changes form.

[Drum]

36. I'll bet that Moscow Mitch is completely desiccated by now.

Nothing left but a shell.

[Marcuse]

41. Burn baby burn.

[Eddie18]

43. Anal cretins wil feast on his corpse

Any neighborhood he lived in will be burned to the ground.

He is going to rot in the cold, cold ground

They will play songs by the Turtles at his wake

So happy together in hell

[Bengus81]

44. Bet he's been on life support and they just can't pull the plug

until the ACA has been totally destroyed.