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AWOL Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell has hit a new unwanted milestone. <\/p>\n

The 84-year-old senator was admitted to the hospital and essentially vanished from public view on June 14, meaning that he has not been seen for 40 days. The only proof of life was a staged hospital bed shoot alongside his wife, former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, on July 12. <\/p>\n

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The stunt has done little to dispel the disquiet around his disappearance. Republicans are even calling for new laws to deal with incapacitated members of Congress because, at present, there is no mechanism in the U.S. Constitution to deal with prolonged incapacity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cI think it needs to happen yesterday. It\u2019s pathetic,\u201d fed-up Tennessee Republican Tim Burchett told independent journalist Desir\u00e9e Townsend.<\/p>\n

When he surfaced briefly earlier this month, feebly clutching a Sunday edition of the Washington Post, McConnell\u2019s office released a statement, attributed to the lawmaker who took up his position in 1985. <\/p>\n

It said that he would not be returning to the Senate \u201cquite yet\u201d owing to a fall and \u201ca mild case of pneumonia.\u201d <\/p>\n

His team is led by chief of staff Terry Carmack, who is being paid $226,000 to preside over this PR disaster. He was confronted by reporter Nicholas Ballasy on July 23. The independent journalist shared a video that detailed Carmack and McConnell\u2019s communications director, Stephanie Penn, ignoring questions about his health as they barrel through the halls of the Senate. <\/p>\n

\u201cDo you think he should produce more information?\u201d the reporter asks.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnything you can say, sir, about the situation? His constituents are wondering, and there\u2019s all kinds of things going around social media\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

But for the statement on July 12, the public has been treated to the same silence from McConnell\u2019s camp. The vacuum has sparked countless theories online, with some believing that McConnell is dead or on life support, but that this is being covered up in order to avoid a vacancy being created in his seat. These theories have been partly whipped up by right-wing provocateur Laura Loomer, who claimed he was \u201cbrain dead,\u201d rallying MAGA supporters to demand answers.<\/p>\n

In that statement, McConnell said he was \u201cbriefly unconscious\u201d after his fall and taken to hospital, where he had \u201csubmitted to every test they can think of to help figure out what caused this incident.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMy doctors have confirmed that I didn\u2019t break any bones or suffer a concussion. I didn\u2019t have a heart attack or a stroke. I don\u2019t have any tumors or hemorrhages,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Indeed, McConnell has developed a habit of falling and freezing. He first stopped speaking for about 20 seconds during a Capitol news conference in July 2023 before aides escorted him away. He suffered a similar episode roughly a month later while taking questions at an event in Kentucky, standing silently for around 30 seconds before resuming. <\/p>\n

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Both incidents prompted widespread concern, though his office said the second episode was caused by a brief bout of lightheadedness, and the attending physician to Congress later cleared him to continue working.<\/p>\n

In March 2023, he was hospitalized after tripping at a Washington hotel, suffering a concussion and a fractured rib that sidelined him from the Senate for weeks. He later fell while disembarking from a plane at Washington\u2019s Reagan National Airport in July 2023, shortly before his first public freezing episode. In December 2024, he sprained his wrist and cut his face after falling during a Senate Republican lunch at the Capitol. Then, in February 2025, he fell twice on Capitol grounds in one day.<\/p>\n

Kentuckians are rattled by the saga. In a segment aired on MS NOW on July 10, voters on the street vented frustration. \u201cPeople that deserve to have power usually don\u2019t want it, and people that have power are tough to give it up,\u201d one voter said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour retirement is long overdue. Give up this fight. Give up. You\u2019re not representing us well, so don\u2019t represent us at all,\u201d another woman said. <\/p>\n

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That followed calls to oust McConnell from Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear. \u201cI publicly and privately urged the last administration to address the public\u2019s concerns with the former president\u2019s health. I\u2019m calling on Sen. McConnell to do the same and provide voters an update on his own health,\u201d Beshear wrote on X on July 11.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s end the crazy speculation. Just tell us what\u2019s going on,\u201d he begged.<\/p>\n

Under Kentucky law, if the seat is vacated after the August 3 deadline, Beshear will have no time left to call for a special election. The seat will remain vacant until the next Congress. <\/p>\n

Earlier this week, an opinion columnist for McConnell\u2019s hometown newspaper published a pre-obituary outlining the \u201cdetestable\u201d senator\u2019s legacy. <\/p>\n

Louisville Courier Journal columnist Joseph Gerth explained Wednesday that he wrote about the 84-year-old Kentucky lawmaker while he is still alive so that his column wouldn\u2019t draw the response that followed Lindsey Graham\u2019s death: \u201cHow dare you say that about a guy who just died?\u201d<\/p>\n

Gerth whipped through a laundry list of grievances he, and many Kentuckians, have with McConnell. <\/p>\n

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McConnell\u2019s office, despite being near-mute on the issue, has been contacted for comment. <\/p>\n

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