{"id":4591,"date":"2026-07-30T19:44:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T19:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4591"},"modified":"2026-07-30T19:44:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T19:44:53","slug":"maga-senator-calls-security-to-dodge-missing-mitch-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4591","title":{"rendered":"MAGA Senator Calls Security to Dodge Missing Mitch Question"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>A Republican senator summoned security to get away from a reporter asking him about Mitch McConnell as he walked through the Capitol. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4589\">Jaw-Dropping Scale of Voters\u2019 Election Fears Under Trump Revealed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nebraska Sen. Pete Ricketts, 61, was questioned Thursday about his colleague, who was hospitalized on June 14 and has released two photographs of himself since then, but no video or audio, spurring questions about his condition. McConnell, 84, has claimed he fell and then contracted pneumonia, and is currently doing the \u201cintense physical therapy\u201d his doctors ordered while getting caught up on Senate business.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Ricketts was approached by TMZ about the situation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cDo you think Mitch McConnell needs to do more to prove his health?\u201d reporter Charlie Cotton asked, as the two walked up a flight of stairs. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we should give Mitch the time he needs to be able to recover and come back to the Senate, and we\u2019re praying for him and wish him well,\u201d Ricketts said, as they approached a security checkpoint with two guards and a metal detector. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, but we can give him the time he needs while also\u2014he provides\u2014&#8221; Cotton continued, as the two of them walked around the metal detector.<\/p>\n<p>Ricketts motioned for security to confront Cotton. Only after this did a guard tell Cotton and someone beside him to stop. <\/p>\n<p>Ricketts, who was with an aide, then turned around and said to security, \u201cOnly he\u2019s with me. These two are not.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, but I\u2019m a reporter, sir,\u201d Cotton replied. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou still have to go through security,\u201d a guard said. <\/p>\n<p>Cotton replied that he had already been through security, and that he had come from downstairs.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4588\">Elaine Chao Silences Critics as McConnell Questions Swirl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The video then cuts off. <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Sen. Pete Ricketts dodged questions from TMZ DC&#8217;s @hicharliecotton about Mitch McConnell\u2019s health, turning to security to try and shut down the conversation \ud83e\udd14 pic.twitter.com\/Gpr98qHlz4<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TMZ (@TMZ) July 30, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ricketts\u2019 office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Beast.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell, who is retiring in January, has not given a timeline for when he could return to work. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has called on the senator to prove his ability to serve, or resign. So far, there has been no response.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell\u2019s office is led by longtime aide Terry Carmack, who is set to make $226,000 this year.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell\u2019s communications director is Stephanie Penn, who last Thursday ignored a reporter\u2019s questions about the senator. She makes $106,999 annually.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, McConnell spokesperson Robert Steurer, 59, also refused to answer the same reporter\u2019s questions.<\/p>\n<p>Steurer, who has been with McConnell for more than 20 years, stands to make over $226,000 this year.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4586\">Humiliated Trump Admits Defeat in Key Battle<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Republican senator summoned security to get away from a reporter asking him about Mitch McConnell as he walked through the Capitol. Read more Jaw-Dropping Scale of Voters\u2019 Election Fears Under Trump Revealed Nebraska Sen. Pete Ricketts, 61, was questioned Thursday about his colleague, who was hospitalized on June 14 and has released two photographs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4590,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MAGA Senator Calls Security to Dodge Missing Mitch Question - Nationwide Inter State Movers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4591\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MAGA Senator Calls Security to Dodge Missing Mitch Question - Nationwide Inter State Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A Republican senator summoned security to get away from a reporter asking him about Mitch McConnell as he walked through the Capitol. 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