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Mitch McConnell\u2019s chief of staff fled from a reporter questioning him about the Kentucky senator\u2019s whereabouts.<\/p>\n

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Independent journalist Nicholas Ballasy shared a video of himself confronting a fast-walking Terry Carmack, the former Senate majority leader\u2019s longtime staffer, who has spearheaded the silence from McConnell\u2019s team amid his prolonged absence. <\/p>\n

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In a video Ballasy shared Tuesday evening, the journalist follows Carmack through the halls of the Capitol, peppering him with questions about the 84-year-old McConnell.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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GOP Senator Mitch McConnell\u2019s chief of staff Terry Carmack, whose salary is reportedly $226,850 per year, still won\u2019t say why his office hasn\u2019t released a video of McConnell. He also ignored questions about his health status. McConnell entered the hospital about 7 weeks ago. pic.twitter.com\/2fhJRFQHE7<\/p>\n

\u2014 Nicholas A Ballasy (@NicholasBallasy) August 4, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cSir is Senator McConnell going to put out a video?\u201d Ballasy asks. \u201cWhy hasn\u2019t he done that yet?\u201d Carmack, who receives an annual salary of $226,000, stares straight ahead.<\/p>\n

\u201cDid he auto-pen the document, the letter that was sent out?\u201d Ballasy continued. \u201cWas that autopen or did he actually sign it, sir? Can you address the situation at all about his condition?\u201d<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the senator did not respond to a request for comment from the Daily Beast regarding Carmack\u2019s refusal to answer questions.<\/p>\n

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McConnell\u2019s staffers have dodged press inquiries in the nearly seven weeks since their boss was admitted to George Washington University Hospital, after details of a June 14 911 call suggested he had suffered a heart attack, was unconscious, and had received CPR.<\/p>\n

While the senator\u2019s office has claimed McConnell continues to recover and is \u201cworking closely with his staff,\u201d they refused to say on Friday whether a letter sent to President Donald Trump this week was personally signed by the missing Republican\u2014or by autopen.<\/p>\n

The July 28 letter, which has McConnell\u2019s signature as well as those of every member of Kentucky\u2019s congressional delegation, urged Trump to approve a request from Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear for a major disaster declaration following devastating flooding in the state.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Beshear himself has repeatedly pressed both McConnell\u2019s office and GOP leadership for answers regarding the senator. <\/p>\n

Carmack is not the only staffer forced to dodge reporters on Capitol Hill. McConnell\u2019s communications director, Stephanie Penn, was also confronted by Ballasy last month. <\/p>\n

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Mitch McConnell\u2019s chief of staff fled from a reporter questioning him about the Kentucky senator\u2019s whereabouts. 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