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Mitch McConnell\u2019s chief of staff refused to answer why the 84-year-old senator has still not released any video to answer lingering questions about his health.<\/p>\n

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Camera-shy aide Terry Carmack, who is on track to earn more than $226,000 this year, was approached by independent journalist Nicholas Ballasy in the Capitol on Thursday, after McConnell\u2019s office revealed he had been discharged from the hospital after 53 days to continue his recovery at home.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAre you guys going to release a video of him, though, just to kind of quell any of the speculation or any of the rumors online?\u201d Ballasy asked Carmack. \u201cYou\u2019ve probably read everything that\u2019s going on, so just wondering what you\u2019re going to do next?\u201d<\/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 McConnell hasn\u2019t released a short video as his absence passes 7 weeks pic.twitter.com\/BkwLVqdAqn<\/p>\n

\u2014 Nicholas A Ballasy (@NicholasBallasy) August 7, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Carmack, holding a banana and a polystyrene container, ignored Ballasy\u2019s questions and remained silent as he escaped into an elevator to enjoy his lunch.<\/p>\n

David Popp, a senior adviser to McConnell who made more than $224,000 in 2025, also refused to answer Ballasy\u2019s questions about the lack of video proof of the senator\u2019s condition on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cDavid, can you tell us why Senator McConnell hasn\u2019t put out a video yet?\u201d Ballasy asked as Popp whirled away from him and into an open elevator. \u201cWhat\u2019s going on with the situation?\u201d<\/p>\n

McConnell\u2019s staff have been criticized for failing to provide any meaningful updates on the condition of the Kentucky Republican after his apparent fall and cardiac arrest on June 14.<\/p>\n

Read more Republican Drops Bombshell Amid McConnell Health Scandal<\/a><\/p>\n

In the aftermath of McConnell\u2019s hospitalization, there were constant demands for his team to provide \u201cproof of life\u201d for the senator amid suggestions that there was an attempt to shield the full extent of the Republican\u2019s condition from the public. <\/p>\n

Instead, McConnell\u2019s team repeatedly released the same statement saying the senator \u201cappreciates the outpouring of support\u201d while he continues treatment.<\/p>\n

Analysis by the Daily Beast found that McConnell\u2019s six highest-paid staffers earned a combined $173,200 pre-tax during the opening 50-day period that the senator was missing from Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n

Eventually, a photo of McConnell alongside his wife, Elaine Chao, was released on July 12, showing him sitting upright in a hospital bed while holding that day\u2019s copy of The Washington Post. A second, similar photo of McConnell smiling while seated in a chair alongside Chao was released on July 27.<\/p>\n

McConnell\u2019s office issued a statement Thursday confirming that he had been discharged after nearly two months.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the advice of my doctors, I\u2019ll maintain an intensive regimen of physical therapy from home during the state work period, and I\u2019ll continue to engage with my staff and colleagues on important Senate business,\u201d McConnell\u2019s aides quoted him as saying. <\/p>\n

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The same day, Ballasy recorded several people coming in and out of McConnell\u2019s home, including Brian Monahan, the attending physician of Congress. None of them provided any updates on his condition.<\/p>\n

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The Daily Beast has contacted McConnell\u2019s office for comment.<\/p>\n

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