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BumRushDaShow

(174,249 posts)
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 02:38 PM Jul 1

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

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.

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/mitch-mcconnell-2677140520/

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Mitch McConnell said to be 'unconscious' when rushed to the hospital: report (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Jul 1 OP
I think he is dead. And they are not telling us. hookaleft Jul 1 #1
meh. not dead yet. Maru Kitteh Jul 1 #2
How can they tell? llmart Jul 1 #3
Remember when they showed him with black lips? Gaytano70 Jul 1 #8
The Turtle dies slowly. Efilroft Sul Jul 1 #40
Never speak ill of the dead. Only speak good. Gaytano70 Jul 1 #5
There:s no advantage to that karynnj Jul 1 #34
He's not dead....... Jack from Charlotte Jul 1 #4
he'll be weekend-Bernied if they have to Skittles Jul 1 #25
I hope he lives on and is aware of the damage he has caused. Botany Jul 1 #6
He is fully aware of all the harm he has done and wnylib Jul 1 #21
He's proud of the harm he's done drmeow Jul 2 #46
How could they telll? McTurtle has been sleepwalking for decades. AZLD4Candidate Jul 1 #7
I wonder if catatonic drooling is considered Torchlight Jul 1 #9
I bet trump could answer that question.... Bayard Jul 1 #42
Thoughts and prayers....... (I won't say whay I'm thinking or praying for though). groundloop Jul 1 #10
Good that he has excellent healthcare unlike his constituents. Ritabert Jul 1 #11
BEST MEDICAL CARE EVER. usonian Jul 1 #12
Hell that guy popsdenver Jul 1 #38
Transylvanian Lullaby. Works every time. usonian Jul 1 #39
Mitch is in a Ditch purr-rat beauty Jul 1 #13
They are just keeping the body alive until Miguelito Loveless Jul 1 #14
A concept of a plan. chowder66 Jul 1 #19
Yup. WestMichRad Jul 1 #20
I think McConnell was trying to change it, but he decided hang in until the end of his term FakeNoose Jul 1 #28
They just don't want to announce it popsdenver Jul 1 #37
Yertle has a heart? Who knew. Thoughts and prayers, of course. madinmaryland Jul 1 #15
How could they tell? H2O Man Jul 1 #16
Unconscious? I didn't know zombies were even capable of consciousness. Karasu Jul 1 #17
Mitch Has No Conscience DrFunkenstein Jul 1 #23
What a waste of money and medical supplies. QueerDuck Jul 1 #18
Is there a waiting list for hell? twodogsbarking Jul 1 #22
Can't they make him sign a DNR? twodogsbarking Jul 1 #24
Too late. The damage was done 10 years ago question everything Jul 1 #26
Weekend at Mitchy's Chasstev365 Jul 1 #27
Soon we'll see Chevy Chase commenting Mitch's ongoing deathbed drama. FadedMullet Jul 1 #29
Oh go away! How could they tell? /nt bucolic_frolic Jul 1 #30
I hope he has gone into his shell forever... wcmagumba Jul 1 #31
Don't let him die yet eringer Jul 1 #32
The whole McConnell media circus... keep_left Jul 1 #33
He won't die and go to hell since even Satan has standards. BigmanPigman Jul 1 #35
I'll bet that Moscow Mitch is completely desiccated by now. Drum Jul 1 #36
Burn baby burn. Marcuse Jul 1 #41
Anal cretins wil feast on his corpse Eddie18 Jul 2 #43
Bet he's been on life support and they just can't pull the plug Bengus81 Jul 2 #44
McConnell's GREATEST LEGACY Martin Eden Jul 2 #45

Gaytano70

(1,314 posts)
8. Remember when they showed him with black lips?
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 02:51 PM
Jul 1

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

karynnj

(61,289 posts)
34. There:s no advantage to that
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 07:22 PM
Jul 1

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

Botany

(78,420 posts)
6. I hope he lives on and is aware of the damage he has caused.
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 02:49 PM
Jul 1

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

wnylib

(26,998 posts)
21. He is fully aware of all the harm he has done and
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 05:23 PM
Jul 1

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

drmeow

(6,047 posts)
46. He's proud of the harm he's done
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 05:38 PM
Jul 2

it has made him and the people he worships rich and destroyed that pesky "lettin' them n*****s vote" democracy he hates. He'd probably have "perpetrated a successful coup of the former democracy known as the United States of America" on his tombstone except he knows that would not be popular!

purr-rat beauty

(1,740 posts)
13. Mitch is in a Ditch
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 03:48 PM
Jul 1

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...

WestMichRad

(3,570 posts)
20. Yup.
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 05:19 PM
Jul 1

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

(43,338 posts)
28. I think McConnell was trying to change it, but he decided hang in until the end of his term
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 05:37 PM
Jul 1

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

(2,916 posts)
37. They just don't want to announce it
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 08:57 PM
Jul 1

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??????

question everything

(52,727 posts)
26. Too late. The damage was done 10 years ago
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 05:33 PM
Jul 1

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

eringer

(567 posts)
32. Don't let him die yet
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 06:44 PM
Jul 1

I want to see him suffer like he made us suffer with this Supreme Court and this president.
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keep_left

(3,252 posts)
33. The whole McConnell media circus...
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 07:07 PM
Jul 1

…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

(55,840 posts)
35. He won't die and go to hell since even Satan has standards.
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 07:47 PM
Jul 1

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.

Eddie18

(87 posts)
43. Anal cretins wil feast on his corpse
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 04:22 AM
Jul 2

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

(10,701 posts)
44. Bet he's been on life support and they just can't pull the plug
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 07:08 AM
Jul 2

until the ACA has been totally destroyed.

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