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POL Mitch McConnell Was Found Unconscious at Home by Paramedics Before Being Hospitalized in Most Recent Health Scare
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Southside
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Blacknarwhal
Three-Time Trump Voter
The Official Line.
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Melina Khan
5–7 minutes
July 8, 2026, 10:53 a.m. ET
Sen. Mitch McConnell's recent conversations with colleagues are drawing attention as he remains hospitalized for an undisclosed reason.
As questions about McConnell's health continued to mount, two of his colleagues and a longtime confidante revealed they recently spoke to the 84-year-old from the hospital.
Both Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-South Dakota, and Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, spoke to McConnell on July 6 and 7, respectively, aides confirmed. Scott Jennings, a commentator and longtime McConnell adviser, also said he spoke to the senator on July 7.
McConnell's office has shared little about his hospitalization beyond revealing he was admitted on June 14 and saying as recently as July 7 that he "continues to improve."
Now, the internet is fixating on McConnell's reported conversations and the mystery surrounding his hospitalization, with social media users riffing that they too talked to the senator about dramatized topics.
The following day, Barrasso talked to McConnell for roughly 20 minutes, discussing topics like upcoming Senate work, the latest Supreme Court news and the Maine Senate race, according to a statement from Barrasso spokeswoman Kate Noyes.
"Senator McConnell was fully engaged and is eager to get back to the Senate," Noyes said.
Also on July 7, Jennings said in a post on X that he spoke with McConnell, who he said it "still recovering in the hospital."
"We talked for just shy of 20 minutes … about IRAN, UKRAINE, the unfolding situation in MAINE, my visit to the TR Presidential Library, and even a little bit of Senate history. I told him we want to see him back at work as soon as possible," Jennings wrote.
Specifically, some emphasized Barrasso and Jennings' discussions with McConnell lasting around 20 minutes.
"Am I the only one who hasn’t spoken to Mitch McConnell for 20 minutes today?" one social media user wrote on X.
"Its crazy that we all spoke to McConnell for 20 minutes this morning. Where does he find the time to schedule all of these 20 minute time slots," another user wrote.
Some argued that McConnell should be providing more information about his health given his ability to have long conversations. Experts have told USA TODAY attention around the health of public figures is normal, but desire for information is typically even more heightened when it comes to elected officials.
Public figures, including political leaders, "deserve a certain level of privacy regarding their personal health issues," Brad Fulton, professor of management, data science and philanthropy at the Indiana University Bloomington, previously told USA TODAY.
"Can somebody patch me into one of their 20-minute phone calls with Mitch McConnell? I keep getting a busy signal. Apparently everybody in Washington has his direct number except the taxpayers footing the bill," one person wrote on X.
Outgoing Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie wrote on X, "I spoke to McConnell for about 20 minutes this morning. He said we should end the war with Iran, quit giving aid to Israel, stop spying on Americans without a warrant, and he’s really sorry about how my primary turned out."
The virality even crossed into pop culture.
Andy Cohen referenced "The Real Housewives of Orange County" with a post on Threads reading, "Mitch McConnell called me for scoop on RHOC season 20. Coincidentally, we talked for TWENTY minutes!"
Lisa Rinna, herself a Real Housewife, also wrote on Threads, "Mitch McConnell just called me and asked if my lips were real."
Audio from emergency dispatch calls to an address listed in records as McConnell's longtime Washington, DC, residence on the morning of June 14 indicated that someone at the scene was unconscious. Another call several minutes later said someone was in "cardiac arrest."
When asked by USA TODAY on July 1 to comment on that audio, McConnell's office neither confirmed nor denied the calls involved the longtime senator. It also shared the same statement it later provided again on July 7.
"The Senator continues to improve, and is working closely with his staff on Kentucky and Senate matters while the Senate is out of session," McConnell's office said in the statement.
"Senator McConnell appreciates the outpouring of support he’s receiving while he continues his recovery in the hospital," the statement said.
Contributing: Zachary Schermele, Alyssa Goldberg
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Why is everyone saying they talked to Mitch McConnell for 20 minutes?
Sen. Mitch McConnell has been hospitalized for more than three weeks. His latest reported conversations with colleagues are drawing attention.
www.usatoday.com
Why is everyone saying they talked to Mitch McConnell for 20 minutes?
Melina Khan
5–7 minutes
July 8, 2026, 10:53 a.m. ET
Sen. Mitch McConnell's recent conversations with colleagues are drawing attention as he remains hospitalized for an undisclosed reason.
As questions about McConnell's health continued to mount, two of his colleagues and a longtime confidante revealed they recently spoke to the 84-year-old from the hospital.
Both Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-South Dakota, and Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, spoke to McConnell on July 6 and 7, respectively, aides confirmed. Scott Jennings, a commentator and longtime McConnell adviser, also said he spoke to the senator on July 7.
McConnell's office has shared little about his hospitalization beyond revealing he was admitted on June 14 and saying as recently as July 7 that he "continues to improve."
Now, the internet is fixating on McConnell's reported conversations and the mystery surrounding his hospitalization, with social media users riffing that they too talked to the senator about dramatized topics.
McConnell allies detail recent conversations, some 20 minutes long
On July 6, Thune spoke with McConnell on a variety of topics including national security, and the conversation was "long and substantive," a Thune spokesperson said in a statement.The following day, Barrasso talked to McConnell for roughly 20 minutes, discussing topics like upcoming Senate work, the latest Supreme Court news and the Maine Senate race, according to a statement from Barrasso spokeswoman Kate Noyes.
"Senator McConnell was fully engaged and is eager to get back to the Senate," Noyes said.
Also on July 7, Jennings said in a post on X that he spoke with McConnell, who he said it "still recovering in the hospital."
"We talked for just shy of 20 minutes … about IRAN, UKRAINE, the unfolding situation in MAINE, my visit to the TR Presidential Library, and even a little bit of Senate history. I told him we want to see him back at work as soon as possible," Jennings wrote.
Why talking to Mitch McConnell for 20 minutes is going viral
After reports of Thune, Barrasso and Jennings' conversations with McConnell, many social media users took notice of the length of the conversations.Specifically, some emphasized Barrasso and Jennings' discussions with McConnell lasting around 20 minutes.
"Am I the only one who hasn’t spoken to Mitch McConnell for 20 minutes today?" one social media user wrote on X.
"Its crazy that we all spoke to McConnell for 20 minutes this morning. Where does he find the time to schedule all of these 20 minute time slots," another user wrote.
Some argued that McConnell should be providing more information about his health given his ability to have long conversations. Experts have told USA TODAY attention around the health of public figures is normal, but desire for information is typically even more heightened when it comes to elected officials.
Public figures, including political leaders, "deserve a certain level of privacy regarding their personal health issues," Brad Fulton, professor of management, data science and philanthropy at the Indiana University Bloomington, previously told USA TODAY.
Thomas Massie, Andy Cohen riff on 20-minute conversations
Still, the attention has led to a flurry of posts from people quipping about made-up conversations with McConnell."Can somebody patch me into one of their 20-minute phone calls with Mitch McConnell? I keep getting a busy signal. Apparently everybody in Washington has his direct number except the taxpayers footing the bill," one person wrote on X.
Outgoing Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie wrote on X, "I spoke to McConnell for about 20 minutes this morning. He said we should end the war with Iran, quit giving aid to Israel, stop spying on Americans without a warrant, and he’s really sorry about how my primary turned out."
The virality even crossed into pop culture.
Andy Cohen referenced "The Real Housewives of Orange County" with a post on Threads reading, "Mitch McConnell called me for scoop on RHOC season 20. Coincidentally, we talked for TWENTY minutes!"
Lisa Rinna, herself a Real Housewife, also wrote on Threads, "Mitch McConnell just called me and asked if my lips were real."
Latest on Mitch McConnell's hospitalization
McConnell was admitted to the hospital on the morning of June 14, spokesperson David Popp confirmed at the time. His office did not provide further details about the reason for the hospitalization.Audio from emergency dispatch calls to an address listed in records as McConnell's longtime Washington, DC, residence on the morning of June 14 indicated that someone at the scene was unconscious. Another call several minutes later said someone was in "cardiac arrest."
When asked by USA TODAY on July 1 to comment on that audio, McConnell's office neither confirmed nor denied the calls involved the longtime senator. It also shared the same statement it later provided again on July 7.
"The Senator continues to improve, and is working closely with his staff on Kentucky and Senate matters while the Senate is out of session," McConnell's office said in the statement.
"Senator McConnell appreciates the outpouring of support he’s receiving while he continues his recovery in the hospital," the statement said.
Contributing: Zachary Schermele, Alyssa Goldberg
energy_wave
TB Fanatic
Someone must know how to do the Vulcan mine meld.
Ragnarok
On and On, South of Heaven
Macgyver
You also got your last Timebomb. Well that sucks.
King Samson
I'm Here
Everyone that stops in and sees Mitch has a cell phone in their pocket. Would it be really that tough to record a quick video of someone having a back and forth conversation with him, and post it on their X account?
There's your answer.
There's your answer.
Are they sure it wasn't Rep Richard Kimble, the one who didn't kill his wife??
Countrymouse
Country exile in the city
What was this I heard or read about one of the guys who visited him saying they had a “staring contest“? That sounds very suspect to me. It’s almost like he was trying to say something about McConnell’s true condition without really saying it.
mikeho78
Senior Member
The rep that can only vote Aye because he only has one arm.
vector7
Dot Collector
Also leaked in May...
RECEIPTS GOT SMOKING HOT SIZZLING:
Straight from his mouth!
Former MI Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey : “It was all staged.
Mitch McConnell wanted it to be a mess so he could secure a Trump impeachment conviction for Pelosi and Schumer”
RT 2min
View: https://twitter.com/HopeD81969/status/2055413871675068885
RECEIPTS GOT SMOKING HOT SIZZLING:
Straight from his mouth!
Former MI Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey : “It was all staged.
Mitch McConnell wanted it to be a mess so he could secure a Trump impeachment conviction for Pelosi and Schumer”
RT 2min
View: https://twitter.com/HopeD81969/status/2055413871675068885
Bubble Head
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Federal Marshals need to visit Mitch now. Perpetrating a deliberate fraud on the US Senate sounds like felony country to me. Grab his Chi-Com wife as well since she just got back from China with her instruction on how to manipulate the Mitch Mess.
Sherrynboo
Veteran Member
I still say he's in cold storage somewhere!
Trump knows exactly what's going on with the turtle.
The hospital isn't a super secure black site .
If he is brain dead he is dead. Doing life support to keep every thing going when the brain is not longer working is not life. Such practice is generally reserved for organ donors but Miches body is to old and worn out no point in saving him for body parts. Medical schools can use dead people for training, wives parents both of them donated their bodies to medical science in Maryland.
I'm surprised his kids have not come forward and asked they pull life support and let him slip away.
I'm surprised his kids have not come forward and asked they pull life support and let him slip away.
Sherrynboo
Veteran Member
I am sure the deep state has their reasons for keeping him "alive".
My smart arse answer is: you don’t say? Which is not pointed at you.
Hognutz
TB Fanatic
View: https://twitter.com/notkennyrogers/status/2075002950745718845?s=61
I can think of no better argument for term limits than millions of people on social media honestly asking whether or not a sitting U.S. Senator is alive.
I can think of no better argument for term limits than millions of people on social media honestly asking whether or not a sitting U.S. Senator is alive.
Wyominglarry
Veteran Member
Turtle face has agreed to donate his brain to science. Unfortunately no one wants it. Dr. Benmeover said no one can use a brain that has been dead for the past 20 years. It is rotted and of no value.
Hognutz
TB Fanatic
R/T 17 sec
View: https://twitter.com/penelopedi9489/status/2075750924639756769?s=61
Nurse here. Obvs wasn’t there, but take note of the lack of equipment (i.e. oxygen), the lack of urgency, what appears to be a transfer sheet under the body. All consistent with someone who at the very least is totally immobile and not in distress any longer i.e. d-e-a-d.
View: https://twitter.com/penelopedi9489/status/2075750924639756769?s=61
Nurse here. Obvs wasn’t there, but take note of the lack of equipment (i.e. oxygen), the lack of urgency, what appears to be a transfer sheet under the body. All consistent with someone who at the very least is totally immobile and not in distress any longer i.e. d-e-a-d.
barbarossa58
Veteran Member
The ventrelaquist s hand gets tired...
Hognutz
TB Fanatic
View: https://twitter.com/lauraloomer/status/2075742658182426771?s=61
Everyone is realizing I am right.
Now, Mitch McConnell’s neighbors are going on the record saying he “looked dead” when he was wheeled out of his home in DC on a stretcher and 2 of his staffers were seen outside his home crying, and distraught.
Why would they be crying if he wasn’t brain dead?
Neighbors also said days before he was found unconscious, his staff were seen wheeling him into his house in a wheel chair with his head slumped down and his mouth wide open!
He is brain dead!!!!
Everyone is realizing I am right.
Now, Mitch McConnell’s neighbors are going on the record saying he “looked dead” when he was wheeled out of his home in DC on a stretcher and 2 of his staffers were seen outside his home crying, and distraught.
Why would they be crying if he wasn’t brain dead?
Neighbors also said days before he was found unconscious, his staff were seen wheeling him into his house in a wheel chair with his head slumped down and his mouth wide open!
He is brain dead!!!!
Hognutz
TB Fanatic
View: https://twitter.com/adamscochran/status/2075655632846254479?s=61
Ah yeah… you know when your husband is in hospital, it’s the perfect time to book that contractor to come sell carpet samples…
Absolutely wild.
Contractor leaving McConnell’s house, had carpet and tile samples.
This is all so weird.
Ah yeah… you know when your husband is in hospital, it’s the perfect time to book that contractor to come sell carpet samples…
Absolutely wild.
Contractor leaving McConnell’s house, had carpet and tile samples.
This is all so weird.
Hognutz
TB Fanatic
R/T 41 sec
View: https://twitter.com/nicholasballasy/status/2075709010569814281?s=61
A contractor leaving Republican Senator Mitch McConnell’s D.C. home said he was measuring for new flooring in the home. Another man exiting the home says he isn’t sure if Elaine Chao, McConnell’s wife, is in D.C.
View: https://twitter.com/nicholasballasy/status/2075709010569814281?s=61
A contractor leaving Republican Senator Mitch McConnell’s D.C. home said he was measuring for new flooring in the home. Another man exiting the home says he isn’t sure if Elaine Chao, McConnell’s wife, is in D.C.
adgal
Veteran Member
If he was found unconscious in the house, there could be some bodily fluids that ended up staining the carpet, and it has to be redone.
momma_soapmaker
Warrior Woman
Hognutz
TB Fanatic
View: https://twitter.com/realhickory/status/2075881734546084092?s=61
They'll keep Mitch McConnell on ice until after August 3rd, then tell us he's passed on.
Bookmark it!
They'll keep Mitch McConnell on ice until after August 3rd, then tell us he's passed on.
Bookmark it!
BUBBAHOTEPT
Veteran Member
Old Mitch is a geographical anomaly, he is just a 20 minute phone call from everyone…. 