As rumors swirl over the weeks-long hospitalization of Sen. Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) has requested an official update on his well-being.
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“Allowing speculation to continue in the media is not fair to the Senator or to Kentuckians, and my hope is that this provides him the opportunity to share the information in a transparent manner, direct from the source,” Beshear said Wednesday in a letter to McDonnell (R-Kentucky) that he shared online.
McConnell’s office hasn’t disclosed what sent the 84-year-old to the hospital June 14, nor when he might return. Conservative influencers have posted theories that he was in a coma, incapacitated or even dead.
Several of McConnell’s Republican colleagues and allies said Tuesday that they have spoken to him by phone. But others haven’t been satisfied by the accounts, and the calls have become a source of online trolling.
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“I spoke to McConnell for about 20 minutes this morning,” joked Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) on X. “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.”
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