What Is Actually Going On With Mitch McConnell?

Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) has been in the hospital for three weeks, and his office seems content to keep the public in the dark about his health. As of Wednesday, McConnell’s staff has not provided any explanation as to why he was hospitalized. Amidst unverified rumors that he might actually be brain dead, several Republican colleagues have now claimed to have had similarly lengthy conversations with McConnell over the phone. At this time, however, there are no specifics available about the senator’s current condition. McConnell, 84, was hospitalized on Sunday, June 14. His office soon after issued a statement that he was receiving “excellent care” but offered no other details. And even now, the only thing his spokespeople are saying is that the senator “continues to improve, and is working closely with his staff on Kentucky and Senate matters while the Senate is out of session.” Last week, however, journalist Desiree Townsend obtained and shared a public EMS dispatch call on the morning of June 14 that appears to concern McConnell. The recording shows that EMS was called to McConnell’s Washington D.C. residence for someone seemingly suffering from cardiac arrest (the su