Mitch McConnell health update: Top Trump ally claims staff ‘exploited’ senator to ‘keep power’; ‘It’s cruel’
Republican Senator Mitch McConnell disappeared from public life after a health incident on June 14. As the United States negotiates a peace deal with Iran, McConnell, chairman of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, stays away from developments.
Although health concerns were already present after the June 14 incident, they escalated after a call from EMS on Wednesday. Senator’s The residence on June 14 appeared on social media. The same morning McConnell was hospitalized, an EMS call detailed that a person at McConnell’s residence had gone into cardiac arrest and had to be given CPR while in a coma. NBC News verified audio The incident occurred at McConnell’s residence.
However, it could not be confirmed that the person being cared for by the EMS team was the 84-year-old man. alabama senator. His office has been tight-lipped about the senator’s hospitalization, not disclosing the reason for the hospitalization or his current health. But questions are increasingly being raised about his absence as he missed several key Senate votes.
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‘All in’ comment slammed by MAGA influencer
as republican The senator remains missing, and many in the Republican Party are questioning the reasons for his absence. We are particularly concerned with communications from his office regarding his health on the day of the incident and thereafter.
One of them is MAGA commentator Ben Johnson, who is known for his close ties to many within the Trump administration. Johnson on his show “The Benny Show” React to EMS response messages TMZ first reported on McConnell’s home, asking “What are they hiding?”
He also disputed an employee’s June 14 statement that he was “all in.” Bennie Johnson said: “Following a health emergency, his staff claimed he was ‘fully engaged’ and recovering.”
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“More than two weeks later, we still know very little and the leaked details are worse than we could have imagined…” he continued. “We now find he was unconscious before he was taken to hospital. What else are they hiding?
He claimed that “the staff around him were using him to stay in power.” “Let him rest,” he said. “Now that’s brutal.”
Senator McConnell’s office released a health update on June 22 to explain his absence from the Senate vote. “Senator McConnell is still working closely with staff on Senate matters and Kentucky matters as he continues to recover. However, he will not be voting this week,” the statement read.
