Senator Mitch McConnell‘s team is sharing an update on the Kentucky politician nearly three weeks after he was hospitalized for a medical emergency and amid reports he’s brain dead.
“Senator McConnell appreciates the outpouring of support he’s receiving while he continues his recovery in the hospital,” McConnell’s office said in a statement to Us Weekly on Tuesday, 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.”
The former Senate majority leader, 84, was reportedly found unconscious on June 14 after suffering a potential heart attack.
Multiple news outlets reported on July 1 that audio of emergency services dispatch calls detailed an “unconscious” person at McConnell’s Washington. D.C. home on June 14 before 9 a.m.
Laura Loomer, a right-wing activist and close ally of President Donald Trump, has been outspoken about McConnell’s health in the midst of his hospitalization. The known conspiracy theorist claimed the senator was brain dead amid his hospitalization, alleging she received the information from a “high-level source close to the White House.”
“Mitch McConnell is brain dead and hooked up to machines!!!” she claimed via X on Tuesday, July 7. “He is 84 years old and was found unconscious and needed to be resuscitated.”
Multiple politicians, including GOP Senate leaders John Thune of South Dakota and John Barrasso of Wyoming, assured voters on Tuesday that they have spoken with McConnell at length in recent days and he is improving.
“They caught up about the latest news impacting Senate races, the Graham Platner scandal, and the recent Supreme Court ruling on coordinated spending limits,” Barrasso’s spokesperson told CNBC in a statement. “They also discussed the Senate’s July work period, including the need to pass the NDAA and confirm President Trump’s nominee for Director of National Intelligence.”
CNN political analyst Scott Jennings also claimed to have spoken to McConnell on Tuesday morning.
“He’s 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,” Jennings, 48, said via X. “I told him we want to see him back at work as soon as possible.”
McConnell is currently on his seventh six-year term representing Kentucky. He announced in February 2025 that he will not run for an eighth term in 2026 and will retire from the U.S. Senate when his current term ends in January 2027.
