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Why the media lets Republicans keep medical woes a mystery

The lengthy absences of Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell and Rep. Tom Kean Jr. raise a congressional double standard

Published July 2, 2026 1:30PM (EDT)

Here we go again with the extraordinary, taxpayer-funded disappearing acts of Republican politicians. 

A headline in the Louisville Courier-Journal crystalized the state of affairs on Capitol Hill: “As Tom Kean returns, Mitch McConnell‘s absence now DC’s biggest mystery.” Reporter Lucas Aulbach noted that the 84-year-old former Senate majority leader has missed more than 20 votes since mid-June after being hospitalized for unspecified reasons. As rumors about his condition continue to fly online, McConnell’s office has offered scant information since. 

Then there is Rep. Tom Kean Jr. of New Jersey, who simply disappeared for four months. The 57-year-old New Jersey Republican last cast a vote in the House on March 5 before vanishing from Washington, D.C., and his home district for over 100 days. For months, his staff offered only the vaguest........

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