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MIA Mitch McConnell Must Explain His Absence Or Retire

The rules are clear: senators must disclose to the Senate reasons for an extended absence. Has Mitch McConnell done that? Is he even alive?

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He’s dead. No, he’s alive. He’s brain dead. He’s living in a Barstow Motel 6 under an assumed name with Elvis.

The political and social media spheres have been buzzing for nearly a month about Sen. Addison Mitchell McConnell’s state of …  existence. The 84-year-old Kentucky Republican reportedly was admitted to a D.C.-area hospital on June 14 after he suffered “cardiac arrest” at his Capitol Hill townhouse.

And then he just seemed to disappear. 

“Have you spoken to Sen. Mitch McConnell?” a reporter asked President Donald Trump on Thursday. 

“No I haven’t.” Trump answered. 

“Do you know how he’s doing?” asked another. 

“I have no idea how he’s doing,” the president said. 

President Trump said on Wednesday evening that he hasn't spoken to Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) after his hospitalization in June. "I have no idea how he's doing," Trump said, as he was returning from the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey. pic.twitter.com/s7reDsr5gA— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 9, 2026

President Trump said on Wednesday evening that he hasn't spoken to Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) after his hospitalization in June. "I have no idea how he's doing," Trump said, as he was returning from the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey. pic.twitter.com/s7reDsr5gA

The upper house’s rules are clear: senators must disclose to the Senate reasons for an extensive absence, as The Federalist’s co-founder and CEO Sean Davis noted Thursday on X. It’s not clear whether McConnell, who holds the record as the longest-serving party leader in the Senate’s history, has followed the rules. 

Under paragraph 2 of Rule VI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, “No Senator shall absent himself from the service of the Senatewithout leave.”Rather than communicating through secret phone calls or anonymous sources, McConnell has an obligation to disclose to the Senate the… https://t.co/5qgI3SlUYe pic.twitter.com/AukB3nbqc7— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) July 9, 2026

Under paragraph 2 of Rule VI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, “No Senator shall absent himself from the service of the Senatewithout leave.”Rather than........

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