Medics responded to report of ‘cardiac arrest’ at McConnell’s home on day he was hospitalized

Paramedics showed up to Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) Washington, D.C., home near the Senate Hart Building earlier this month to respond to a report of an unconscious person who appeared to have suffered a “cardiac arrest,” according to audio of an emergency medical services (EMS) dispatch call from June 14.

McConnell, who is 84, was admitted to the hospital on the same day that an ambulance rushed to his Capitol Hill town house to respond to the emergency call.

The EMS dispatcher reported a “cardiac arrest,” and a medic at the scene said there was a “CPR in progress” at McConnell’s home.

McConnell’s officer later that day announced he “was admitted to the hospital this morning” and was “receiving........

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