US Senator Mitch McConnell says absence due to fall and pneumonia
US Senator Mitch McConnell says he will not be returning to the Senate "quite yet" after suffering from a fall and "a mild case of pneumonia".
It is the first statement from the 84-year-old Kentucky Republican after weeks of speculation about his health, following his admission to hospital in mid-June.
A photo was released by his office, in addition to the statement, which shows McConnell with his wife holding what appeared to be Sunday's Washington Post newspaper.
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Super fake
Why is he wearing clothes and not scrubs, and why does the pillow not have an indentation where his head is resting? And why is he not hooked up to a bunch of tubes?
I agree. If he doesn't return to office in the next week or less we know he's definitely dead.
Patients in hospital don't wear scrubs. They're hardly gonna scrub up and operate on themselves! They get the ass-peek gowns.
But you are allowed to put on your own clothes to take a picture, as long as they don't interfere with tubes/wires/bandages etc.
his wife is suspiciously there too.
He ded
They sacrificed Graham in the Turtle Temple in order to fuel his body for a few more days.
The photo and the text provided, suggest one thing only: he is doing a lot worse that we thought.
Wtf happened to his face? It looks like someone is wearing is skin, badly.
In fairness, he always looked like that
Get a fucking age restriction on these jobs please
This worthless fuck is still alive??? Wtf??!!
hes over 1000, he wil live 1000more.
I don't see no paper
How many blood boys had to die this time
he got lady G's soul.
He's alive? Noooooooooooooooooo!
The article mentions his wife holding Sundays newspaper but i fall to spot it. I mean it could be my tinfoil sombrero blocking it but feels kind of sus.
The thumbnail cropped it out, he's holding it himself in the full picture
The picture is cropped, you can see the larger image here: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/12/mitch-mcconnell-hospitalization-fall
you mean the lack of souls to fill his lich form caused him to be weakened, now that he got senator lindsey grahams souls hes well again.
Die
Someone could easily place that pillow over his face and...
Did anyone flip him over yet?