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McConnell says he intends to return to the Senate — but not yet
In a statement sent to constituents, he said he was taken to the hospital after a fall and has also “had to deal with a mild case of pneumonia.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/12/mcconnell-provides-health-update-i-have-every-intention-of-finishing-the-job-00994320

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Sunday that he will return to the Senate after a weeks-long hospitalization in a statement seeking to put to bed rampant speculation about his health.

McConnell, in a lengthy note to constituents, said he was placed in the hospital after falling last month and also has dealt with a “mild case of pneumonia.” His office also released a photo of the senator holding Sunday’s edition of The Washington Post sports section.



“My doctors have confirmed that I didn’t break any bones or suffer a concussion,” he said. “I didn’t have a heart attack or a stroke. I don’t have any tumors or hemorrhages. But I was briefly unconscious and was taken to the hospital.”

A statement from the Office of the Attending Physician, which was released by McConnell’s office, said that the Kentucky Republican was admitted to the hospital “after falling at home and sustaining minor injuries.” The statement also said that an evaluation found “no fractures, cardiac abnormalities, stroke, tumor, or hemorrhage.”

And while McConnell said he will return to the Senate, he said that he can’t go back just yet and didn’t specify in the statement when he will return. Instead, he said that he had moved from “hospital care to a rehabilitation center where I’ll keep regaining my strength.”
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“I still have unfinished business to complete on your behalf, and I have every intention of finishing the job you elected me to do,” McConnell said. “I’ll keep working hard to get back on the Senate floor as soon as possible.”

For now, McConnell said he is in touch with staff and with Republican colleagues “on the appropriations process, midterm politics, and everything in between.”

The Senate comes back into session Monday after a two-week break and then will leave town again in early August until September. McConnell’s extended absence comes as Senate Republicans are reeling from the sudden death of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.).


McConnell’s statement is the first he has made since he was hospitalized in mid-June. While his office provided updates in the interim, it had released few details about why he was hospitalized or his condition, creating a vacuum that sparked a wildfire of online speculation.

Some MAGA influencers claimed the senator was “brain-dead,” while others speculated that he could be in serious peril after news outlets reported on D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services radio traffic that indicated a person at the former GOP leader’s address was found unconscious and required cardiac resuscitation.

Even Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democrat, sent McConnell a publicly released letter last week asking him to provide an update on his health status. The Senate’s top two Republicans — John Thune and John Barrasso — said last week that they had both spoken to McConnell, but that did little to quell the speculation.

McConnell appeared to acknowledge the lack of details in his statement saying that members of his generation “often hesitate to share the vulnerability that comes with growing older.”

“Even in the public eye, I feel that same instinct — I can’t help it,” he added.