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Mitch McConnell's Team SCRAMBLES Over Health Disaster As MAGA Erupts - The Damage Report [View all]
Mitch McConnell's office is left scrambling over his growing health disaster as McConnell goes MIA to the public following his hospitalization and MAGA figures like Laura Loomer make serious claims. John Iadarola breaks it down on The Damage Report. - 07/07/2026.
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Longtime Kentucky Commentator Said He Spoke With McConnell This Morning—What We Know About His Health - https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2026/07/07/mitch-mcconnell-has-been-hospitalized-for-weeks-what-we-know-about-his-health/
"Jennings said in an X post he spoke with his “old friend” Tuesday morning, saying he spoke to the senator for nearly 20 minutes about “IRAN, UKRAINE, the unfolding situation in MAINE, my visit to the TR Presidential Library, and even a little bit of Senate history.”
Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., spoke with McConnell on Monday and Tuesday, according to NOTUS, which cited a spokesperson for Thune who said the two “had a lengthy and substantive conversation that covered a variety of topics, including national security.”
Reporter Desirée Townsend backed up claims made by far-right activist Laura Loomer on Monday that McConnell was officially braindead and on life support.
A McConnell spokesperson told multiple outlets last week the senator was recovering in the hospital and “continues to improve, and is working closely with his staff on Kentucky and Senate matters while the Senate is out of session.”"
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