McConnell has apparently broken his silence per MS NOW.

[Ms. Toad]

U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell addresses his constituents, revealing his hospitalization due to a fall and mild pneumonia.

And last month, I took a fall which landed me in the hospital.

“My doctors have confirmed that I didn’t break any bones or suffer a concussion. 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. While receiving excellent care over the past several weeks, I’ve also had to deal with a mild case of pneumonia.


“I can assure you that I’ve been a good patient. At my age, I tend to do what my doctors tell me to do. I’ve submitted to every test they can think of to help figure out what caused this incident. And I’m continuing to do everything they ask to speed my recovery. In fact, with signs of continued progress, I’ve been able to move from hospital care to a rehabilitation center where I’ll keep regaining my strength.

https://www.whas11.com/article/news/local/senator-mitch-mcconnell-releases-note-new-photo-sharing-health-update-elaine-chao/417-c458bd9a-f29d-4d57-a6b7-8a0b41fdd53d

(Can't find an MSNow link - currently on the road, listening to Al Sharpton Weekend, but the above is an except from the letter referenced on the show)

[milestogo]

1. Death rattle?

[marble falls]

2. Whose Ouija Board did he use?

[orangecrush]

3. ...

[ananda]

4. Blue Sky shows him in rehab after a fall.

THere's a picture and a letter.

[marble falls]

5. That struck me from what little the paywall article gave up. This is from weeks ago.

[senseandsensibility]

10. Are you saying that the picture above

is not from his current hospitalization? I'm confused.

[marble falls]

12. I'm just saying from the link had a wall on it and I couldn't get much info from it, that it looked from an earlier ...

... even. I have found the MSnow link itself and it appears current.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/senator-mitch-mcconnell-releases-note-new-photo-sharing-health-update/ar-AA27Lt3u

[Ms. Toad]

18. Odd. The link came from a search -

Nothing I have paid access to.

Only part of the letter initially appeared at the link, but it is all there now, with the newly released letter referenced as just received by Rev Sharpton. They had challenged McConnell to release a statement in conjunction with an interview with the governor. A few minutes later -they noted the receipt of the letter, but were on to another story and have but yet returned.

[Ms. Toad]

7. Thanks.

The rehab picture is at the link I posted.

[mackdaddy]

6. Took a while to make an acceptable AI Mitch in ChatGPT.

They had to program in the dial tone blank outs every few sentences.

[Celerity]

24. not likely that it is AI

https://openai.com/research/verify/



https://sightengine.com/detect-ai-generated-images



https://wasitai.com/

[BaronChocula]

8. Notice the upside down newspaper his right hand is resting on.

Notice the eyes that seem to be varying in direction. Sump'm ain't right.

[marble falls]

14. The guy did/does have a wandering eye quirk.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

21. Yeah, I was trying to read that sidebar headline

Not sure why he's holding the newspaper, OR why he's wearing jeans in a hospital bed.

Maybe Elaine is working his features from behind like a puppet. He has a definite ventriloquist dummy vibe.

Wonder who that sports guy is.

[onenote]

26. He's wearing jeans because he's in a rehab center, not the hospital, as indicated in his statement.

My dad was in rehab and wore jeans every day.

[Celerity]

23. It is the Washington Post from yesterday

Nationals select second baseman Chris Hacopian in MLB draft first round

https://archive.ph/JztxK

[MorbidButterflyTat]

25. That def looks like the sports guy

But "yesterday" with no date? At least I didn't see one.

That wouldn't be his draft picture.

Okay, sorry...my head hurts.

I do think it's weird he's in a hospital bed wearing blue jeans.

[onenote]

27. As stated above: he's not in the hospital. He's in a rehab facility

where wearing jeans would be perfectly normal.

[Celerity]

29. It says yesterday because it's a snapshot from an archive site. Also, It's already Monday morning for me (I'm in Sweden)

The date on the regular URL says July 11th, which was Saturday:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2026/07/11/nationals-select-second-baseman-chris-hacopian-mlb-draft-first-round/

[Ars Longa]

9. Great !! Gov. Beshear, and independent observers should have no problems

going to visit him in person? Right?

[marble falls]

11. MSnow link...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/senator-mitch-mcconnell-releases-note-new-photo-sharing-health-update/ar-AA27Lt3u

[Ms. Toad]

13. Thanks! n/t

[MerryBlooms]

15. He looks better than he has in years. Sporting pink jammies...

He definitely all woke up now.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

22. And blue jeans!

[spanone]

16. The Onion?

[Ms. Toad]

19. Nope. n/t

[malaise]

17. He looks

brain dead but how would we know?

[haele]

20. I think the Governor of Kentucky can visit him now...

Did Elaine Chou come back from China, then?
And I guess they used his ti.e in the hospital to do floor renovation in his house.

hmmmm.

[CrispyQ]

28. No word about his close friend, Graham? -nt

[MerryBlooms]

30. I have no idea why this song hit my head when I saw that picture!

?is=BkVg4xu9T81QuOXK

[Ars Longa]

31. Not buyin' it---- with just that sketchy photo!

'Need independent verification. Gov. Beshear and other neutral
witnesses to corroborate Mcconnell is talking , moving around ect..

[orthoclad]

32. A press statement is not proof of life or health

Anyone could write it.

The pic I saw sure smelled like AI.

Rhetorical question: would Republicans lie?