Audio from a dispatch referring to a health issue at Mitch McConnell’s home has fueled questions over whether he will return to his duties
Emergency dispatch audio referring to a “cardiac arrest” at US Senator Mitch McConnell’s Washington home has raised new questions about the political future of the former Republican leader, according to media reports.
McConnell, 84, is a Republican senator from Kentucky who has served in the Senate since 1985. He was the longest-serving Senate party leader in US history, stepping down from the post in February 2024 following a series of public health episodes.
The recordings, first reported by CBS and cited by several US outlets earlier this week, captured a dispatcher telling emergency responders that a person at McConnell’s home was in “cardiac arrest.” The identity of the patient has not been officially confirmed, and McConnell’s office has not commented on the recordings or the reported emergency.
Instead, aides have maintained that the senator is “continuing his recovery” in a hospital. In its latest statement on Thursday, McConnell’s office said: “The Senator 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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