{"id":642342,"date":"2026-07-27T22:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T22:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=642342"},"modified":"2026-07-27T22:50:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T22:50:00","slug":"mitch-mcconnell-pokes-head-out-of-shell-with-new-proof-of-life-pic-from-rehab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=642342","title":{"rendered":"Mitch McConnell Pokes Head Out Of Shell With New &#8216;Proof Of Life&#8217; Pic From Rehab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Mitch McConnell Pokes Head Out Of Shell With New &#8216;Proof Of Life&#8217; Pic From Rehab<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<article>\n<p><strong>Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Monday &#8216;said&#8217; he&#8217;s undergoing physical therapy,\u00a0<\/strong>but that he hasn&#8217;t been medically cleared to leave rehab after being admitted to the hospital after his June 14 fall.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m still working hard to get back to my full schedule of work in the Senate and in Kentucky, keeping up with intense physical therapy per my doctors&#8217; orders,&#8221; McConnell, 84, one of the oldest members of the Senate, said in a statement &#8211; adding that he won&#8217;t be able to make it to a\u00a0<strong>popular event called Fancy Farm<\/strong> slated to take place in Kentucky on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><a data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/HOPszs7X0AADLpI_80.jpg?itok=bnwBQW27\" data-link-option=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/HOPszs7X0AADLpI_80.jpg?itok=bnwBQW27\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"8dbb9d3c-b50b-4e7c-b2a9-d531274a7caf\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" height=\"663\" width=\"500\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/HOPszs7X0AADLpI_80.jpg?itok=bnwBQW27\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The reason for the hospitalization was not disclosed until July 12, with McConnell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/sen-mitch-mcconnell-breaks-silence-on-health-says-fall-led-to-hospitalization-6060757\">stating<\/a> at the time it was due to a fall that left him briefly unconscious. He&#8217;s also apparently suffering from a mild case of pneumonia\u00a0<strong>and has totally not been dead for six weeks.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">BREAKING BOMBSHELL<\/p>\n<p>New audio and video have been leaked showing Sen. Mitch McConnell being loaded by stretcher into an ambulance when transported to the hospital &#8211; EMS recordings conform they found an unknown person who was &#8220;unconscious&#8221; due to &#8220;cardiac arrest,&#8221; with &#8220;CPR in\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F5Aug8pmg8\">pic.twitter.com\/F5Aug8pmg8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Conservative Brief (@ConservBrief) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ConservBrief\/status\/2075557857089487098?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 10, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>On Monday, <strong>Congress&#8217;s Office of the Attending Physician said that McConnell fell while at home in June<\/strong> and that he has been moved from the hospital to another facility.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Since his discharge from hospital care, he has maintained a strenuous course of physical therapy and rehabilitation, including multiple sessions a day designed to rebuild strength and reduce the risk of future falls,&#8221; the office said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">Mitch McConnell is fine \ud83d\udc40 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hMn29peojD\">pic.twitter.com\/hMn29peojD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Politi_Rican \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf7 \ud835\udd4f \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@TheRicanMemes) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheRicanMemes\/status\/2081789842598268964?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;His bout with childhood polio continues to be a significant factor in his mobility. He is not yet medically cleared to leave the rehab facility and return to the office.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>McConnell said on Monday that he was sorry to miss Fancy Farm and wished the community the best for the event.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As always, I appreciate all of your continued well wishes, and I&#8217;m looking forward to getting back to the Senate and to Kentucky soon,&#8221; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p><strong>McConnell has previously dealt with a number of health problems, including documented instances of him freezing while being near or addressing reporters.<\/strong> His office has said he experienced momentary lightheadedness at those times.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">Mitch: Faithful servant of the people and spring chicken, on his 2026 re-election bid <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1rlfzhKXc1\">pic.twitter.com\/1rlfzhKXc1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Bartee (@BenBartee) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BenBartee\/status\/2074456327804321962?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 7, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>The senator said in 2025 that he would not run for another term.<\/strong> His current term ends on Jan. 3, 2027.<\/p>\n<p>In the primary elections for the race to succeed McConnell, <strong>Republican voters chose Rep. Andy Barr (R-Ky.), while Democratic voters selected former Kentucky Rep. Charles Booker.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" lang=\"\" class=\"username\" xml:lang=\"\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Mon, 07\/27\/2026 &#8211; 18:50<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/HOPszs7X0AADLpI_80.jpg?itok=bnwBQW27\" title=\"Mitch McConnell Pokes Head Out Of Shell With New &apos;Proof Of Life&apos; Pic From Rehab\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mitch McConnell Pokes Head Out Of Shell With New &#8216;Proof Of Life&#8217; Pic From Rehab Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Monday &#8216;said&#8217; he&#8217;s undergoing physical therapy,\u00a0but that he hasn&#8217;t been medically cleared to leave rehab after being admitted to the hospital after his June 14 fall.\u00a0 &#8220;I&#8217;m still working hard to get back to my&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=642342\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mitch McConnell Pokes Head Out Of Shell With New &#8216;Proof Of Life&#8217; Pic From Rehab<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":642343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,22,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-642342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-border-security","category-immigration","category-immigration-reform","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=642342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/642343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=642342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=642342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=642342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}