{"id":2613984,"date":"2026-06-14T14:44:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T18:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnell-hospitalized-but-receiving-excellent-care-adviser-says\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T14:45:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T18:45:07","slug":"mitch-mcconnell-hospitalized-but-receiving-excellent-care-adviser-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnell-hospitalized-but-receiving-excellent-care-adviser-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitch McConnell hospitalized but receiving &#8216;excellent care,&#8217; adviser says"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmitch-mcconnell-hospitalized-but-receiving-excellent-care-adviser-says%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2613984&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator mitch McConnell (R-KY), aged 84, was hospitalized for unspecified reasons but is <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >reportedly receiving excellent care<\/a>. He had previously been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-covid-case-surges-more-fake-news\/\" title=\"Are COVID Case Surges More Fake News?\">hospitalized earlier<\/a> this year with flu-like symptoms and has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tiana-lowe-doescher-predicts-biden-has-a-33-chance-of-dying-in-second-term-of-office\/\" title=\"Tiana Lowe Doescher foresees a 33% chance of Biden&#039;s demise in his second ...\">experienced multiple falls<\/a> in recent years, attributed to leg stiffness from childhood polio. Following a fall in February 2025, McConnell announced his retirement but intends to complete his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-eye-chance-for-historic-win-in-deep-blue-texas-district\/\" title=\"Republicans Eye Chance for Historic Win in Deep-Blue Texas District\">term ending<\/a> in January 2027. During his transition toward retirement, he has notably distanced himself from President Trump, criticizing some of his policies and actions. In Kentucky, GOP Representative Andy Barr, who once interned for McConnell, secured the nomination to succeed him amid Republican debates over his potential successors.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mitch-mcconnell\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"436\">Mitch McConnell<\/a> (R-KY) was hospitalized on Sunday for unspecified reasons, but the 84-year-old senator\u2019s adviser said he was receiving \u201cexcellent care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSenator McConnell was admitted to the hospital this morning,\u201d McConnell spokesman David Popp said in a statement. \u201cHe is receiving excellent care.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4608084\/senator-mitch-mcconnell-hospitalized\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Mitch McConnell hospitalized but receiving \u2018excellent care,\u2019 adviser says<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4608084\/mitch-mcconnell-hospitalized-health\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Mitch McConnell hospitalized but receiving \u2018excellent care,\u2019 adviser says<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4605587\/us-american-island-hantavirus-isolation\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>US spends $750,000 to retrieve American from island after hantavirus isolation<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McConnell announced his retirement following a February 2025 fall that was caught on camera as he left the Senate chambers. He plans to finish out his term that ends in January 2027.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The seven-term senator had been <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4445178\/mitch-mcconnell-hospital-flu-like-symptoms\/\">admitted to the hospital <\/a>earlier this year for \u201cflu-like\u201d symptoms. McConnell has experienced several falls in the past several years, but his office has often pointed to his leg stiffness as a result of childhood polio. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4607208\/trump-congress-seats-white-house-ufc-fight\/\">GOLDEN TICKET: TRUMP\u2019S ALLIES IN CONGRESS GET COVETED SEATS AT WHITE HOUSE CAGE FIGHT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McConnell has used his road to retirement to do something he had not previously had the opportunity to do: break with President Donald Trump. He has ripped Trump over the now-dead \u201canti-weaponization fund\u201d and tariffs that the senator perceived as coziness with Russia. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several Republicans were vying to succeed McConnell in the Bluegrass State, but Trump-backed Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY), who once interned for McConnell, won the nomination.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>McConnell hospitalized; in good care, adviser says<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4130,"featured_media":2613987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP22320784116000-e1780325466247.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4964,6126,34365,4133,5894],"class_list":["post-2613984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-health","tag-hospitals","tag-mitch-mcconnell","tag-news","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP22320784116000-e1780325466247.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2613984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2613984"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2613984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2613989,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2613984\/revisions\/2613989"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2613987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2613984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2613984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2613984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}