{"id":2636600,"date":"2026-07-28T11:05:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T15:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/beshear-again-demands-health-update-from-mitch-mcconnell\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T11:10:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T15:10:57","slug":"beshear-again-demands-health-update-from-mitch-mcconnell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/beshear-again-demands-health-update-from-mitch-mcconnell\/","title":{"rendered":"Beshear again demands health update from Mitch McConnell"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Fbeshear-again-demands-health-update-from-mitch-mcconnell%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=2636600&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>Governor Andy Beshear of Kentucky has repeatedly demanded that Senator Mitch McConnell provide clear evidence of his ability to serve or resign, due to concerns about his health. In a recent letter, Beshear questioned McConnell\u2019s capacity, citing the lack of transparency and dialog from him since his hospitalization in June following a fall. The Kentucky governor criticized McConnell for not participating in votes or official activities, noting the absence has hindered legislative progress on meaningful issues amidst ongoing national challenges like the Iran war and rising costs for Americans. Beshear highlighted that even official statements do not clarify McConnell\u2019s condition and called for open, verbal communication directly addressing his capacity to serve. McConnell, 84, has been sidelined for over a month, missing multiple votes, and remains in rehabilitation, with his office indicating he is not yet cleared to return to Congress. Beshear\u2019s repeated appeals stress the importance of transparency and accountability from mcconnell, contrasting his current silence with the expectations of public office.  <\/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\">Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/andy-beshear\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"8307\">Andy Beshear <\/a>(D-KY) sent another letter to Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mitch-mcconnell\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"436\">Mitch McConnell<\/a> (R-KY) on Monday night, demanding the senator provide evidence he is capable of serving or resign from his post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McConnell and the Office of the Attending Physician provided a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4664436\/mitch-mcconnell-not-cleared-leave-rehab-return-congress\/\">brief update<\/a> on the senator\u2019s health earlier Monday, explaining he was not yet cleared to leave rehabilitation therapy and return to Congress. The 84-year-old has been absent from the chamber since he was hospitalized in\u00a0Washington, D.C., on June 14\u00a0after <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4645482\/mcconnell-fall-led-to-hospitalization-wont-return-senate-floor-yet\/\">taking a fall<\/a>.<\/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\/4665653\/andy-beshear-demands-proof-capacity-serve-or-resign-mitch-mcconnell\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Beshear sends second letter to Mitch McConnell demanding \u2018proof of your capacity to serve, or resign\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4665577\/watch-live-mourners-gather-lindsey-graham-funeral-services-washington-dc\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>WATCH LIVE: Mourners gather for Lindsey Graham\u2019s funeral services in Washington<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4655253\/big-beautiful-bill-lindsey-graham-wins-over-murderers-row\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>How the Big Beautiful Bill became law: Graham wins over \u2018Murderer\u2019s Row\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a rather scathing letter provided to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, Beshear addressed McConnell \u201cunder the assumption that he is capable of reading and responding verbally, and not incapacitated by means of consciousness or cognition,\u201d and urged transparency about his condition.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Democratic governor then called on McConnell \u201cto directly and verbally address the people of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kentucky\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"30\">Kentucky<\/a> and provide proof of your capacity to serve, or resign,\u201d adding that a copy of the letter was sent to Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) that includes demands to \u201cfurther investigate\u201d McConnell\u2019s condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beshear, a possible 2028 presidential candidate, noted the statement released by McConnell\u2019s physician the same day, and said it was inadequate.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">Senator Mitch McConnell and Secretary Elaine Chao on Sunday, July 26, 2026. Credit: Office of Sen. Mitch McConnell<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-large-file=&#8221;https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2026\/07\/localimages\/image002<\/a>.jpg6a68c5320356e.jpg?w=660&#8243; &#8220;https:><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and his wife, Elaine Chao, on Sunday, July 26, 2026. (Photo courtesy of the Office of Sen. Mitch McConnell)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDuring that time you have cast zero votes, engaged in no official activities, and aside from two photos and corresponding statements, have made no effort to communicate with your Kentucky constituents or the nation,\u201d Beshear said. \u201cEven the attending physician\u2019s written statement does not discuss your actual condition, including whether you can speak, reason, or carry out your duties as a senator. I understand anyone\u2019s desire for privacy, but when you run for office and serve as one of a state\u2019s two US senators, you willingly abdicate much of your personal privacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beshear continued, pointing to \u201cimportant events [that] are happening in our country right now,\u201d including the Iran war and rising costs for American families.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAll of this speculation and even this letter could have been avoided with a minimal amount of transparency,\u201d Beshear said. \u201cEven your prot\u00e9g\u00e9 Scott Jennings stated July 23rd on television, \u2018truthfully a little transparency on the front here would have saved him a whole lot of grief.\u2019 Kentuckians are just asking you to be honest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4663599\/what-legislation-mcconnell-stall-senate\/\">WHAT LEGISLATION HAS MITCH MCCONNELL\u2019S ABSENCE STALLED IN THE SENATE?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beshear had previously sent McConnell a letter when his hospital stay was nearing the one-month mark, similarly <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4640327\/kentucky-andy-beshear-update-mitch-mcconnell-health-speculation-unfair\/\">demanding transparency<\/a> about the senator\u2019s health.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McConnell has missed 38 votes on the Senate floor since his hospitalization in mid-June. Republicans hold a slim 53-47 majority in the upper chamber.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beshear demands proof of McConnell\u2019s ability or resignation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4130,"featured_media":2636601,"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\/2024\/08\/Andy_Beshear_Mitch_McConnell_congress_99.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[56612,12830,5894],"class_list":["post-2636600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-healthupdate","tag-kentucky","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Andy_Beshear_Mitch_McConnell_congress_99.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2636600","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=2636600"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2636600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2636609,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2636600\/revisions\/2636609"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2636601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2636600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2636600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2636600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}