{"id":2645780,"date":"2026-08-16T13:50:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T17:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/beshear-says-hes-heard-nothing-from-mcconnell\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T13:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T17:52:09","slug":"beshear-says-hes-heard-nothing-from-mcconnell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/beshear-says-hes-heard-nothing-from-mcconnell\/","title":{"rendered":"Beshear says he&#8217;s &#8216;heard nothing&#8217; from 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\">14<\/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-says-hes-heard-nothing-from-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=2645780&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>Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear criticized Senate Republicans, particularly Sen. Mitch McConnell, for his prolonged absence and lack of communication regarding his health status. Beshear expressed concern that McConnell, who was hospitalized in June after a fall and has since been recovering in rehab, has not provided updates or addressed Kentuckians directly. He emphasized that mcconnell, despite health challenges, has a duty to communicate with constituents and questioned his capacity to serve. Beshear previously called for McConnell to prove his ability to fulfill his duties or resign. Additionally, he criticized the senate Republican leadership, including John Thune, for failing to hold Trump administration officials accountable and for neglecting their responsibilities during critical legislative efforts, such as advancing the farm bill.  <\/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\">Kentucky Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/andy-beshear\/\">Andy Beshear<\/a> (D-KY) criticized Senate Republicans over the prolonged absence of Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mitch-mcconnell\/\">Mitch McConnell<\/a> (R-KY), arguing that the senator owes his constituents a public explanation about his ability to continue serving. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI have heard absolutely nothing back from Mitch McConnell. And while I do hope that he is getting better, I\u2019ve known him my entire life. I wish him no harm. I actually wish him good health. His boss are the people of Kentucky,\u201d Beshear said on CBS News\u2019s <em>Face the Nation<\/em>.<\/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\/4688996\/beshear-says-heard-nothing-from-mcconnell\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Beshear says \u2018I\u2019ve heard nothing\u2019 from McConnell, urges senator to \u2018call in\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4686807\/new-york-gas-station-customers-dance-for-a-deal-joe-concha\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>New York gas station customers dance \u2018for a deal\u2019: Joe Concha<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4686487\/kennedy-center-board-vote-two-year-closure-renovations\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Kennedy Center Board votes to close facility for two years for construction<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McConnell, 84, was <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4608084\/mitch-mcconnell-hospitalized-health\/\">hospitalized June 14<\/a> after suffering a fall and has spent weeks recovering, including time in a rehabilitation facility. His office has provided <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4638028\/mitch-mcconnell-health-status-hospital\/\">limited updates<\/a> on his condition, while McConnell has not made an appearance or directly addressed Kentuckians.\u00a0 He was <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4678134\/mitch-mcconnell-released-rehabilitation-center-june-fall\/\">discharged from rehab<\/a> earlier this month and is continuing physical therapy at home.<\/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\">Bershear argued that McConnell\u2019s health does not eliminate his responsibility to communicate with the people he represents. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Q: &#8220;Have you heard anything from Mitch McConnell&#8217;s office on how he is doing?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Beshear: &#8220;I&#8217;ve heard nothing back. While I do hope that he is getting better \u2014 I have known him my entire life, I wish him no harm, I wish him good health \u2014 his boss are the people of Kentucky\u2026All he\u2026 <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PLb3FgVaB7\">pic.twitter.com\/PLb3FgVaB7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Bulwark (@BulwarkOnline) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BulwarkOnline\/status\/2089002189037391925?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd this is why the Senate, the Republican controlled Senate, feels so broken. They feel like they\u2019re not accountable to anyone. All he needs to do is call into this show for two minutes, or Fox News for two minutes, or do a video for two minutes to the people he\u2019s supposed to serve, but you know what? He absolutely refuses to do it,\u201d Beshear said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beshear has <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4665653\/andy-beshear-demands-proof-capacity-serve-or-resign-mitch-mcconnell\/\">previously demanded<\/a> that McConnell provide \u201cproof of your capacity to serve, or resign,\u201d and sent a copy of his letter to Senate Majority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-thune\/\">John Thune<\/a> (R-SD), urging him to investigate McConnell\u2019s ability to fulfill his duties. <\/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\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4677982\/mcconnell-absence-gop-farm-bill-august-recess\/\"><strong>MCCONNELL ABSENCE FOILS GOP PLANS TO ADVANCE FARM BILL BEFORE AUGUST RECESS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beshear then broadened his criticism to Senate Republicans, accusing them of failing to hold the Trump administration accountable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd then John Thune, as the leader of the senate, you\u2019ve got a duty to make sure all of your senators have the capacity to serve, and what is he saying, \u2018not my job,\u2019 that\u2019s not surprising, none of them will do their job right now and stand up to a president that is running over the constitution at every turn,\u201d Beshear said.<\/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<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beshear urges McConnell to explain his ability to serve<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4275,"featured_media":2645781,"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\/08\/image-collage-zb8lezhp1-1786896034418-e1786896163258.jpg?1786881748&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[35855,61333,34365,46265,3740],"class_list":["post-2645780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-andy-beshear","tag-kentucky-politics","tag-mitch-mcconnell","tag-political-statements","tag-senate"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-collage-zb8lezhp1-1786896034418-e1786896163258.jpg?1786881748&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2645780","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\/4275"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2645780"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2645780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2645784,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2645780\/revisions\/2645784"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2645781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2645780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2645780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2645780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}