{"id":2661707,"date":"2026-09-15T13:47:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T17:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-mcconnell-seen-in-distressing-footage-after-leaving-home-appears-to-be-in-far-worse-shape-than-joe-biden\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T13:51:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T17:51:12","slug":"watch-mcconnell-seen-in-distressing-footage-after-leaving-home-appears-to-be-in-far-worse-shape-than-joe-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-mcconnell-seen-in-distressing-footage-after-leaving-home-appears-to-be-in-far-worse-shape-than-joe-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: McConnell Seen in Distressing Footage After Leaving Home, Appears to Be in Far Worse Shape Than Joe Biden"},"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\">38<\/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%2Fwatch-mcconnell-seen-in-distressing-footage-after-leaving-home-appears-to-be-in-far-worse-shape-than-joe-biden%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=2661707&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>This content appears to be a mixture of webpage code, scripts, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iranian-womens-soccer-team-performs-silent-protest-amid-bombings-this-is-courage\/\" title=\"Iranian Women&#039;s Soccer Team Performs Silent Protest Amid Bombings: &#039;This Is Courage&#039;\">embedded social media posts<\/a>. The main textual part discusses political topics, notably the aging and health concerns of U.S. Senators Mitch McConnell and dianne Feinstein. It highlights McConnell&#8217;s recent return to the Senate after a fall and raises doubts about his capacity to serve, citing videos and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/justin-bieber-gets-mocked-for-giant-suit-at-grammys-looks-like-he-got-into-his-daddys-closet\/\" title=\"Justin Bieber Gets Mocked For Giant Suit At Grammys: \u2018Looks Like He Got Into His Daddy...s Closet...\">social media reactions<\/a> that question his health and mental state. Additionally, it mentions other elderly politicians like Joe Biden and Eleanor Holmes Norton, criticizing the overrepresentation of older individuals in government. The overall tone suggests skepticism about the effectiveness and health of these aging politicians and implies a critique of the political establishment&#8217;s gerontocracy. The rest of the content consists of scripts for displaying ads,social media embeds,and website navigation elements.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_5)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>There are two types of partisans in this world.<\/p>\n<p>First, those who refuse to sink to the depths the other side will on their worst days. Second, those who believe in the Golden Rule of Politics: Do unto others as they do unto you.<\/p>\n<p>I, as so many do, like to believe I\u2019m in the first camp. But there\u2019s that little part of me that\u2019s in the second camp, the kind that told the Democratic Party: We told you this would happen, you imbeciles, and you didn\u2019t listen.<\/p>\n<p>Now, after propping up senescent individuals who very clearly did not belong in positions of power for far too long while at the same time insisting that, from the moment he took office in 2017, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/psychiatrist-pelosi-can-call-911-report-trump-involuntarily-mentally-evaluated\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">25th Amendment should be invoked against Donald J. Trump<\/a>, I have this to say to Democrats: You should probably just sit the whole Mitch McConnell thing out, even though he clearly no longer belongs in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time in three months, Sen. Mitch McConnell returned to the Capitol <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/major-update-mitch-mcconnells-health-aging-senators-care-conditions-change-dramatically\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">after a hospitalization<\/a>. The nature of that hospitalization has drawn significant scrutiny \u2014 the official story is that he briefly lost consciousness after a fall and then suffered complications, which, like any \u201cofficial story\u201d in Washington circles, was effectively dismissed the moment it was uttered \u2014 and it\u2019s also held up the Republican agenda. So not only were the Democrats demanding answers, Republicans were, too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, I\u2019ll cast my first Senate vote since I took a bad fall back in June. I\u2019m really looking forward to being back on the Senate floor and seeing my colleagues,\u201d McConnell (or whoever was at his phone) said in an X post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy recovery has been a long and often frustrating process, and the lingering effects of childhood polio haven\u2019t made it any easier. I\u2019m still not quite back to 100%, but I\u2019ve assured Leader [John] Thune that, as I continue with physical therapy on the advice of my doctors, I will do my best to be present for tough votes when our Conference needs me.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Today, I\u2019ll cast my first Senate vote since I took a bad fall back in June. I\u2019m really looking forward to being back on the Senate floor and seeing my colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>My recovery has been a long and often frustrating process, and the lingering effects of childhood polio haven\u2019t made\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (@SenMcConnell) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenMcConnell\/status\/2099616441079124330?\">September 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This is the video most of you probably saw if you were looking at establishment feeds:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sen. Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) voted at the Capitol on Monday for the first time in three months, after a fall that raised concerns about his health and whether he would return to work.<\/p>\n<p>He arrived in a wheelchair flanked by his chief of staff and a longtime aide, addressing the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rbzEBsHy6f\">pic.twitter.com\/rbzEBsHy6f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WSJ\/status\/2099643524807348415?\">September 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And here\u2019s the less-exculpatory video from TMZ:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8 EXCLUSIVE: Mitch McConnell has resurfaced, 3 months after disappearing from public view. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WBeMp32VeM\">https:\/\/t.co\/WBeMp32VeM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfa5: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hicharliecotton?\">@hicharliecotton<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fHVhJ89DFe\">pic.twitter.com\/fHVhJ89DFe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TMZ (@TMZ) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TMZ\/status\/2099622191407206723?\">September 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Again, perhaps for one last time, frustrated Republicans and opportunity-sensing Democrats united to cast doubt on McConnell\u2019s ability to carry out his job.<\/p>\n<p>Take conservative activist Laura Loomer, who has claimed in the past that McConnell was brain dead. This footage did not disabuse her of this notion:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Like I said, Mitch is brain dead.<\/p>\n<p>You can\u2019t look at his face and say he\u2019s not a vegetable.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s not even responding to cognition tests. It\u2019s like wheeling a corpse around.<\/p>\n<p>Worse than what the Democrats did with Joe Biden to be honest.<\/p>\n<p>He looks incapacitated.<\/p>\n<p>Brain dead. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FRlaYY95xq\">pic.twitter.com\/FRlaYY95xq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LauraLoomer\/status\/2099680320261853636?\">September 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Left-bubble X felt the same way:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Yea.. Mitch McConnell seems fine. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nvg2hhWNYy\">pic.twitter.com\/nvg2hhWNYy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Ripa (@CHRISsW0RLD) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CHRISsW0RLD\/status\/2099682497420234999?\">September 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Yeah there ain\u2019t nothin going on up there <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/USNN48VaR3\">https:\/\/t.co\/USNN48VaR3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HTAy00xTNa\">pic.twitter.com\/HTAy00xTNa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Appodlachia (@appodlachia) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/appodlachia\/status\/2099648339876729152?\">September 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Now, I will say that the video from the Senate floor was a bit \u2014 a very, very little bit \u2014 more reassuring, because at least he could shake hands, sorta:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8 NOW: Sen. Mitch McConnell has just EMERGED for the first time in 3 MONTHS to vote on the Senate floor, spotted in a wheel chair<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s immediately surrounded by senators.<\/p>\n<p>He was rolled out of his DC home and is voting on Trump judicial nominee Matthew Byrne of Ohio<\/p>\n<p>TERM\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZFKFmbxe9Q\">pic.twitter.com\/ZFKFmbxe9Q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EricLDaugh\/status\/2099621291879780656?\">September 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>But does Mitch McConnell seem fine? It sort of depends on what you want Mitch McConnell to do. If you need a human being who can be \u201cWeekend at Bernie\u2019s\u201d-ed all the way through to January, when his elected replacement is sworn in, and push the right button, this is basically as fine as you\u2019re going to get.<\/p>\n<p>Kentucky Democratic Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cover-top-cover-rep-burchett-blasts-mitch-mcconnell-situation-farce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andy Beshear<\/a> has protested loudly and at great length about McConnell\u2019s capacity to serve his state, which is a riot because he basically just wants to kneecap the Republican caucus by keeping the seat empty \u2014 and, yet, was silent as a mute sloth when it came to the only time he could have been a profile in courage, which was in the wake of this debate performance from a guy running to be president for four more years in 2024:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Needless to say, the drugs didn\u2019t work. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3lYHnU476w\">pic.twitter.com\/3lYHnU476w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TrumpWarRoom\/status\/1806555571937591578?\">June 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In the wake of that performance, you might recall, Biden\u2019s White House called a Democrat governor\u2019s meeting to shore up support for him, and Beshear was among the attendees at 1600 Pennsylvania. From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wkyufm.org\/news\/2024-07-08\/after-white-house-meeting-beshear-says-biden-needs-to-reassure-the-american-people\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WKYU-FM<\/a> public radio after that meeting on July 5, 2024:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Gov. Andy Beshear was one of more than 20 Democratic governors to meet with President Joe Biden Wednesday night, and one of a handful to attend the event in person at the White House.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Beshear said Friday that, while he would not divulge the specifics of the \u201cprivate meeting,\u201d Biden commanded the room and answered all of their questions.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBut it\u2019s not about me, it\u2019s about the American people,\u201d Beshear said. \u201cThis is the President of the United States. So my hope is he\u2019ll come forward, and he\u2019ll just do what he has done throughout his career. He\u2019ll talk plainly and directly to the American people about his health.\u201d \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe asked for really candid advice and responded to it,\u201d Beshear said. \u201cThis is something that he needs to not just reassure Democratic governors on, but he needs to reassure the American people.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>We now know from various accounts that Biden didn\u2019t command the room or even any semblance of the facts, but everyone also knew that Beshear was in the running for the job that eventually went to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/derek-chauvins-attorney-makes-bombshell-motion-dismiss-alleging-fraudulent-conduct-tim-walz-keith-ellison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Walz<\/a>: backing up Kamala Harris when she eventually took over for the incapable president at the top of the ticket.<\/p>\n<p>And the list goes on. Dianne Feinstein hung on so long that this was the sorry state of affairs at the end of an otherwise trailblazing career in progressive politics:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">90 year-old Dianne Feinstein is told \u201cjust say aye\u201d at vote<\/p>\n<p>AGE LIMITS NOW<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/steTTpZoPP\">pic.twitter.com\/steTTpZoPP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1684598819105697792?\">July 27, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton \u2014 the only elected official representing Washington, D.C., in Congress and a powerful figure despite the fact that she doesn\u2019t have a vote \u2014 was long rumored to have dementia but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democrats-geriatric-crisis-dcs-warrior-hill-nowhere-found\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">continued to insist<\/a> she was pressing forward with another run in 2026 at the age of 89 until a series of police reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/police-say-geriatric-dem-dc-politician-wont-retire-early-stages-dementia-getting-scammed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">confirmed she was effectively gone<\/a>, mentally.<\/p>\n<p>In an ideal world, naturally, McConnell should be gone and done for. This should have happened in 2020, when the writing was on the wall and it was clear that \u201cCocaine Mitch\u201d was quickly turning into \u201cCare-center Mitch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But it didn\u2019t, and here we are. If all that\u2019s needed is for this guy to press a button the right way for four more months, Kentucky\u2019s all right.<\/p>\n<p>And if that\u2019s not enough, remember the Golden Rule of Politics. 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