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Why people think Mitch McConnell’s hiding something

Mitch McConnell's office in the Russell Senate Office Building on July 8, 2026, in Washington, DC. | Finn Gomez/Getty Images Mitch McConnell’s mysterious disappearance had everyone going a little wild. After the Kentucky senator was abruptly hospitalized last month, little information was given on his condition or the cause of it. Politicians and internet conspiracists immediately started to wonder if there was more to the story. Far-right political activist Laura Loomer even went so far as to say he was “brain dead.” Things moved quickly. It all seemed to come to a head when McCon...