Mitch McConnell

"Missing person" posters of Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., were placed around Washington, D.C., by an anti-Trump political group, as the former Senate majority leader has not returned to work after a fall in mid-June.

“MISSING PERSON,” the posters read in large red letters above a photo of McConnell in a hospital bed, according to a photo posted by the political group, Save America Movement, on X on Wednesday. The posters describe McConnell as “84 years old. 5’9 feet. Turtle-like.”

“Last Seen: June 11, 2026. Known for: Blocking something in the Senate. Distinguishing Features: Tortoise like appearance,” according to the poster.

“If you have any information about his whereabouts, please keep it to yourself. He would,” the poster reads.

"Search parties have checked the Capitol, the Russell Senate Office Building, and — just to be thorough — the emergency room," SAM posted on Facebook, including photos of posters near the Capitol, Russell Senate Office Building, and George Washington University Hospital Emergency Room.

A spokesperson for Save America Movement, the political group behind the posters, told The Independent, “We put those flyers up because this has gotten absurd."

“For more than a month now, the senior senator from Kentucky has not cast a vote, has not appeared for the work of the chamber, and has not, in any provable or functional sense, represented the four and a half million people who sent him there.”

McConnell was admitted to the hospital on June 14, according to a spokesperson. He is set to retire at the end of his current term in January 2027.

The former Senate majority leader issued a statement on July 12 about his condition, including a photo of himself recovering in a hospital bed beside his wife, former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao. McConnell said he had been admitted to the hospital after a fall and developed a mild case of pneumonia.

His wife was seen in the days after his fall meeting with political leaders in China.

“My doctors have confirmed that I didn’t break any bones or suffer a concussion,” he said. “I didn’t have a heart attack or a stroke. I don’t have any tumors or hemorrhages. But I was briefly unconscious and was taken to the hospital.”

On Monday, McConnell's office said that he is “still working hard to get back to my full schedule.”

A physician said in the statement that McConnell is undergoing “physical therapy and rehabilitation” and has not yet been “medically cleared to leave the rehab facility and return to the office.”

McConnell also said Monday that he would have to miss Kentucky's annual Fancy Farm Picnic as he continues to recover in the hospital.

"I'm still working hard to get back to my full schedule of work in the Senate and in Kentucky, keeping up with intense physical therapy per my doctors' orders," McConnell’s statement reads.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) on Monday sent a letter to McConnell, asking him to “directly and verbally address the people of Kentucky and provide proof of your capacity to serve, or resign.”

If McConnell's seat became vacant, a special election would be held to fill it.

President Trump said earlier this month regarding McConnell, “I have no idea how he’s doing.”

Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind., said a day after Trump's statement, referring to McConnell, “I don’t know if he’s alive or has passed away. I have not heard from him, and I think it’s a question that Republicans should be asking because he does represent the state of Kentucky.”

Fellow GOP Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul said regarding his colleague, “For goodness’ sakes, we’ve had elderly senators from both parties. You haven’t heard me ranting and raving, saying they need to prove they’re alive and they need to do this.”