Mitch McConnell

Although McConnell has been hospitalized for more than three weeks, his office has released few details about his condition.

“Now there are certain things, Reagan had all kinds of issues, which we didn’t find out until much later,” Goldberg said. “This is damaging to the nation because we want people to tell us, we all get sick, but we need to know that you’re still capable and you can do your job. Nobody else can get away with this.”

McConnell has faced a series of health setbacks in recent years, including a concussion and a broken rib suffered in a 2023 fall, recurring leg stiffness, and a hospitalization earlier this year for flu-like symptoms.

ANDY BESHEAR REQUESTS UPDATE ON MITCH MCCONNELL’S HEALTH

Amid questions about McConnell’s health, Goldberg argued that no lawmaker should feel obligated to remain in office out of concern for their party’s political fortunes.

“We also owe it to them to say, ‘Listen, we don’t care party wise, we want to know your health is OK,’” Goldberg said. “That’s something we have to do, we have to make that one of the things we change, that no one should be able to stay in because they’re afraid that their party is going to lose a seat. We can’t do that, that can no longer be part of what is going on.”