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Trump Blows Up Claims that Mitch McConnell Is Healthy
President Donald Trump has refused to confirm Republican claims that Mitch McConnell is alive and well.
Asked about McConnell’s health aboard Air Force One, Trump said he had no clue what condition the ailing 84-year-old Republican senator was in.
He added, “I have no idea how he’s doing.”
McConnell’s team has provided scant details on his condition as he has been in a hospital for more than three weeks.
The handling of his mysterious medical emergency, which a 911 call described as a heart attack, has sparked serious concerns, with some even demanding that his office provide a proof of life video of the longtime lawmaker.
But McConnell’s team has refused to do so, instead repeatedly issuing the same statement claiming that he “continues his recovery in the hospital,” that he “continues to improve,” and is supposedly “working closely with his staff.”
McConnell’s staff is led by his longtime, camera-shy aide Terry Carmack, who is on track to earn more than $226,000 this year.
As demand for information has mounted this week, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Whip John Barrasso, and former McConnell aide-turned-CNN panelist Scott Jennings have all claimed they spoke with the octogenarian senator.