2026年7月8日 美国东部时间中午12:24 / 《华盛顿邮报》
这位84岁参议员的代表未披露他6月14日住院的原因，也未透露他可能何时返回工作岗位。
参议院米奇·麦康奈尔（R-肯塔基州）4月22日途经国会地铁站
作者：斯特拉·卡尼诺-基尼奥内斯
随着关于参议员米奇·麦康奈尔长达数周住院治疗的谣言四起，肯塔基州州长安迪·贝希尔（D）已要求就其健康状况发布官方更新。
“任由猜测在媒体中继续流传，对这位参议员和肯塔基州民众都不公平，我希望这能让他有机会以透明的方式直接从本人口中公布相关信息，”贝希尔周三在致麦康奈尔（R-肯塔基州）的一封信中说道，并将该信发布到了网上。
麦康奈尔的办公室未透露这位84岁老人6月14日住院的原因，也未透露他可能何时返回工作岗位。保守派网红纷纷发表猜测，称他处于昏迷状态、丧失行为能力，甚至已经去世。
麦康奈尔的几位共和党同僚和盟友周二表示，他们已与麦康奈尔通了电话。但其他人并未对这些说法感到满意，致电一事也成了网络上的恶搞素材。
“我今早和麦康奈尔聊了大约20分钟，”肯塔基州联邦众议员托马斯·马西（R-肯塔基州）在X平台上调侃道，“他说我们应该结束与伊朗的战争、停止向以色列提供援助、停止未经搜查令监视美国民众，他还为我的初选结果感到非常遗憾。”
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Kentucky governor requests ‘transparent’ update on McConnell’s health amid speculation
July 8, 2026 at 12:24 p.m. EDT / The Washington Post
Representatives for the 84-year-old senator haven’t disclosed what sent him to the hospital June 14, nor when he might return.
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) passes through a Capitol Subway stop on April 22. (Heather Diehl/Getty Images)
By Stella Canino-Quiñones
As rumors swirl over the weeks-long hospitalization of Sen. Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) has requested an official update on his well-being.
“Allowing speculation to continue in the media is not fair to the Senator or to Kentuckians, and my hope is that this provides him the opportunity to share the information in a transparent manner, direct from the source,” Beshear said Wednesday in a letter to McConnell (R-Kentucky) that he shared online.
McConnell’s office hasn’t disclosed what sent the 84-year-old to the hospital June 14, nor when he might return. Conservative influencers have posted theories that he was in a coma, incapacitated or even dead.
Several of McConnell’s Republican colleagues and allies said Tuesday that they have spoken to him by phone. But others haven’t been satisfied by the accounts, and the calls have become a source of online trolling.
“I spoke to McConnell for about 20 minutes this morning,” joked Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) on X. “He said we should end the war with Iran, quit giving aid to Israel, stop spying on Americans without a warrant, and he’s really sorry about how my primary turned out.”
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