共和党同僚坚称麦康奈尔将出席关键投票
2026年7月14日 美国东部时间下午4:02 / 福克斯新闻频道
作者：汉娜·布伦南 福克斯新闻
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纽约州民主党众议员亚历山德里亚·奥卡西奥-科特茨认为，议员连续数月缺席国会时，议会应提高透明度；而共和党参议员则坚称，肯塔基州联邦参议员米奇·麦康奈尔将在必要时返回国会。（图片来源：尼古拉斯·巴拉西 为福克斯新闻数字频道拍摄）
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肯塔基州参议员首次公开了导致他长期缺席参议院的健康细节，此事在国会山引发新一轮审视。纽约州民主党众议员亚历山德里亚·奥卡西奥-科特茨质疑，麦康奈尔长期缺席是否“目前已涉嫌违反法律”，而共和党人则坚称，参议院需要他时他就会回来。
“所有人怎么都装作这很正常？”奥卡西奥-科特茨对福克斯新闻数字频道说道，“这不合常理。完全不合常理。”
“我们身为当选议员，怎么能一连好几个月都不见踪影？”
麦康奈尔在格雷厄姆去世后首次披露神秘住院细节
2026年4月23日，纽约州民主党众议员亚历山德里亚·奥卡西奥-科特茨在国会山投票后走下众议院台阶。（图片来源：比尔·克拉克/CQ-滚呼公司）
这位肯塔基州参议员打破沉默，首次公开了他自6月14日首次住院以来一直缺席参议院的健康状况。他在社交媒体上发文称，童年时患过小儿麻痹症的旧疾，导致他上月摔倒并“短暂失去意识”并住院治疗；康复期间又患上了“轻度肺炎”。
“多数党领袖麦康奈尔意志坚如磐石，”堪萨斯州共和党参议员罗杰·马歇尔说道，“这家伙挺过了小儿麻痹症。连续数日接受康复治疗。没人知道他有多坚强。”
麦康奈尔此前一直保持沉默，这引发了网上对其健康状况的猜测，无根据的谣言包括心脏骤停甚至死亡。
“当你不愿披露太多信息时，无论是个人信息还是工作信息，你就会让阴谋论者有了可乘之机，”北达科他州共和党参议员凯文·克莱默说道，“而且大多数时候，人们的想象力远比现实要丰富得多。”
即便麦康奈尔发布了关于其健康缺席的声明，包括一张他与妻子在医院的合照，仍有谣言称这位参议员可能处于植物人状态。
麦康奈尔面临新的呼吁，需公开健康问题细节
7月17日（周三），参议院少数党领袖米奇·麦康奈尔在国会山的一场新闻发布会上中途停顿。他离开讲台后返回，表示“我没事”，并回答了记者提问。（图片来源：美联社/福克斯新闻）
该声明也未具体说明麦康奈尔何时返回参议院，仅表示他“暂时还无法回到参议院议事厅投票”。
但共和党参议员似乎对麦康奈尔会返回参议院议事厅参与关键投票充满信心，克莱默甚至声称，共和党领导层在他缺席期间一直与他“保持定期联系”。
“我们的多位领导层成员都定期与他沟通，这让我感到安心，”克莱默说道。
“我毫不怀疑，如果明天就有最高法院大法官提名投票，他一定会设法到场，”马歇尔说道，“我认为我们需要他的时候他就会回来，我永远不会看轻他。他会回来的。”
现年84岁的麦康奈尔将于明年任期结束时退休，但他曾承诺会“完成当选时的工作”直至任期结束。
“我认为米奇·麦康奈尔始终就是现在这样的人，”克莱默说道。
众议院民主党人呼吁共和党同僚公布长期缺席原因后，公职人员需提高透明度
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“他不是世界上最透明的人。他行事讲究战略、讲求战术。他会思考什么对国会最有利——什么符合他的政治抱负和政治优先事项。”
奥卡西奥-科特茨对福克斯新闻数字频道表示，虽然医疗紧急情况往往不可避免，但她认为，应该出台一些关于缺席时长的规定，甚至可能通过相关立法，防止议员长期缺席国会。
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“听着，意外总会发生，”奥卡西奥-科特茨说道，“人们会遭遇医疗事故。如果你住院了，那就住院。但我确实认为，应该有某种……这里有个界限。我想几乎所有人都会同意，这个界限已经被打破了。”
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‘This is not normal’: AOC unloads on McConnell’s prolonged absence
Republican colleagues insist McConnell will show up for critical votes
July 14, 2026 4:02pm EDT / Fox News
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., argues Congress needs more transparency when lawmakers are absent for months, while GOP senators insist Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., will be back when needed. (Credit: Nicholas Ballasy for Fox News Digital)
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Sen. Mitch McConnell’s disclosure of new details about the medical issues that have kept him away from the Senate has sparked fresh scrutiny on Capitol Hill, with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., questioning whether his prolonged absence is “legal at this point” even as Republicans insist he’ll return when the Senate needs him.
“How is everyone pretending this is normal?” Ocasio-Cortez said to Fox News Digital. “This is not normal. At all.”
“How is it that we have sitting elected members of Congress going missing for months at a time?”
MITCH MCCONNELL BREAKS SILENCE ON MYSTERY HOSPITALIZATION AFTER GRAHAM’S DEATH
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., walks down the House steps after a vote at the U.S. Capitol on April 23, 2026.(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc.)
The Kentucky senator broke his silence on his previously undisclosed medical conditions that have kept him absent from the Senate since he was first hospitalized on June 14. He posted to social media claiming that his childhood fight with polio contributed to the fall that left him “briefly unconscious” and hospitalized last month, and then was hit with a “mild case of pneumonia” in the midst of his recovery.
“Leader McConnell is tough as nails,” Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., said. “This guy survived polio. For days on end, he went through therapy. People have no idea how tough he is. “
McConnell’s silence fueled online speculation about his condition, with unsubstantiated rumors ranging from cardiac arrest to claims that he had died.
“When you’re not very forthcoming with a lot of information, whether it’s personal or professional information, you do leave the conclusion up to conspiracy theorists,” Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., said. “And people’s imagination is far greater than reality almost every time.”
Even after McConnell released his statement on his medical absence, including a photo of him with his wife in the hospital, rumors circulated about the senator, claiming he could be in a vegetative state.
MCCONNELL FACES FRESH CALLS TO COME CLEAN ABOUT HEALTH ISSUES
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell paused in the middle of a Wednesday press conference on Capitol Hill. McConnell stepped away from the podium and later returned to say, “I’m fine,” and answer questions.(Pool/Fox News)
The statement also did not address specifically when McConnell would return to the Senate, only stating that he would not “be able to return to the Senate floor to vote quite yet.”
But Republican senators seemed confident that McConnell would return to the Senate floor for key votes, with Cramer even claiming GOP leaders have been in “regular” contact with him throughout his absence.
“Enough of our leadership have regular conversations with him for me to be comfortable,” Cramer said.
“I don’t have any doubt if there was a vote for a Supreme Court justice tomorrow that he’d find a way to be here for that,” Marshall said. “I think he’ll be here when we need him, and I just would never count him out. He’ll be back.”
McConnell, 84, is set to retire next year at the end of his term, but has promised he will be “finishing the job” he was elected to do until then.
“I think that Mitch McConnell has always been exactly who he is right now,” Cramer said.
HOUSE DEM URGES TRANSPARENCY BY PUBLIC OFFICIALS AFTER GOP COLLEAGUE REVEALS REASON FOR EXTENDED ABSENCE
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“He’s not the most transparent person in the world. He thinks strategically, tactically. He thinks about what serves the institution best — what serves his political ambitions and his political priorities.”
Ocasio-Cortez told Fox News Digital that while medical emergencies can often be inevitable, she believes there needs to be some regulations pertaining to the length of absences, as well as potentially some legislation passed to prevent lawmakers from being able to be absent for long periods.
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“Listen, things do happen,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “People get into medical incidents. If you’re in the hospital, you’re in the hospital. But I do think that there should be some sort of… there’s a line here. And I think almost everyone can agree that it’s been crossed.”
Hannah is a Production Assistant for the Politics team at Fox News Digital.
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