The office of Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) just deepened the mystery around his health, refusing to offer any update on his condition even as boxes for medical recliners were spotted being delivered to his home.
The Daily Beast reported on this new development Thursday evening.
It's been two and a half months since paramedics rushed the 84-year-old former Senate leader to the hospital on June 14 after being told CPR was underway for a patient in cardiac arrest — a detail that contradicts McConnell's team's official story that he was hospitalized after a fall and later developed "mild" pneumonia, with no heart attack or stroke involved. Alarm was further deepened by footage showing him "frozen in place" for an extended period on the Senate floor even before this episode.
McConnell's last public statement, dated August 6, said he was continuing an "intensive regimen of physical therapy" at home. But when HuffPost reached out three weeks later asking whether he'd be back for Thursday's Senate session, communications director Stephanie Penn wouldn't even characterize how his recovery was going.
Penn told HuffPost she had "nothing to add" beyond the three-week-old statement.
Adding to the intrigue, a video filmed by Alysia McMillian and shared by independent journalist Desirée Townsend showed boxes for MCombo lift recliners visible through McConnell's briefly opened front door — motorized chairs designed to help people with limited mobility sit down and stand up, commonly used during recovery from surgery or serious illness.
McConnell's team has released only two photos of him since his hospitalization, both met with skepticism online, including speculation that they were AI-generated. He hasn't called into any news outlets himself, despite claims from allies like CNN contributor Scott Jennings that they've spoken with him directly. His chief of staff, Terry Carmack, has also declined to answer questions about McConnell's condition.