GOP Sen. Capito Offers New Update on Mitch McConnell

West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito delivered the latest assessment of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s recovery Monday.

Capito told reporters that a recent visitor found the longtime Kentucky Republican sharp and focused solely on building his physical strength after more than six weeks away from the Capitol.

Video journalist Nicholas Ballasy approached Capito in a Capitol hallway over the weekend and asked directly: “Do you have any idea what’s going on with McConnell? What his condition is right now? Have you heard an update?”

Capito replied: “I mean, I think, obviously, the public information, the information that I have, is that Senator McConnell is recovering and is, uh, healing, and is in a, uh, rehabilitation hospital. I talked with somebody yesterday who visited him, and said that he’s clear-minded and he just needs to get stronger.”