GOP Sen. Capito Offers New Update on Mitch McConnell

Longtime McConnell ally and commentator Scott Jennings also reported a nearly 20-minute call in which the senator discussed Iran, Ukraine, Maine politics, and Senate history.

Those direct conversations from senior Republicans stand in contrast to those from some more junior colleagues, who have said they have not spoken with him personally.

Capito’s secondhand account from a visitor remains the most recent firsthand-adjacent report available.

The sequence of events began June 14, when McConnell was admitted to a Washington-area hospital after a fall at his home left him briefly unconscious.

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On July 2, his office said he “continues to improve” while working with staff on Kentucky and Senate matters.

Speculation intensified online and in some media outlets, prompting Kentucky’s Democratic governor to demand more transparency publicly.