Trump Issues Statement Regarding Health of Mitch McConnell

But Lee’s assessment contradicts earlier comments from Senate Majority Leader John Thune after McConnell was first hospitalized.

Thune said he had spoken to the 84-year-old and that he “sounded good.”

“He wants to be back, but I’ll defer to his staff on when,” Thune said on June 15.

Popular conservative activist Laura Loomer claimed recently that sources told her that McConnell is in a “vegetative state,” dismissing Thune’s version of events.

“I was in South Dakota all week, and a Thune staffer told a source close to me and the White House that Mitch McConnell is in extreme organ failure,” Loomer posted.

Questions about McConnell’s health intensified during CNN’s NewsNight with Abby Phillip, where Democratic strategist Mike Nellis said Republicans should be more transparent about the longtime senator’s condition following weeks of hospitalization.

Nellis dismissed assurances from Republican allies that McConnell remains engaged.

“If Scott Jennings and Thune and everybody else could have a 20-minute phone call with Mitch McConnell, he should be able to shoot a 60-second proof-of-life video to show us that he’s okay,” Nellis said.