{"id":20185,"date":"2026-07-28T19:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T14:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=20185"},"modified":"2026-07-28T19:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T14:54:08","slug":"kentucky-gov-demands-mcconnell-give-verbal-address-as-proof-he-can-serve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=20185","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky Gov. Demands McConnell Give Verbal Address as Proof He Can Serve"},"content":{"rendered":"<script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n\r\n<br><div id=\"article-content\">\n            \n\n\n\n\n<p>Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) has <a href=\"https:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/news\/kentucky-gov-requests-mcconnell-update-the-public-on-his-health-amid-weeks-long-hospitalization\" target=\"_blank\">once again<\/a> formally requested proof of life from Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who has been absent from the Senate since he was hospitalized on June 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beshear sent a new letter to McConnell, his staff and the office of Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) on Monday demanding the 84-year-old senator \u201cdirectly and verbally address the people of Kentucky and provide proof of your capacity to serve, or resign.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<!-- \/wp:post-content -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cI am addressing this letter to Senator McConnell under the assumption that he is capable of reading and responding verbally, and not incapacitated by means of consciousness or cognition. If the Senator is unable to respond for either of those or other conditions, consider this letter a demand for his Senate staff to be honest and transparent with the people of Kentucky,\u201d Beshear <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/1066856492\/McConnell-Letter#from_embed\" target=\"_blank\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beshear also called on Thune to \u201cinvestigate\u201d McConnell\u2019s condition and begin the process of expelling him from office if McConnell is not willing to voluntarily show that he has the capacity to serve.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beshear\u2019s letter comes as McConnell and the Office of the Attending Physician released an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcconnell.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm\/pressreleases?ID=EB724698-4D2F-4E6E-9D3A-163943986C85\" target=\"_blank\">update<\/a> on the senator\u2019s condition on Monday.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>McConnell has been discharged from the hospital but is continuing his recovery in a rehab facility, according to the statement.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cSenator McConnell continues his recovery from a fall at home in June. OAP physicians visit with the Senator every day, discussing all aspects of his rehabilitation care,\u201d Congress\u2019 attending physician said in a statement. \u201cSince his discharge from hospital care, he has maintained a strenuous course of physical therapy and rehabilitation, including multiple sessions a day designed to rebuild strength and reduce the risk of future falls.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>McConnell\u2019s office also released a new photo of him with his wife Elaine Chao and a statement from the senator himself.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m still working hard to get back to my full schedule of work in the Senate and in Kentucky, keeping up with intense physical therapy per my doctors\u2019 orders. Unfortunately, that means I won\u2019t be able to make it to Fancy Farm, Kentucky this Saturday,\u201d McConnell said, referring to the annual Kentucky picnic tradition.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>McConnell\u2019s office did not provide a timeline for his return. 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