{"id":22235,"date":"2026-07-30T18:08:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T13:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=22235"},"modified":"2026-07-30T18:08:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T13:08:45","slug":"turtle-like-mitch-mcconnell-missing-posters-pop-up-in-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=22235","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Turtle-Like&#8217; Mitch McConnell Missing Posters Pop Up in DC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><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<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body\">\n<div id=\"attachment_5572168\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5572168\" class=\"wp-image-5572168 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/am13.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2024\/09\/AP24213802888540-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Mitch McConnell\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/am13.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2024\/09\/AP24213802888540-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/am13.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2024\/09\/AP24213802888540-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/am13.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2024\/09\/AP24213802888540-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/am13.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2024\/09\/AP24213802888540-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/am13.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2024\/09\/AP24213802888540-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/am13.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2024\/09\/AP24213802888540-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/am13.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2024\/09\/AP24213802888540-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5572168\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom Williams\/CQ Roll Call via AP Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Missing person posters with Sen. <strong>Mitch McConnell\u2019s<\/strong> (R-KY) face have popped up around Washington, D.C., as the longtime Kentucky politician has been absent from Capitol Hill for roughly seven weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The posters feature a smiling McConnell in a hospital bed with the headline: \u201cMISSING PERSON\u201d and his name, along with a description: \u201c84 years old 5\u20199 FEET TURTLE-LIKE.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"8734ca0f7eda23371a4909ec471c922d\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Someone put up a missing person poster for Mitch McConnell outside the Senate \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you have any information about his whereabouts please keep it to yourself. He would.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FM3NcMEI5V\">pic.twitter.com\/FM3NcMEI5V<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Save America Movement (@SaveAmericaMvm) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SaveAmericaMvm\/status\/2082488398946709709?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cKnown for: Blocking something in the Senate. Distinguishing feature: Tortoise-like appearance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you have any information about his whereabouts, please keep it to yourself,\u201d the poster reads. \u201cHe would.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The prank posters were distributed by the Save America Movement, a political action committee that opposes President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong>, the group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/mitch-mcconnell-missing-person-posters-dc-b3024317.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told <em>The Independent<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe put those flyers up because this has gotten absurd,\u201d a Save America Movement spokesperson told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor more than a month now, the senior senator from Kentucky has not cast a vote, has not appeared for the work of the chamber, and has not, in any provable or functional sense, represented the four-and-a-half million people who sent him there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The posters popped up as independent journalist <strong>Nicholas Ballasy<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NicholasBallasy\/status\/2082654711044293079\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted video of a senior McConnell aide<\/a> refusing to answer questions about the senator.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSen. Mitch McConnell\u2019s Senior Communications Adviser <strong>Robert Steurer<\/strong> wouldn\u2019t respond when asked if McConnell will release a video statement,\u201d he wrote alongside a 25-second clip of Steurer walking away from him.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell was reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/shock-report-says-mitch-mcconnell-was-found-unconscious-after-possible-heart-attack-last-month\/\">found unconscious<\/a> in his D.C. home on June 14, was taken to the hospital via ambulance, and has not been seen on Capitol Hill since.<\/p>\n<p>His office has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/mitch-mcconnell-shown-in-another-proof-of-life-photo-as-questions-about-senators-health-looms\/\">since released two different photos<\/a> of the senator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/where-is-he-mitch-mcconnell-speculation-ramps-up-to-11-after-trump-pal-laura-loomer-floats-rumor-that-hes-brain-dead\/\">as speculation has swirled<\/a> about his health and debate has raged about his absence \u2014 with some Republicans claiming to have spoken to McConnell on the phone, and others <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/newsmax-hosts-slam-republicans-on-mitch-mcconnell-health-scare-bullsht\/\">insisting on \u201cproof of life<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kentucky Gov. <strong>Andy Beshear<\/strong> (D) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/beshear-slaps-mitch-mcconnell-with-ultimatum-as-questions-about-his-health-linger-speak-up-or-resign\/\">has sent repeated requests<\/a> that McConnell account to Kentucky voters, but McConnell has kept mum and let Beshear \u201cstew in his own juice,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/tv\/longtime-reporter-says-mitch-mcconnell-is-just-being-a-little-cranky-and-pugnacious-amid-lengthy-absence\/\">one veteran journalist told CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Al Cross,<\/strong> a longtime Kentucky reporter, said McConnell \u201cis just being a little cranky and pugnacious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>New: The Mediaite One-Sheet &#8220;Newsletter of Newsletters&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>Your daily summary and analysis of what the many, many media newsletters are saying and reporting. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/subscribe\">Subscribe now!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Williams\/CQ Roll Call via AP Images Missing person posters with Sen. 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