Pranksters have plastered posters across Washington, D.C. seeking information about Senator Mitch McConnell, who remains hospitalized and hasn’t been seen in public for over a month.
“MISSING PERSON,” the posters state in large red letters above a photo of the Kentucky Republican convalescing in a hospital bed. In a description section, the signs state: “84 years old. 5’9 feet. Turtle-like.”
The posters were taped to poles outside the Capitol Building and near a local emergency room, according to photos posted by Save America Movement.
“We put those flyers up because this has gotten absurd,” SAM, an ant-Trump political group, said in a Wednesday Substack post. “For 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.”
McConnell, who is set to retire at the end of his current term in January 2027, was admitted to the hospital on June 14, according to a spokesperson. For weeks, his office offered only sparse updates, fueling speculation about his condition, which only intensified after footage emerged of first responders outside his home.
On July 12, McConnell finally issued a lengthy statement alongside a photo of himself recovering in a hospital bed with his wife, former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao. He said he’d been admitted to the hospital after a fall and had developed a mild case of pneumonia.
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