Top Republicans say they spoke with Mitch McConnell while still in the hospital 18.5%
Washington Examiner - By Molly Parks, David Sivak - 7/7/2026, 6:33 PM
Availability Heuristic 23.4% - Negativity Bias 23.1% - Unattributed Quote 17.3%
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), and Kentucky-born political commentator Scott Jennings say they all spoke with Sen. Mitch McConnell as the senior senator remains in the hospital, where he has been for several weeks. “Leader Thune spoke with Sen. McConnell yesterday by phone,” a Thune spokesperson told... more