Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear asks Mitch McConnell for health update
ALERT: Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY) asks Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to provide a health update to him and to all Kentuckians
Lori 🇺🇦💩🐸👑130Well unfortunately that's not going to do anything unless you force Mitch on to camera. His team will just put out a statement saying he's fine
Carole96I suggest Beshear demand that any update be given to him by McConnell and not a staff member. The longer this goes on, the more it reads like Weekend at Bernie's.
Stella Remington 91He should arrest McConnells staff for basically usurping a government officials office if it turns out he is dead.
figmo75A very reasonable request. Now, watch the GOP howl about the audacity of Beshear to inquire!
Voluntas Populi71Bruh, if you dont move your car for 24 hrs in certain lots or even cities, the city will take action and tow it. If youre a Senator and no one is giving an update on you for three weeks, you should be removed from your seat and replaced. Period.
beaute56As the mother of two longtime R.N.s I know it’s preposterous to be told that the Self-Described “Grim Reaper” Mitch could withstand (much less be allowed by hospital staff) multiple 20 minute phone calls! Since his wife decamped to China, has anyone tried finding his daughters(?)
Andy Craig63This is pretty Glonzo-hunting but I'll allow it. Still, it remains the case that pinning them down in admitting he can't personally respond and is incapacitated, even literally braindead or whatever, results in nothing. It doesn't create a vacancy and then he can't even voluntarily resign, either.
If McConnell is your. Rep, write and call to demand to know his fitness to represent you status.
Choppity-Chop6I'm sorry but why do we need to know. We know all we need to - HE IS NOT ABLE TO EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE HE WAS ELECTED TO. If he is on life support, dead, or just glitching out at a press conference, who gives a crap? "CAN HE LEGISLATE?" is the only question, and the answer is "NO"!
Dark Laughter4Uh oh, hopefully someone has a copy of that Momma Let Go conga line song.
misformyley.bsky.social2You know you’re from the US when your governor has to basically request for proof of life from your senator because said senator’s party is entirely unreliable and no one believes when they say he is alive…
Ozzy Haakonsdotter 🦄🏴2Okay. THAT is how you do it.
Lexi Koren2On the one hand, this is Grade A trolling. On the other, the status quo is good because Republicans are one vote down in the Senate every day that Mitch isn’t dead. What would be wild is if he’s in a coma and Dems refuse to vote for expulsion. You need 2/3rds to do it.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear sent a public letter to Sen. Mitch McConnell requesting a full update on his health, citing weeks of limited information since McConnell’s June 14 hospitalization. Beshear called for transparency about his ability to serve.
Who has all the money?352When did showing up for work become optional for Republican elected officials?
Sunset Cove159Gov. Beshear needs to lay eyes on McConnell nothing else will do! DO NOT BELIEVE MAGA!
Ivy Moo128It would say a lot for @govandybeshear.bsky.social to simply attempt a visit to McConnell. Refused = the jig is up. Accepted = alive + Kentuckians get a trusted status update not from the party of lies. Chao, the likely POA, knows. And she fled. Occam's razor folks.
A. de Chastelaine89Let me guess. A response will be sent on August 4.
trueblueyounme.bsky.social57Notice there has been no phone call to Beshear? Or anyone outside of GOP? Supposedly Mitch called a bunch of GOP senators including Thune but not one single Democrat? Not even the Governor of Kentucky? It’s all BS when the GOP says he sounds strong and all is well.
Torie13849Personal hospital visit from the Governor himself out of line? Come. On.
Mueller, She Wrote3444So, a Writ of Habeas Tortoise?
Charles Gaba ✡️165Beshear should formally call for a special election to replace him. Force his staff to either provide proof of life or admit that he’s brain dead.
Weary of MAGA mindset 🇺🇲🗃🐴🦋7Way to go Governor! And why is McConnell wife in China?
Pink Flamingo 😎6We have to know what happened to the US senator Mitch McConnell 😑
Anthony Ryan5Relax. He’s just moved to a farm in the country where you’re not allowed to visit.
GraceCallahan5Good idea. Glad Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear is formally following up about Senator Mitch McConnell's health. Kentuckyans deserve to know if McConnell is dead, alive, or someplace in between.
Hanna Blue 🏴☠️🏴🏁🗽⚜️❤️🔥🎃🎭🍁4Pretty sure you’re gonna need an Ouija board for an answer… you might have some luck with a magic eight ball? 😂 I can’t believe we’ve gotten to a place where having 1 foot in the grave still qualifies you for a position of power in this country.
Just a girl and her books2This is the biggest waste of paper and ink in the history of the world.
Breezy☀️2I can’t believe we are asking for proof of life of members of Congress.
Breezelan2Gov Andy Beshear's letter to McConnell. I doubt he receives a letter or phone call in return.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is asking for an update from Sen. Mitch McConnell: “As Governor, I request that you fully update Kentuckians regarding the current status of your health.”
Wesley253What if Beshear just scheduled a special election? Would that force McConnell's team to prove he was alive if they wanted to cancel it?
TerpieCat122In other words, please send proof of life.
magpiechocopie.bsky.social80And when we find out he’s been unconscious and on life support this whole time, absolutely nothing will happen to those politicians and media that claimed they spoke with him for 20 minutes.
Jack Kliever60If they could produce proof that McConnell was alive and in any way functional, they would have already done it. At best, he is completely incoherent.
Dona Dickinson47Excellent move. McConnell has cheated this country out of a SCOTUS justice and a conviction for a criminal president. Let’s not let him cheat us again.
Jeffrey Lebowski27Beshear should take a page from the Republican playbook and declare Mitch incapable of conducting his duties and name an interim senator. Consider taking this a step further and name a non-Republican as interim and take the Republicans to court to challenge their outrageous "Mitch" law
Ann Leckie117Dear Governor Beshear: We'd love to schedule a call between you and the senator. Has your Oiuja board applied the current updates? We'd use the telephone or even Zoom but the crackling fires interfere with the audio and the wailing of damned souls fills all hearers with utter despair and terror
Jamison Foser52imagine getting a letter from the governor asking if you're alive bsky.app/profile/sahi...
Gerard Cunningham11"Knock once for yes ..."
Chuck Taggart, Private Eye10"I request?" Are you kidding me? It's long past time for "All right, you assholes, I'm gonna know what the actual fuck is going on here, or I'm gonna have somebody's ass is my briefcase."
Bex is WEAK on crime9I mean it's wild that this is a thing that has to be written, yes?
Tom Bombadildo6They’re gonna Terry Schaivo his saggy ass until it no longer serves them.
acieb.bsky.social3It's really insensitive to demand things from dead people
Jon3This might be more effective at this point
Roberta Ecks3Oh, Andy, that's so sweet. But I'm really sorry to tell this: your turtle is gone. He won't be reading anything.
manny calavera ☘️🇨🇻🤼♂️2fuck a letter, you’d have more luck with one of these
More than three weeks after Mitch McConnell was hospitalized for reasons still not public, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is demanding answers. In a new letter, Beshear is calling for McConnell to "fully update Kentuckians regarding the current status of your health."
TM29Beshear should appoint a democratic replacement as soon as the seat is officially open, in line with the KY and US constitutions and in defiance of the KY legislature. Even if they don't seat the replacement or it gets shot down in court at least he's fighting their BS.
kim27Mitch can't come to the phone right now because he's playing blackjack with Hulk Hogan and Richard M. Nixon. ♠️ #WheresMitch
thatraleighguy.bsky.social25How about as governor, he goes to the hospital where McConnell is and sees him in person?
Jessie Blue14If reports about Mitch McConnell being found unresponsive and given CPR are true…not only is it possible that McConnell is being paid by taxpayers while in a vegetative state, but it’s also perhaps possible that taxpayers are also paying his staff of 60 to hide his current condition. WTF. #coverup
Terraformer14seems we shouldn't have to rely on people who have a vested interest in maintaining control to inform us on the medical conditions of *anyone* in the Federal Government who has a position of power and influence
xsxbxwx.bsky.social12This can’t be that hard to verify. Do we have any investigative journalists left?
Sailor Michael31People are in the replies criticizing the letter sbd advocating for Dems to go to the hospital to see McConnell.
Daniel Gilmore26Mitch McConnell hold up a newspaper with todays date challenge (impossible?)
Woo Woo Goddess🏺11As they say in KY, “Go, baby, go!”
RogueResistanceKnitter 🥄🐸8👀👀 Maybe it's time for a wellness check.
Misty Sparkle The Underhamster7Hey dummies in the replies - you can't just go to the ICU. Y'all are dumb and thick to shit.
Veronica McDonald4I'm sure McConnell would reply to Beshear if he wasn't dead:
Anathema 🏳️🌈🏴☠️4But has the governor considered dead people don’t have to respond to mail tho?
wangs4Just building suspense for the press conference reveal of his new BBL
TK-S Is Here Now3Good! Need more of this.
LKNWoman2“Always transparent …” McConnell spent his entire career defying that notion.
UPDATE — KENTUCKY’s @GovAndyBeshear: “I am requesting Sen. McConnell provide an update on his health status. Allowing speculation to continue in the media is not fair to the Senator or to Kentuckians.” Mitch has been hospitalized since June 14th. Read it: www.kentucky.gov/Pages/Activi...
stanleygigabyte.bsky.social35If McConnell can talk with tv pundits, he can speak with the governor of KY. We all know that’s BS so McConnell’s team needs to come clean…
🦎 Jen - It's the Stupid People, Stupid 🐝21"Kinzinger wrote. “I wish him good health. But I know this: he grew the alligator in the bathtub that eventually escaped. He could have ended Trump politically. In exchange he got a few more years of power … and a party of people who hate him and call his wife a Chinese spy. Hope it was worth it.”"
greenstraw2026.bsky.social20CNN Host Just Straight-Up Asks If Conservative Pundit Could Call Mitch McConnell ‘Now’ www.huffpost.com/entry/cnn-ho...
SiperlyWhenWet ™15I mean, I wish it said he’s demanding instead of requesting.
MannyDantyla11"Request isn't enough". Call for a special election and then force McConnell to prove he's not comatose. Brain dead unless proven otherwise.
jeddwood8Beshear needs to go to the hospital and see him with his own eyes and report back to us.
If I were Andy beshear, I would go to the hospital and pay Mitch a visit to put “eyes on” the situation. If he’s well enough to be holding cognizant 20 minute telephone calls, he’s cognizant enough to receive visitors.
Lizzie_in_CA7Exactly. And local media should park outside the hospital for a while and increase pressure. Question people going in and out and things.
kathiescall.bsky.social5Record the visit. Live stream it.
Tracy Eastwood3I agree. Sick of letters, whether they’re strongly worded or not.
Mackenzie La Fleur Sauvage2This letter is the first step towards that. If they move to remove McConnell, they need a paper trail when the GOP sues to stop it. That is what Beshear is building here.
Maggie's Farm1Has Andy Beshear said anything about this McConnell situation? Beshear's a pretty laid back guy but he also doesn't tolerate shenanigans very well. I would imagine he'd want the truth.
Kentucky governor Andy Beshear demands an update on Senator Mitch McConnell’s health. It’s time to stop lying about Mitch. You’re not gonna Weekend at Bernie’s out of this one. #SheShed
Dittie38McConnell was found unresponsive 3 weeks ago in his home after apparently had a heart attack. Since then, his wife has fled the country back to China, his daughter has deleted her social media, and paid moron shills like Scott Jennings have all “just spoken to him for roughly 20 minutes”.
killiplaw.bsky.social3Letter should have concluded “given the upcoming deadline to call a special election, I will look forward to hearing from you & seeing you personally, via Zoom, within the next 48 hours.” Then just call a special if he doesn’t respond. Let him object and put burden on him to prove he is alive.
I’m Monica 🦋 RELEASE ALL THE EPSTEIN FILES3Maybe the Governor needs to just go to the hospital and see for himself? 🤔
greenman44.bsky.social2couldn't the governor go visit Mitch
Daddybunny1And who has the final decision to pull the plug? Could it be the wife who is in China right now? I wonder if the hospital requires an in person OK.
nevadacousin.bsky.social1Should we check at Bernie Sanders' place just to be sure?
Oda Mae Brown weighs in on the health of Kentucky's senior senator
Tina - Release the #EpsteinFiles|Resistbot Text RESIST to 504098This is funny … I don’t care who you are. I have zero sympathy for “family and friends” of the senator. He was pure evil. If there is a Hell, he’s going there.
airjelly2Put mitch the bitch in an unmarked ditch...
Mother Nature Strikes Back!16One more mitch meme. 🐢
Stranger In My Own Land 🐸14America, you in danger girl.
Formerly known as Truly S.11America, you in danger, girl
jjintc.bsky.social2@stephaniemiller.bsky.social @bobcesca.bsky.social @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social @cliffschecter.bsky.social @mattmcneilshow.bsky.social @jodyhamilton.bsky.social @kiresists.bsky.social @jojofromjerz.bsky.social @silversmith1.bsky.social
It’s wrong that we don’t know what’s going on with Mitch McConnell. It’s just fucking wrong. Elected officials are OBLIGATED to be transparent about their health with their constituents, and their constituents DESERVE representation. My meltdown.👇 open.substack.com/pub/socialco...
courtney01.bsky.social2Not only that ... WHERE is his wife? I read that she split for China 3 days after Mitch was hospitalized. When is she (or IS she) coming back? Why can't we call her on the phone? Does Mitch have ANY OTHER RELATIVES who could provide info on his status? He is still on the payroll. What's up?
greyghost11.bsky.social2I hope the ghost of RBG pisses in his IV bag and then unplugs his ventilator
Whippetz 🇨🇦2They're either pumping him full of morphine or formaldehyde.
KenGoldsholl2shhh, if he dies or resigns, he will be replaced by a republican who can vote. If he stays in hibernation, it's one less rubber stamp for trump in the senate.
Dani From The Block1A fitting end to McConnell, in a way. He broke with norms as he pleased. He was a rank hypocrite when it came to the Barrett nomination. Obfuscation around whether he’s even alive in order to preserve a seat is fitting
autumnone.bsky.social1They pay off doctors… just like Trump and his father..
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear today asked Mitch McConnell to "fully update" people on what's going on with his health. Being public officeholders "requires clear communication about one’s ability to serve." Nobody has publicly seen or heard from McConnell in 3 weeks. www.huffpost.com/entry/andy-b...
Jen Bendery62McConnell's absence from the Senate could cause problems for the GOP and for Trump's agenda. He's a member of the Senate Approps Committee, where the GOP holds a one-vote margin. Without him there, the GOP can't report out any bills without at least one Dem in support, or at least one Dem absent.
NoHomers2He's clearly incapacitated to the point he is not coming back to the Senate, and they are stalling.
KleptocracyWatch👀🥸2And can't Schumer give him a call?
Andrew2Pretending old people aren’t sick is the new norm, apparently?
Four Seasons Total Landscaping (not really!)2I think I found MAGA Mitch.
Kentucky Gov. Requests McConnell Update the Public on His Health Amid Weeks Long Hospitalization talkingpointsmemo.com/news/kentuck...
Jack Russell8Beshear should go visit McConnell in the hospital, and if McConnell is in a vegetative state, talk with his doctors. apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes...
Beshear should declare the seat vacant and schedule the special election
Buttfayce5Time for gov to make the vacancy appointment to force McConnells ofc to send a proof of life photo 🤷♂️
Katemiya4What percent of those about 20 minute phone calls are related to the fear Beshear might do to the seat what R Govs would do if it was a D Senator? It would be hilarious to quote Mitch's excuses for stonewalling votes when appropriate too.
Correct move. He's given a respectable amount of time for McConnell to provide it but the governor has a duty to make sure the state is represented. McConnell works for the state and so should be transparent just like anyone else would have to be with their employer.
Elaine Chao says that his medical condition did not warrant her canceling her China trip. And she's right; It's true dead is dead even if machines are keeping some set of cells in your body alive, that won't bring back the brain from death.
Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear is asking Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell to provide an update on his health. McConnell, 84, was hospitalized on June 14 for a reason not disclosed by his staffers. @kentuckylantern.com
States Newsroom36NEW from @kentuckylantern.com: As U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell’s hospitalization nears one month, people in his home state of Kentucky are raising questions about the seven-term senator’s condition and his fitness to serve.
lucygoosey70.bsky.social8If he can have a 20 minute conversation with Scott Jennings, surely he can let the gov of the state he represents know how he’s doing.
Pat McIntyre4His resignation is now required as he’s incapable of doing his job.
BETH BAE 🚫DMs3Hey Mitch if you're leaving this planet take Donald Trump with you. You're both going to the same place maybe you could Uber there together.
edj2Mitch McConnell wants to wait until the next Governor of Kentucky is elected and let the people decide if Mitch needs to give an update.
Steve Schulz2What the fuck are we doing here?
Andy Beshear puts out a letter to McConnell asking for an update on his health. "As public officeholders, we have made a commitment to do our best to represent them and to always be transparent. I believe this requires clear communication about one's ability to serve."
David4So, when some Trumpaloon in McConnell's office sends a forged response pretending Mitch is conscious, what's the next move?
Mash3The dead don’t reply to letters.🤷🏽
kestell7881.bsky.social1Way to go, Andy! Thank you!
Jim Steele1"He's doing just fine. Regards, Stephen Miller"
Richard M. Nixon89Checked swing in an empty stadium after the even the hot dog sellers have gone home.
Zeroisanumber5Mitch is brain dead and on life support while all his staff and allies huddle to decide what to do. I'd put money on it. Surprised they didn't game this out beforehand, the man's been visibly declining for the last 18 months.
Dr. Holly Walters3My employer does offer sick leave. But if I needed to start providing "proof of life" we'd have a way bigger problem.
Annaleigh Watts 🇲🇽3Holy...even the governor doesn't know about Mitch.
Kentucky's Dem Gov. Andy Beshear asked McConnell for a formal update on his health Wednesday, saying "Kentuckians have grown increasingly concerned."
AMPTsuper6Think given the circumstances, all photos used to discuss this topic should contain a date.
Johnny cakes1Can't he just go to the hospital or whatever facility and ask to see him?
Emine Yücel41“Over the last several weeks, Kentuckians have grown increasingly concerned about the current state of your health and wellbeing, and ability to hold office in the United States Senate,” Gov. Beshear wrote in a Wednesday letter to Sen. McConnell.
Paolo Bacigalupi25So demanding. Sometimes a lich just needs a little quiet time in its tomb.
Pam Spaulding19Zombie Mitch better put his cards on the table; those 20 minute convos w/folks like Scott Jennings isn't cutting it. Gov. Beshear wants an update. "As Governor, I request that you fully update Kentuckians regarding the current status of your health." 🧾 talkingpointsmemo.com/news/kentuck...
Fun Fact: Kentucky Gov Andy Beshear is calling on Mitch McConnell‘s office to provide proof of life.
DrGeophysics (my personal opinions only)3Laws are only for the little unimportant people. How long did this take?
Treetop Flyer2So odd Scott didn’t ask how he was feeling
Sokyle2 🇺🇸 🇰🇷 🇫🇷 🇺🇦 🇹🇭 🇹🇼 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️1What a silly time we are living in 🤔
Jack Brand1I can imagine him snickering as he wrote the last sentence.
TRDowden1Needs to say if I do not hear from you by the close of the business day TODAY, and I mean YOU, not your wife or your staff, you personally, or I'm presuming you are no longer capable of performing your duties as a Senator, and will take appropriate steps.