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("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Former Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell’s return to Capitol Hill — his first public appearance in months — sent the Internet into a tizzy as footage showed the senator spacing out in a way commentators deemed akin to a “zombie.”
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commentators → send → zombie
The 84-year-old Kentucky Republican has faced intense media scrutiny and questions about his ability to serve after he was hospitalized in mid-June following a fall and a mild case of pneumonia.
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he → face → pneumonia
He remained hospitalized, and later in a rehab center, for weeks until he was discharged in August.
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he → remain → August
However, he returned to cast a vote Monday when the chamber decided on a nomination to fill an opening on a district court bench in Ohio.
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chamber → return → Ohio
In a statement, McConnell described his recovery as “a long and often frustrating process,” and said that while he is not “quite back to 100%,” he will “do my best to be present for tough votes when our Conference needs me.”
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Conference → describe → me
Despite his attempts to reassure the public, footage TMZ published on Monday of a smiling McConnell in a car arriving on Capitol Hill with his mouth agape raised concerns about his ability to work.
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mouth → reassure → ability
“Mitch looks like he is a zombie being remotely controlled.
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he → look → ?
Is he even alive?” one X user commented.
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user → comment → ?
“Mitch McConnell is the deadest alive person,” another X user chimed in.
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user → chime → ?
“They’re Weekend at Bernie’s-ing him,” one X user joked.
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user → e → him
Another X user commented: “It’s actually terrifying that Mitch McConnell gets to make decisions that affect all of us.”
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that → comment → us
Right-wing provocateur Laura Loomer also weighed in, writing on X, “Like I said, Mitch is brain dead.”
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Mitch → weigh → X
“You can’t look at his face and say he’s not a vegetable.
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he → look → face
He’s not even responding to cognition tests.
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He → respond → tests
It’s like wheeling a corpse around.
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It → ’ → corpse
He looks incapcitated.
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He → look → ?
Brain dead,” she said.
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she → say → ?
Questions about McConnell’s health and ability to serve have swirled around Washington, D.C., since he was hospitalized earlier this summer following a fall.
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he → serve → fall
He said he suffered from pneumonia after his initial hospitalization.
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he → say → hospitalization
At the time, Kentucky Democratic Governor Andy Beshear repeatedly called on McConnell to release a video statement confirming his ability to return to work, but was rebuffed.
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Beshear → call → work
The senator’s office later released a photo of him and his wife, former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, in late July amidst the continued calls for proof of his recovery progress.
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office → release → progress
However, some questioned the photo and wondered if it was AI.
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it → question → photo
McConnell would often go weeks without being seen as critics called for a video of him to show his condition.
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critics → go → condition
McConnell has taken several falls on Capitol Hill over the past few years.
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McConnell → take → years
The senator, who suffered from childhood polio, has used a wheelchair in the past — as well as on Monday.
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who → suffer → Monday
Footage of his return showed him being wheeled out to a waiting car on Monday in front of a crowd of spectators.
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him → show → spectators
McConnell, who retired as leader of the GOP Senate caucus in January 2025, announced last year that he would not seek re-election, and will exit the Senate at the end of this year.
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he → retire → year
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