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McConnell's D.C. Home Under Heavy Guard As Vanishing Act Stretches Toward 100 Days

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It has now been more than 80 days since 84-year-old Kentucky Republican Senator Mitch McConnell was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance from his Washington, D.C., home on June 14. The American public hasn't seen him since. McConnell has been playing a rousing game of Schrödinger's Senator , releasing vague and infrequent breadcrumb updates while vehemently refusing to release any sort of video proof of life, despite increasing demands. It's now been a full month since McConnell claimed he was out of the rehab center he was transferred to from the hospital and was recovering at home, and that was the last time anyone heard from him or his team. At a time when Republicans are holding a razor-thin majority in Congress, McConnell has now missed 60 votes on everything from war power resolutions on Donald Trump's Iran war to housing affordability policies to the confirmation of new Attorney General Todd Blanche. With the senator's Weekend at Bernie's bit stretching into its 80th day, The

First report: Mitch McConnell’s Vanishing Act Hits Major New Milestone — thedailybeast.com, 12d