{"id":76251,"date":"2026-07-18T12:55:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T17:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/18\/kentucky-governor-says-he-received-2-calls-from-agencies-indicating-mcconnell-had-passed\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T12:55:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T17:55:52","slug":"kentucky-governor-says-he-received-2-calls-from-agencies-indicating-mcconnell-had-passed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/18\/kentucky-governor-says-he-received-2-calls-from-agencies-indicating-mcconnell-had-passed\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky governor says he received 2 calls from agencies indicating McConnell had ‘passed’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kentucky<\/a> Gov. Andy Beshear said this week that he received two calls from agencies suggesting Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., died while he was in the hospital.<\/p>\n

In an interview<\/a> with Katie Couric uploaded to YouTube on Thursday, Beshear, a Democrat, did not specify which agencies allegedly called him with the news or when the calls were made.<\/p>\n

“In fact, I’d gotten two calls from different agencies, not state agencies, suggesting he’d passed,” said Beshear, who has served as governor<\/a> since December 2019.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital reached out to Beshear and McConnell’s offices for comment.<\/p>\n

GOP SENATORS SPLIT AS TUBERVILLE DEMANDS MCCONNELL ANSWERS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

After nearly a month of being hospitalized<\/a>, McConnell’s office released a lengthy statement on July 12 saying he was being treated for a fall he suffered in June. A picture of him in a hospital bed alongside his wife was also released.<\/p>\n

Prior to the announcement, there was speculation about what had happened to McConnell, given that his office did not reveal why he was in the hospital for weeks.<\/p>\n

Emergency dispatch audio from June 14, the day McConnell was hospitalized, revealed he was “unconscious” and may have suffered a heart attack<\/a>.<\/p>\n

‘THIS IS NOT NORMAL’: AOC UNLOADS ON MCCONNELL’S PROLONGED ABSENCE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“My doctors have confirmed that I didn\u2019t break any bones or suffer a concussion,” McConnell said in the statement last weekend. “I didn\u2019t have a heart attack or a stroke. I don\u2019t have any tumors or hemorrhages.”<\/p>\n

Two days before the longtime GOP leader shared more about his condition, Beshear posted on social media demanding that McConnell be more transparent<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“I publicly and privately urged the last administration to address the public\u2019s concerns with the former president\u2019s health,” Beshear wrote, seemingly a reference to former President Joe Biden. “I\u2019m calling on Sen. McConnell to do the same and provide voters an update on his own health.”<\/p>\n

Beshear ended the post by urging McConnell to “end the crazy speculation” and “just tell us what’s going on.”<\/p>\n

On July 8, Beshear also wrote a letter to the 84-year-old lawmaker requesting that he “fully update Kentuckians regarding the current status of your health.”<\/p>\n

McConnell’s doctor said he “developed pneumonia” early in his hospitalization but “responded rapidly to antibiotic treatment.”<\/p>\n

McConnell said he intends to return to the Senate, but his office has given no timeline on when he’ll be able to do so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said this week that he received two calls from agencies suggesting Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., died while he was in the hospital. In an interview with Katie Couric uploaded to YouTube on Thursday, Beshear, a Democrat, did not specify which agencies allegedly called him with the news or when the calls … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76251\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}