Concerning Video Shows Mitch McConnell On Senate Floor 10 Days Before Health Crisis: Report

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New videos of Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on the Senate floor 10 days before he disappeared from Capitol Hill following an apparent health crisis appeared to show him barely moving over the course of a six hour vote-a-rama and at times, confused, according to a report.

The clips obtained by TMZ DC revealed McConnell, 84, mostly sitting next to a staffer during the chamber’s lengthy June 4 session, during which Senators voted more than two dozen times.

At one point McConnell — who has served in Congress for more than 40 years — is seen giving a thumbs up to indicate a positive vote, and walks away with an aide before a Senate clerk appeared to speak to them, the outlet reported.

McConnell then switched his vote, the video appeared to show.

Another time, a clerk seemed to signal to McConnell which way to vote, indicating he should vote nay, the footage appeared to show.

A rep for McConnell did not immediately respond to Mediaite’s request for comment.

McConnell was reportedly found unconscious in his Washington D.C. home on June 14 and hasn’t been to work since.

His office repeatedly refused to give detailed answers to questions about his whereabouts or later, his health status, at times issuing the same verbatim statements before ultimately releasing two different photos of McConnell with his wife, former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao.

McConnell’s absence has sparked controversy with critics demanding transparency and Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) calling out the Senator’s refusal to tell voters why he’s not at work.

Beshear told CBS News’ White House political correspondent Ed O’Keefe on Face the Nation Sunday that McConnell “absolutely refuses” to make a video showing he’s alive and well.

“His boss[es] are the people of Kentucky, and this is why the Senate, the Republican-controlled Senate, feels so broken,” Beshear said.

“They feel like they’re not accountable to anyone. All he needs to do is call into this show for two minutes, or Fox News for two minutes, or do a video for two minutes to the people he’s supposed to serve. But you know what? He absolutely refuses to do it.”

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