In a post on X on July 6, Laura Loomer claimed a “high-level source close to the White House” told her McConnell “is officially brain dead.”
“He’s not coming back,” the political commentator quoted the insider and added, “Mitch McConnell is being kept ‘alive’ by life support machines, but my White House source told me McConnell is in organ failure, and as I reported, source told me he has allegedly been declared a vegetable (brain dead) by doctors and the White House has been told ‘McConnell isn’t ever coming back.'”
She continued, “Officially brain dead, organ failure is accelerating, life support machine is keeping him ‘alive’ but his brain is officially dead, and his wife @ElaineChao has fled the country to China. I wonder if she brought any of his documents or briefings with her to China.”
Townsend made similar claims on X after reportedly “hearing the same thing” from her sources “for days.”
“At this point, I am at the hospital for when they eventually decide to move cut him off of life support and move his body. His Capitol police detail is still here as of 3:39pm ET,” she wrote.
On July 7, a representative for Elaine Chao said McConnell’s wife was “on a long-planned trip in China to support her family’s philanthropic endeavors.”
The statement to WLKY explained, “During the trip, she met with a number of people, including the US ambassador. The Senator’s health did not warrant an immediate return to the U.S.”
The spokesperson said Chao has since returned to the U.S. after flying to China on June 12, just two days before McConnell was hospitalized.