McConnell moves to a rehabilitation center after hospital stay, shares photo with wife

By: McKenna Horsley

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: July 12, 2026

Words: 1,115

Last Updated: 1 week, 2 days ago


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Kentucky U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell said in a Sunday statement he fell before he was hospitalized last month and he has moved from being a hospital patient to “a rehabilitation center where I’ll keep regaining my strength.”

“My doctors have confirmed that I didn’t break any bones or suffer a concussion. I didn’t have a heart attack or a stroke,” the Republican said. “I don’t have any tumors or hemorrhages. But I was briefly …

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