McConnell Anxious For Release From Hospital, Per Aide

CNN reports:

Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell is lobbying virtually everyone he sees at the hospital for his release and is acting like his usual self, according to a senior adviser who has spent much of the past two days with him. Josh Holmes, a top McConnell political adviser, told CNN that McConnell has been urging hospital staff to let him go. Doctors are treating him for a concussion. Holmes said McConnell is acting normally and is eager to get out.

Read the full article.

Of note, two years ago McConnell helped force through a Kentucky bill that requires governors to fill US Senate vacancies with a person from the same party as the departing Senator. Governors must now chose from a list of three names provided by the state party and they’d all be Republicans, should it ever be McConnell that departs. Current Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is a Democrat.

Update on McConnell — He’s been lobbying virtually everyone he sees at hospital to be released. Been getting briefed on map and Senate actions. Lamented missing halibut at yesterday’s R lunch. And “no question” he’ll be able to serve as leader, per adviser https://t.co/aqQYzMN6rL

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) March 10, 2023

KY lawmakers voted to override Beshear’s veto of a bill, supported by McConnell, that would strip the governor of the authority to fill a U.S. Senate vacancy. https://t.co/EhS6O4stSX

— Adam Wollner (@AdamWollner) March 30, 2021