尽管办公室发布了新的声明，参议员 Mitch McConnell 的健康状况仍不明朗。The Daily Beast 报道称，共和党人正对这种不确定性及其造成的干扰表示“frustration”。

McConnell 是来自肯塔基州的共和党人，因多年担任参议院多数党领袖而广为人知。自 6 月中旬以来，他一直住院，此前据称他被发现昏迷在家中。此后，他的办公室几乎没有公布有关其状况的细节，只表示他正在康复，但没有公开提供其康复程度的证据。

本月早些时候，办公室试图以一张“proof of life”照片反驳阴谋论，但并未能平息猜测，尤其是在那些要求公开视频证据以证明 McConnell 仍然在世且情况稳定的人群中。

周六，The Washington Post 报道了 McConnell 办公室的一份新声明，称他在康复期间仍在处理参议院事务，不过该声明没有提供这些活动的证据。

发言人 David Popp 在声明中说：“The Senator continues to meet with staff regarding Senate and Kentucky business, including discussions on defense appropriations, foreign policy, the farm bill, constituent services and constituent federal grant requests,” “As the Senator continues to improve in rehab, we will be sure to keep you updated.”

对一名在任参议员而言，这些领域并非礼仪性事务：拨款、农业政策、选民服务和联邦拨款申请都是参议员办公室的日常工作内容，而围绕一名参议员是否有能力参与工作的长期不确定性，可能会使国会山的安排和本州代表工作都变得复杂。

在其关于该声明的报道中，The Daily Beast 表示，这一更新“is keeping with a trend from McConnell’s office, which remained silent about his health for several weeks after he was hospitalized”，并补充称，“It remains unclear when McConnell will return to work on Capitol Hill.”

该媒体还报道称，一些参议院共和党人对围绕 McConnell 状况缺乏透明度感到越来越不满，尤其是在该党在参议院拥有“razor-thin majority”的情况下。共和党参议员 Lindsey Graham 近期突然去世，也进一步威胁到这一席位优势。

The Daily Beast 报道称：“Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, as well as CNN’s in-house MAGA host Scott Jennings, each claim to have spoken on the phone with McConnell while he has been in the hospital,” “However, some Senate Republicans are expressing frustration that they do not know more about his condition, especially given the party’s razor-thin majority in the upper chamber.”

据 The Daily Beast 报道，密苏里州参议员 Josh Hawley 上周表示：“I don’t know anything about McConnell’s health. I know zero. I’m totally in the dark, and I certainly wish him well and his family,” “I do think that at a certain point you have an obligation to your constituents and country to tell them what’s going on.”

总统 Donald Trump 也谈到了此事，称他几乎没有听到有关 McConnell 状况的消息。

Trump 说：“Well, I don’t hear much. I was, uh, never a huge fan,” “I hope he’s going to be fine. I—I don’t know if he’s fine, but I certainly hope he’s going to be fine.”