Former Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell holds a press conference at the Capitol in Washington, November 19, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
One of President Donald Trump's top allies in the MAGA movement is pushing a major new conspiracy theory about Sen. Mitch McConnell, per The Daily Beast, alleging that a "massive coverup" is underway surrounding his recent health scare.
McConnell, best known for his time as a highly obstructionist GOP Senate Majority Leader, has been hospitalized since mid-June after reportedly suffering cardiac arrest and being found unresponsive in his home. Despite his staff's insistence that he is on the mend, their lack of transparency has led to mounting speculation that they are hiding the severity of his condition, or even his death, in order to prevent a special election to fill his seat.
Among the biggest names on the right pushing these theories about McConnell has been Laura Loomer, a prominent MAGA activist and pundit, noted for her close relationship to Trump and her ability to influence his decision-making. Loomer was one of the first major voices to suggest that the senator was near-death, despite his staff's claims, citing sources high up in the White House.
Over the weekend, she continued to push this theory about McConnell, with a Daily Beast report highlighting a recent post to X in which she claimed that new renovations underway at his home were a sign of a "massive coverup."
"Don’t be shocked if this week the Senate GOP leadership says, 'we regret to inform you that Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell sadly took a turn for the worst over the weekend and quietly and peacefully passed away in his sleep on Sunday evening. We are hereby flying all flags at half staff this week to honor his legacy,'” Loomer wrote in the post. "Then they will say, 'we didn’t lie. We did speak to him…' and nobody will be able to say anything."
She continued: "Everyone knows this is a massive coverup. McConnell’s neighbors told the media he looked dead when he was wheeled out of his home into an ambulance the day he was found unconscious. Who the hell renovates their floors when they are in the hospital on life support? Maybe the spouse of a dead person who wants to sell the home their loved one may have died in… Why would someone who suffered cardiac arrest at 84 years old renovate their floors? Come on. Everyone knows this is very dark and twisted. We all know what’s going on… Time for the Senate to come clean. I won’t be shocked if a statement like that comes out this week."
Loomer previously claimed that her White House sources told her that McConnell had been left "brain dead" and would be unable to return to Congress, even if he was not actually dead yet. Several Republican lawmakers and pundits claim to have spoken with him over the phone since he was hospitalized, but their details remained vague, and the uniformity of their stories led some to question their authenticity. Trump himself has claimed to have little knowledge of the situation and has seemed eager to avoid talking about it.
Don’t be shocked if this week the Senate GOP leadership says, “we regret to inform you that Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell sadly took a turn for the worst over the weekend and quietly and peacefully passed away in his sleep on Sunday evening. We are hereby flying all flags at… https://t.co/wuETdFPg0Y
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) July 12, 2026