ER doctor reacts to Mitch McConnell ambulance video - CNN News Central

[Rhiannon12866]

Emergency responders took Sen. Mitch McConnell to an ambulance on a stretcher after being called to his home last month for a report of an unconscious person, according to new video of the incident and an eyewitness account.

A neighbor of McConnell told CNN that they opened their door to find commotion outside their home at around 8:30 a.m. on June 14, with two ambulances, a fire truck and Capitol Police officers blocking the entire street.

The neighbor said they learned from another eyewitness who saw the individual’s face that the person on the stretcher was McConnell and he was not wearing an oxygen mask.

CNN’s Annie Grayer has the details, and emergency physician Dr. Megan Ranney describes what struck her about the newly released video. Also, CNN’s Audie Cornish looks at GOP lawmakers’ reactions to Sen. McConnell’s medical situation. - Aired on 07/10/2026.


0:00 Video of Sen. Mitch McConnell being taken to the hospital
1:31 Emergency physician on what stuck out to her about the video
4:28 How big of a concern is McConnell’s lengthy hospital stay?
5:36 Some GOP lawmakers say they’ve been kept in the dark about McConnell’s condition

[TalenaGor]

1. He's dead

[Alice Kramden]

2. What the doc says is

Nobody's in a hurry loading him into the ambulance and obviously CPR is not in progress. Possible conclusions: it wasn't cardiac arrest - it may have been a seizure that caused the unconsciousness

[CanonRay]

3. Nah, he's a corpse

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Thanks!

[Alice Kramden]

5. Although, like others here, I do speculate that he's brain dead

I wanted to summarize the doctor's remarks

[Rhiannon12866]

6. It makes no sense to me that they're keeping his condition under wraps and if so why are his colleagues lying??

[Alice Kramden]

8. Orwell

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."

George Orwell, 1984

[3Hotdogs]

7. Da fuck? If I were an emt and Orange Anal Fistula was my patient, I wouldn't rush to get his ass to hospital.

Would you?

If I were Secret Service, I wouldn't-a told him that his graf --- sorry, grift plane was unsafe.

"It's all fine, Donny Boy, hop on board. Sorry about the pilot but that's life.