{"id":250593,"date":"2026-07-07T18:42:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/07\/cnns-scott-jennings-claims-mitch-mcconnell-is-recovering-says-they-spoke-for-about-20-minutes-amid-reports-hes-brain-dead\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T18:42:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:42:42","slug":"cnns-scott-jennings-claims-mitch-mcconnell-is-recovering-says-they-spoke-for-about-20-minutes-amid-reports-hes-brain-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/07\/cnns-scott-jennings-claims-mitch-mcconnell-is-recovering-says-they-spoke-for-about-20-minutes-amid-reports-hes-brain-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN\u2019s Scott Jennings Claims Mitch McConnell Is \u2018Recovering,\u2019 Says They Spoke for About 20 Minutes Amid Reports He\u2019s Brain Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption><span class=\"copyright\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"\/tags\/scott-jennings\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Scott Jennings<\/strong><\/a> made a shocking statement on social media about <a href=\"\/tags\/mitch-mcconnell\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Mitch McConnell<\/strong><\/a>, the Republican senator from Kentucky.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you don&#8217;t know, <strong>Jennings <\/strong>is a conservative CNN pundit. <strong>McConnell<\/strong> reportedly was hospitalized on June 14 after losing consciousness while at home in Washington, D.C. There have been few official updates on the status of his health, but just yesterday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/07\/06\/everything-mitch-mcconnells-aides-have-said-about-his-health-amid-shocking-brain-dead-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports alleged that he was brain dead.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"h-scott-jennings-posted-that-he-just-spoke-to-mitch-mcconnell-indicating-he-s-not-brain-dead\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scott Jennings posted that he just spoke to Mitch McConnell, indicating he&#8217;s not brain dead<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ScottJenningsKY\/status\/2074537046752845872\" target=\"_blank\">X<\/a>, <strong>Jennings<\/strong> said they spoke for 20 minutes and that he&#8217;s recovering.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I spoke to my old friend Mitch McConnell this morning, the senior Senator from Kentucky. He\u2019s still recovering in the hospital. We talked for just shy of 20 minutes \u2026 about IRAN, UKRAINE, the unfolding situation in MAINE, my visit to the TR Presidential Library, and even a little bit of Senate history. I told him we want to see him back at work as soon as possible,&#8221; Jennings wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jennings<\/strong>&#8216; post was met with skepticism. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/strong>, for example, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mtgreenee\/status\/2074557602881523968\" target=\"_blank\">responded<\/a>, &#8220;Of course it is the great RINO Republican establishment hack and paid McConnell consultant that comes out with &#8216;proof of life.&#8217; So pathetic you can\u2019t even make it up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you didn&#8217;t see,<strong> Scott Jennings <\/strong>went viral a few months back when he had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/12\/02\/cnns-scott-jennings-speaks-out-about-debating-catherine-zeta-jones-son-dylan-douglas-offers-to-meet-up-with-her\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">something to say about the son of a very famous celebrity couple<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/07\/07\/cnns-scott-jennings-claims-mitch-mcconnell-is-recovering-says-they-spoke-for-about-20-minutes-amid-reports-hes-brain-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN&#8217;s Scott Jennings Claims Mitch McConnell Is &#8216;Recovering,&#8217; Says They Spoke for About 20 Minutes Amid Reports He&#8217;s Brain Dead<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just Jared &#8211; Celebrity News and Gossip | Entertainment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/07\/07\/cnns-scott-jennings-claims-mitch-mcconnell-is-recovering-says-they-spoke-for-about-20-minutes-amid-reports-hes-brain-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Images Scott Jennings made a shocking statement on social media about Mitch McConnell, the Republican senator from Kentucky. If you don&#8217;t know, Jennings is a conservative CNN pundit. McConnell reportedly was hospitalized on June 14 after losing consciousness while at home in Washington, D.C. There have been few official updates on the status of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":250594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-250593","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}