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GOP Scrambles to Assure Everyone That Mitch McConnell Is Alive | The Daily Show

2026-07-09 Comedy
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Sen. Mitch McConnell's three-week absence has led many to wonder if he's even alive, but CNN's Scott Jennings put that question to rest with a totally believable claim that he chatted with the senator for an oddly specific 17 minutes. @MichaelKosta went to the hospital where McConnell is staying to get the truth from the man himself, and defends the perfectly not-dead senator against a skeptical @RonnyChieng. #DailyShow #MitchMcConnell #Senate #Republicans Subscribe to The Daily Show: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwWhs_6x42TyRM4Wstoq8HA/?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Daily Show: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedailyshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedailyshow Stream full episodes of The Daily Show on Paramount+: http://www.paramountplus.com/thedailyshow Follow Comedy Central: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ComedyCentral Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ComedyCentral Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/comedycentral About The Daily Show: Jon Stewart and The Best F**king News Team host The Daily Show, an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning program analyzing the biggest stories in news, politics, and culture through a sharp, satirical lens. The Daily Show redefined the late night show category on TV and, with an audience of over 51M across social media platforms, has become a launching pad for some of the biggest stars in entertainment. The Daily Show airs weeknights at 11/10c on Comedy Central.

Top Comments (10)

@hamdaniyusuf_dani 2026-07-09

They talked to him. Of course. They didn't say he talked back to them.

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@mrdadelus 2026-07-09

“I talked to him” is different than “we talked”.

1.2k 27 replies
@jazzthebaker 2026-07-09

If I missed work for 3 weeks without informing my employer, I'd be fired. The American people are his employer and we know nothing.

1.1k 38 replies
@SIXITHS 2026-07-09

Weekend at Mitch's

857 12 replies
@oHaiKuu 2026-07-09

We live in a necrocracy.

617 15 replies
@parkshepherd 2026-07-09

“I just had a conversation with Mitch for 20 full minutes.” - the kid from the Sixth Sense

532 7 replies
@michaelbrown-ws1pc 2026-07-09

His autopsy report says he's fine 😁

450 11 replies
@abdvantage 2026-07-09

We can't depend on our elderly 80+ year old parents or grandparents to manage our homes, and most companies won't even hire them, yet we rely on them to manage countries and critical decisions. Crazy!

398 8 replies
@WySNeo 2026-07-10

Nobody: That one person in the audience: "~AHH!"

127 7 replies
@ffsireallydontcare 2026-07-10

Well there's alive and then there's undead, they aren't the same thing.

90 1 replies

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