2026年9月23日 美国东部时间下午4:40 / 福克斯新闻网
这位84岁的肯塔基州共和党议员在跌倒缺席三个月后，于上周返回国会山
作者：斯蒂芬妮·普莱斯 福克斯新闻网
观看：记者追问健康与妻子相关问题，米奇·麦康奈尔全程沉默
参议员米奇·麦康奈尔在华盛顿特区被安保人员和助手团团围住时，面对记者有关他健康状况及妻子 Elaine Chao 的提问，始终保持沉默。（图片来源：索菲亚·莱昂内/福克斯新闻网）
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周三在华盛顿特区发生的这一戏剧性场面中，参议员米奇·麦康奈尔面对记者连珠炮式的提问——包括他的健康状况，以及妻子在他住院期间的回应——始终一言不发。
“麦康奈尔，最近怎么样？能给我们比个赞吗？”一名记者喊道，此时安保人员和助手正将这位84岁的肯塔基州共和党议员团团围住。
“先生，对于 Elaine 没有立刻返回医院探望您一事，您是否感到不快？”另一名记者问道，此处所指的麦康奈尔的妻子是前交通部长 Elaine Chao。
麦康奈尔之妻 Elaine Chao 称在这位前共和党领袖住院期间，“无需立刻从中国返回”
2025年10月9日，美国华盛顿国会山，肯塔基州联邦参议员米奇·麦康奈尔在联邦政府部分停摆的第九天，穿过参议院地铁通道前往参加投票。（图片来源：肯特·西村/路透社）
“参议员，您今天感觉怎么样？”一名记者反复问道，“能跟我们说句话吗，先生？”
麦康奈尔在一行人走过镜头区时并未作答。
肯塔基州州长呼吁麦康奈尔证明自己仍能履职或辞职：“向民众交代”
2026年2月2日，美国华盛顿特区，米奇·麦康奈尔在进入美国国会大厦时被人搀扶着走上台阶。（图片来源：安德鲁·卡瓦列罗-雷诺兹 / 法新社通过盖蒂图片社）
这一戏剧性场面发生之际，有关麦康奈尔健康状况的质疑从未停歇——近年来他多次跌倒，还曾当众出现僵住不动的状况。
麦康奈尔在6月跌倒后短暂失去意识，缺席国会山约三个月，于上周返回。他随后表示自己还因轻度肺炎接受了治疗。
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这位任职多年的肯塔基州参议员于2025年初卸任参议院共和党领袖，并在数周后宣布不再寻求连任。他的现任任期将于2027年1月结束。
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Mitch McConnell swarmed by security as reporter pleads: ‘Can you say a word for us?’
September 23, 2026 4:40pm EDT / Fox News
The 84-year-old Kentucky Republican returned to Capitol Hill last week after a three-month absence following a fall
By Stepheny Price Fox News
WATCH: Mitch McConnell stays silent as reporters press him on health, wife
Sen. Mitch McConnell remained silent as reporters shouted questions about his health and wife Elaine Chao while security and aides surrounded the Kentucky Republican in Washington, D.C. (Credit: Sophia Leone/Fox News)
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Sen. Mitch McConnell remained silent as reporters peppered him with questions about his health and his wife’s response to his hospitalization during a striking scene in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.
“How’s it going, Mitch? Can we get a thumbs up?” one reporter called as security and aides surrounded the 84-year-old Kentucky Republican.
“Were you upset that Elaine didn’t promptly return to see you in the hospital, sir?” another asked, referring to McConnell’s wife, former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao.
MCCONNELL’S WIFE, ELAINE CHAO, SAW NO NEED FOR ‘IMMEDIATE RETURN’ FROM CHINA AS FORMER GOP LEADER HOSPITALIZED
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks at the Senate Subway heading to a vote on the ninth day of a partial shutdown of the federal government at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Oct. 9, 2025.(Kent Nishimura/Reuters)
“Senator, how are you feeling today?” a reporter repeatedly called. “Can you say a word for us, sir?”
McConnell did not answer as the group moved past the cameras.
KENTUCKY GOVERNOR CALLS ON MCCONNELL TO PROVE HE IS FIT TO SERVE OR RESIGN: ‘ADDRESS THE PEOPLE’
Sen. Mitch McConnell is helped up steps as he enters the US Capitol in Washington, DC on February 2, 2026.(ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)
The striking scene comes amid ongoing questions about McConnell’s health after a series of falls and public freezing episodes in recent years.
McConnell returned to Capitol Hill last week after a roughly three-month absence following a June fall that briefly knocked him unconscious. He later said he was also treated for mild pneumonia.
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The longtime Kentucky senator stepped down as Senate Republican leader at the beginning of 2025 and announced weeks later that he would not seek reelection. His current term ends in January 2027.
Stepheny Price is a Writer at Fox News with a focus on West Coast and Midwest news, missing persons, national and international crime stories, homicide cases, and border security.
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