Punchbowl News reports that the former Senate majority leader, who is retiring after his current term ends in January, lost consciousness at his Washington, D.C., home at 8:36 a.m. on June 14, before a dispatcher sent over an Advanced Life Support ambulance. Journalist Desiree Townsend posted a recording of the call from the emergency dispatcher Tuesday afternoon to X.


A lotta people, you gotta believe me 👐
They’re saying, “That guy Mitch, he’s very dead. Very, very dead.”☝️
And let me tell ya, folks… 👏 THE MAN 🤲 IS DEAD👌. I saw him just the other day, I saw him and said, “Wow, that guy looks dead.” 🫵