Former Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell’s return to Capitol Hill — his first public appearance in months — sent the Internet into a tizzy as footage showed the senator spacing out in a way commentators deemed akin to a “zombie.”
The 84-year-old Kentucky Republican has faced intense media scrutiny and questions about his ability to serve after he was hospitalized in mid-June following a fall and a mild case of pneumonia. He remained hospitalized, and later in a rehab center, for weeks until he was discharged in August.
