Pranksters have plastered posters across Washington, D.C, asking if anyone has seen Senator Mitch McConnell, who remains hospitalized and hasn’t been seen in public for over a month.
“MISSING PERSON,” the posters read in large red letters above a photo of the Kentucky Republican. In a description section, the signs state: “84 years old. 5’9 feet. Turtle-like.”
“Known for: Blocking something in the Senate. Distinguishing features: Tortoise like appearance,” the signs state. The posters were taped to poles outside the Capitol and near an emergency room, according to photos posted by Save America Movement. “
“We put those flyers up because this has gotten absurd,” a spokesperson for SAM, an anti-Trump political group, said in a statement. For more than a month now, the senior senator from Kentucky has not cast a vote, has not appeared for the work of the chamber, and has not, in any provable or functional sense, represented the four and a half million people who sent him there.”
On Monday, Democratic Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear sent a letter to the 84-year-old senator asking him to “directly and verbally address the people of Kentucky and provide proof of your capacity to serve, or resign.”