Heidi Harris discusses McConnell's health and family visit to China.

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Here is the transcript of this segment from The Charlie James Show with guest host Heidi Harris: Heidi Harris: Always a privilege to be here. I'm talking about Mitch McConnell. Where is he? What's going on? Apparently, he's in the hospital. Is he brain-dead? I don't know, some people are reporting on that. I've been following the reporting of Deseree Townsend. She is an independent reporter, which is nice—a real refreshing change! You get actual truth. She's been following this closely and she has posted on—on X, and you can find her at @CheeringForChange on X. She spoke with a neighbor who lives next door to Mitch McConnell. She said she was there when the medical emergency occurred and saw him being taken to the hospital, but has not seen anybody at home since that day. That speaks volumes. Deseree Townsend, welcome. Thanks for being here. Deseree Townsend: Thank you, Heidi. Thanks for having me today. Heidi Harris: You're doing a great job on this, by the way, and asking the questions that need to be asked. So, what—what I was talking about before the break was Elaine Chao. I mean, if my husband were taken to the hospital, three days later I would not be in another country. I—I don't care what country it is, right? So we know there's something going on there. Deseree Townsend: Right. It is interesting. So, it looks like this—this was a pre-planned trip, so she was at a university in Shanghai on June 12th. The cardiac arrest event happened on June 14th, so presumably, you know, if you love your husband, you get on a plane and you fly back to Washington, D.C. instead. Three days after that cardiac event, she's meeting with the Vice President of China. And so all these questions are raised. If—if you—you knew, you're privy to your—your husband, a sitting U.S. Senator's health condition. And so, just looking at the stats: the statistics of surviving 30 days at 80 years old after having an out-of-hospital cardiac event—now, they found him unconscious at his home. They had to do CPR to resuscitate him from this cardiac event. It's less than 5%, and that's a very generous number out of the studies—his survival rate after 30 days. And we are at three weeks and one day in the hospital. So, there's—there have been multiple sources here in Washington, D.C. trying to get to the bottom of his current health condition, and some high-level officials in the Trump administration have—have—have released, uh, sort of, you know—again, this is all piecemeal, and it was reported on X, but I think it was Laura Loomer had posted, and I've heard kind of the same thing, that he's—he's brain-dead at this point. And so, now that brings up the end-of-life, uh, directive—your advanced directive, your living will. And most likely, that names Elaine Chao as the wife to make those decisions. So, despite all the, sort of, conspiracies on social media, it's largely the wife's decision if he is on, uh, life support to—to end that life support. So that's—that's kind of what we're just sort of waiting here. I'm here at the hospital trying to see if I—I see anything, but, uh, we're just not—we're not getting much—much information from his office, either. So right now, it's just a—a guessing game and an observation game. Heidi Harris: You know, one of the things I was talking about a moment ago—we're talking with Deseree Townsend, who's an independent reporter. She's in Washington, D.C., at the hospital where Mitch McConnell's being held. You know, I was talking about the fact that there are a lot of people who benefit from this person still being in office: his staff, there are people in the Republican Party, obviously, his wife. Just like with Joe Biden, who was half out of it, there—it's not even about the particular candidate; it's about the people around him or her who benefit from that person being alive—I'm using air quotes here—and the power that they still have. They're still in office. That's what we don't know, of course. And even—and John T ...

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