Newly surfaced video appears to show Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Senator John Barrasso interacting with staff as Mitch McConnell struggled to vote, just 10 days before his hospitalization, Breaking Celebrity News can reveal.

The footage was highlighted by independent journalist Desirée Townsend, who has been examining video from the Senate session and McConnell's condition in the days leading up to his hospital stay.

Townsend described the footage as a significant clip showing McConnell struggling during the Senate session.

"Here is another bombshell Mitch McConnell clip from the June 4, 2026 vote-a-rama," Townsend wrote on X.

"In this clip, you can clearly see that John Thune and John Barrasso, two leaders of the Senate, were aware that Mitch McConnell was having difficulty voting and required assistance that evening from Senate staff and from McConnell's handler, a man frequently seen wheeling him around Capitol Hill," she added.

Townsend also shared, "Another interesting thing I observed throughout the vote-a-rama is that Thune and Barrasso did not appear to spend any meaningful amount of time speaking with McConnell."

"That makes the reports of their roughly 20-minute conversations with him while he was hospitalized particularly intriguing," she continued.

The independent journalist was referring to the 20-minute phone call Barrasso claimed he had with McConnell after he was hospitalized.

Thune also claimed he has a "long and substantive" conversation with McConnell on July 6, per a spokesperson.